| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | administer |
Synonyms: |
accompany, attend, call the tune, carry on*, chair, chaperon, control, convey, direct, engineer, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, operate, ordain, order, organize, oversee, pilot, preside over, regulate, ride herd on, rule, run, run things, shepherd, steer, supervise, trailblaze, usher, wield baton |
| Main Entry: | dictate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command; give instructions |
Synonyms: |
bid, bulldoze, call the play, call the shots, call the tune, charge, control, decree, direct, enjoin, govern, guide, impose, instruct, lay down, lay down the law, lead, manage, ordain, order, prescribe, pronounce, put foot down, read the riot act, regiment, rule, set, take the reins, walk heavy |
Antonyms: |
ask, implore, request |
| Main Entry: | dispose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place, order; deal with |
Synonyms: |
actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune, condition, determine, distribute, fix, govern, group, incline, induce, influence, lay down the law, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put one's foot down, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act, regulate, ride herd on, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt |
| Notes: | predispose differs from dispose by implying that the frame of mind is created some time before it becomes obvious |
Antonyms: |
disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage |
| Main Entry: | call the shots |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in charge |
Synonyms: |
be in control, be in the driver's seat, be in the saddle, call the tune, lay down the law, make the decisions, make the rules, run the show, wear the trousers |
| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Concept: | Conduct. |
| Category: | 2. Complex voluntary action |
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-nouns
conduct; behavior; deportment, comportment; carriage, maintien, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance., dealing, transaction (action); business., tactics, game, policy, polity; generalship, statesmanship, seamanship; strategy, strategics; plan., management; husbandry; housekeeping, housewifery; stewardship; menage; regime; economy, economics; political economy; government (direction)., execution, manipulation, treatment, campaign, career, life, course, walk, race, record., course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding; role; process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi; method, path.
-verbs
transact, execute; despatch, dispatch; proceed with, discharge; carry on, carry through, carry out, carry into effect; work out; go through, get through; enact; put into practice; officiate., bear oneself, behave onself, comport oneself, demean oneself, carry onself, conduct onself, acquit oneself., run a race, lead a life, play a game; take a course, adopt a course; steer one's course, shape one's course; play one's paint, play one's cards, shift for oneself; paddle one's own canoe; bail one's own boat., conduct; manage (direct)., deal with, have to do with; treat, handle a case; take steps, take measures.
-adjectives
conducting; strategical, businesslike, practical, executive. [more]
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