conduct
• noun /kondukt/ 1 the manner in which a person behaves. 2 management or direction: the conduct of foreign affairs. • verb /k ndukt/ 1 organize and carry out. 2 direct the performance of (a piece of music or an orchestra or choir). 3 guide to or around a place. 4 (conduct oneself) behave in a specified way. 5 transmit (heat, electricity, etc.) by conduction. — ORIGIN from Latin conducere ‘bring together’.
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