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Definition of Conduct
Conduct

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

Convoy; escort; guard; guide.

That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.

To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.

To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

To conduct one's self; to behave.

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Conduct Quotations

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
Mark Twain

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Ambrose Bierce

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Leonardo da Vinci

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
William Shakespeare

There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.
Mohandas Gandhi

Conduct Translations

conduct in Afrikaans is bestuur, lei, houding
conduct in Dutch is geleiden, leiden, de weg wijzen
conduct in Finnish is opastaa
conduct in Italian is comportamento, esercitare
conduct in Latin is ars; artis, mores; morium, induco, se gero
conduct in Portuguese is conduta
conduct in Spanish is modales, gestionar


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