| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | administer |
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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: | guide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | direct, lead |
Synonyms: |
accompany, advise, attend, beacon*, chaperon, command, conduct, contrive, control, convoy, counsel, coxswain, educate, engineer, escort, govern, handle, have a handle on, influence, instruct, manage, maneuver, marshal, navigate, oversee, pilot, quarterback, regulate, route, rule, see, shepherd, show, show the way, spearhead*, steer, superintend, supervise, sway, teach, trailblaze, train, usher |
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abandon, leave, misguide, mislead, neglect |
| Main Entry: | lead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guide mentally; influence |
Synonyms: |
affect, bring, bring on, call the shots, cause, command, conduce, contribute, convert, direct, dispose, draw, get the jump on, go out in front, govern, head, helm, incline, induce, introduce, manage, motivate, move, persuade, preside over, prevail, produce, prompt, quarterback, result in, run things, serve, shepherd, spearhead*, spur, supervise, tend, trail-blaze |
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comply, consent, follow, obey |
| Main Entry: | pioneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invent; lay the groundwork |
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begin, colonize, create, develop, discover, establish, explore, found, go out in front, initiate, instigate, institute, launch, map out, open up, originate, prepare, show the way, spearhead*, start, take the lead, trailblaze |
| Main Entry: | spearhead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lead, start |
Synonyms: |
bring, bring on, cause, direct, get the jump on, go out in front, guide, head, helm, influence, initiate, introduce, launch, motivate, move, originate, persuade, pioneer, produce, prompt, quarterback, run things, shepherd, spur, trail-blaze |
| 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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