A Quick and Simple Dictionary

conduct

1. Noun.  The act or method of controlling or directing.
2. Noun.  Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
3. Noun.  The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
4. Noun.  (context, of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
5. Verb.  (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
6. Verb.  (transitive) To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
7. Verb.  (transitive) (''reflexively'' '''to conduct oneself''') To behave.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
9. Verb.  (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
10. Verb.  (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
11. Verb.  (transitive) To carry out (something organized).