Conduct meaning in English
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Definition
to conduct (an interview, an orchestra): to perform, to lead (an interview); to direct, to lead (an orchestra)
To conduct oneself To behave, to act
To conduct an interview To organize and perform an interview
Your conduct (is unacceptable!): Your behavior (is unacceptable!)
(iron) conducts electricity: (iron) allows electricity to pass through it easily, (iron) transmits electricity
Pronunciation examples
UK: I will be conducting this interview via telephone.
US: Young man, your conduct is unacceptable.
Examples
- "This means that when looking at resumes or conducting interviews, the Delavigne Corporation DOES NOT take the following factors into account: Gender, age, race, sexual orientation, religion, disabilities."
- "He was here earlier conducting a training session."
- "And finally, to the author of the suggestion about the "cute little cashier", I suggest that you read pages 5 through 7 of your "Employee Code of Conduct" (see the section marked "Sexual Harassment")."
- "No investigation was conducted."
- "Brent : Stay tuned, everyone: in the next segment we'll meet a dog who conducts electricity!"
- "Perhaps we could conduct the interview over lunch one day?"
- "Now I'm going to conduct a simple experiment to demonstrate the properties of these different materials."
- "You could use these as the starting point for a discussion with your staff who conduct interviews."
- "A recent survey carried out at Kingston University has shown that an alarming 56% of managers who conduct interviews fail to recognize what constitutes an improper interview question."
- "Susie : Yes actually - I'm conducting a few final interviews with marketing candidates."
- "Subject: Interoffice Conduct"
- "A comprehensive inspection of your premises was conducted by myself in the presence of Mr. Horatio Oléré (Head of R&D) and Mr. Brian Jones (Laboratory Assistant) on Monday August 31."
- "This e-mail is just to let you know that I'll be conducting telephone interviews with the candidates for the "Xavier Delavigne Friends of France" internship program tomorrow morning (the program that sponsors a French student to work at Delavigne for the summer)."
- "Conducts most preliminary interviews with new recruits."
- "More importantly, this month we are conducting our business operations in song, so please make sure to sing in tune!"
- "Polly : Unfortunately, our manager of Human Resources, Luna DeLune, is conducting an interview right now, and isn't able to say hello."
- "She will be visiting our offices on Friday, September 24 to conduct a Technology Sensitivity Seminar, which will be mandatory for all staff members."
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