conducting

7 definitions • 15 examples

present participle of

to organize and perform a particular activity:

We are conducting a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service.

The experiments were conducted by scientists in New York.

How you choose to conduct your private life is your own business!

to behave in a particular way, especially in a public or formal situation, or to organize the way in which you live in a particular way:

How should I conduct myself at these dinners? I know nothing about etiquette.

We expect our employees to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times.

They were impressed by the dignified manner with which she conducted herself.

As a professional player, you have to learn how to conduct yourself both on and off the field.

Since leaving government, he has conducted himself with surprising grace and tact.

to lead someone to a particular place:

May I conduct you to your table, sir, or would you prefer to have a drink at the bar first?

The protesters were conducted from the courtroom by two police officers.

If you conduct a tour of a place, you take people around the place and show it to them:

A guide conducts tours of the cathedral every afternoon at 2.00.

a conducted tour of the palace

to direct the performance of musicians or a piece of music:

The orchestra was conducted by Mira Shapur.

Who's conducting at tonight's concert?

to allow electricity or heat to go through:

Copper conducts electricity, but plastic does not.