conduct

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

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v. escort, guide; manage, carry on, transact; convey, transmit; lead. See direction, business, music.

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Deportment

Nouns

1. (act in business) conduct, dealing, transaction, action, business; tactics, game plan, policy; generalship, statesmanship, seamanship; strategy, strategics; plan, program, execution, manipulation, treatment, campaign; husbandry, housekeeping, stewardship; ménage, regime; management, government, direction (see authority); praxeology. See activity, habit.

2. (personal acts) behavior, deportment, comportment; carriage, demeanor, mien, bearing, manner; line of conduct, course of action; role, process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, modus vivendi, behavior trait, method; conduct unbecoming. Informal, goings-on. Slang, shtick, behavishness. See courtesy.

Verbs

1. (carry on) conduct, transact, execute, administer, deal with, have to do with; treat, handle, manipulate; play someone for; take steps, take measures; dispatch; proceed with, discharge; carry on or through, put into practice; direct, officiate.

2. (act) conduct, behave, comport, deport, demean, carry or acquit oneself; do by; act one's age, give a good account of oneself, mind one's Ps and Qs; run a race, lead a life, play a game; take or adopt a course; steer or shape one's course, play one's part or cards; shift for oneself, paddle one's own canoe. Slang, straighten up and fly right.

Adjectives — strategical, tactical, businesslike, practical, executive; behavioral, behaviorist.

Adverbs — on one's good or best behavior.

Phrases — good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity; when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Quotations — Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern (Matthew Arnold), He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist (W. S. Gilbert).

Antonyms, see badness, neglect.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Behavior]

Syn. deportment, demeanor, manner; see behavior 1 .

2. [Management]

Syn. guidance, regulation, government, care, charge, direction, treatment, carrying on, transaction, superintendence, oversight, posture, control, handling, wielding, rule, manipulation, strategy, policy, execution, tactics, supervision, regimen, plan, organization; see also administration 1 .

v.

1. [To guide]

Syn. escort, convoy, attend, show the way; see accompany 1 , lead 1 .

2. [To manage]

Syn. administer, handle, carry on, direct; see manage 1 .

3. [To transmit]

Syn. convey, carry, pass on, transfer; see carry 1 , 2 , send 1 , 2 , 4 .

See Synonym Study at manage .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. behavior manner, comportment, bearing, demeanor, ways.

2. management administration, direction, supervision, rule, organization, regulation, leadership.

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v.

1. behave deport, demean, act, bear, acquit.

2. manage administer, direct, supervise, rule, organize, regulate, execute, handle.

3. lead guide, escort, show the way, usher, marshal.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To control the course of (an activity): carry on, direct, manage, operate, run, steer. See OVER. 2. To engage in (a war or campaign, for example): carry on, carry out, wage. See DO. 3. To show the way to: direct, escort, guide, lead, pilot, route, shepherd, show, steer, usher. See SHOW. 4. To serve as a conduit: carry, channel, convey, transmit. See ALLOW. II noun The manner in which one behaves: action (often used in plural), behavior, comportment, deportment, way. See BE.