conduct

«conduct» in Mova's judaism dictionary: As a verb, to lead or direct music played by a band or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (conduct, conducts, conducted, conducting — stress on -DUCT); noun (conduct — stress on CON-, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) As a verb, to lead or direct music played by a band or orchestra, by moving your hands or a baton. tree →

2) To organise and carry out an activity, like conducting an experiment or a survey. tree →

3) In science, to let heat or electricity pass through: metals conduct electricity. tree →

4) To lead or guide people, as in a guided tour. tree →

5) As a noun, conduct means behaviour, how someone acts: good conduct. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, materials that conduct heat or electricity are conductors (metals like copper); materials that do not are insulators (plastic, wood, rubber). That is why wires are copper inside plastic. We conduct a fair test by changing only one thing. At school, "conduct" is how well you behave: a code of conduct is a set of rules. In music, the conductor conducts the orchestra. Phrases: "conduct an experiment", "conduct electricity", "conduct heat", "good conduct", "code of conduct".

examples

• Copper wire conducts electricity very well. tree →
• Metal spoons conduct heat, so they get hot in soup. tree →
• We conducted an experiment to test which ball bounces highest. tree →
• Mr Lee conducted the school choir. tree →
• Plastic does not conduct electricity. tree →
• Her conduct in class was excellent. tree →
• The guide conducted us around the castle. tree →
• The class conducted a survey of favourite fruits. tree →

note

Stress changes the meaning: conDUCT (verb), CONduct (noun). As a noun about behaviour it is uncountable: "good conduct", not "a good conduct". Water with salts in it conducts electricity, which is why electrical things and water are dangerous together.

In the corpora

• The Mole's apology: «I am very sorry indeed for my foolish and ungrateful conduct ...
• Metals conduct heat well, so a metal spoon in hot soup gets hot while a wooden one stays cool.
• Dry your hands before touching plugs or switches, because water conducts electricity into your body.
• Deep inside Jupiter, hydrogen is squeezed so hard that it becomes a liquid metal that conducts electricity.
• Metals conduct heat well, while wood, plastic, wool and air conduct it poorly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «conduct» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.