{
    "term": "conduct",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "conduct",
            "heSheIt": "conducts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "conducted",
        "pastParticiple": "conducted",
        "ingForm": "conducting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to organize and/or do a particular activity",
            "sensetop": "conduct something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **conduct an experiment/inquiry/investigation/interview**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **conduct a survey/poll/study/review**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **conduct a test/trial**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **conduct research/business**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are concerns about the way in which the firm conducts its activities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The battalion had been preparing to **conduct operations** in the same area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police **conducted a** thorough **search** of the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The negotiations have been conducted in a positive manner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They conducted a vigorous campaign for a shorter working week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They conduct workshops on topics such as women's legal rights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The inquiry must be independently conducted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Today, most opinion polls are conducted online."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We regularly conduct safety inspections."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a survey conducted jointly by two teams of researchers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "People have criticized the way she conducted her election campaign."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The interrogation was conducted by senior police officers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The search for the missing men was conducted in poor weather conditions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We conducted the experiment under controlled conditions."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Scientific research"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["independently", "separately", "jointly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to direct a group of people who are singing or playing music",
            "sensetop": "conduct (something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He conducted a programme of Sibelius and Tchaikovsky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He will conduct works by Brahms and Schumann in tonight's concert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sang Gluck's Orfeo at Covent Garden, with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to lead or guide somebody through or around a place",
            "sensetop": "conduct somebody/something + adv./prep.",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **conducted tour** of Athens *(= one with a guide, giving information about it)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guide conducted us around the ruins of the ancient city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A guide conducted us around the museum."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How about a personally conducted tour of the house?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He conducted her into his private office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guide conducted them around the ancient ruins."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to behave in a particular way",
            "sensetop": "conduct yourself + adv./prep.",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He conducted himself far better than expected."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report challenges them to examine how they conduct themselves in the workplace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He always conducted himself as a gentleman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She conducts herself with great dignity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have conducted themselves in a very professional manner."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["honourably/​honorably", "well", "with dignity"],
                "preposition": ["as", "in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to allow heat or electricity to pass along or through it",
            "sensetop": "conduct something",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Copper conducts electricity well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Water conducts heat 20 times more efficiently than air."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Copper conducts electricity better than other materials do."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity without resistance at low temperatures."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["well"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdʌkt/",
                "audio": "xc/conduct/xconduct__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdʌkts/",
                "audio": "xc/conduct/xconducts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdʌktɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/conduct/xconducted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdʌktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/conduct/xconducting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdʌkt/",
                "audio": "xc/conduct/xconduct__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdʌkts/",
                "audio": "xc/conduct/xconducts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdʌktɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/conduct/xconducted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈdʌktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/conduct/xconducting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from Latin conduct- ‘brought together’, from the verb conducere. The term originally denoted a provision for safe passage, surviving in safe conduct; later the verb sense ‘lead, guide’ arose, hence ‘manage’ and ‘management’ (late Middle English), later ‘management of oneself, behaviour’ (mid 16th cent.). The original form of the word was conduit, which was preserved only in the sense ‘channel’ (see conduit); in other uses the spelling was influenced by Latin."
}