conduct

Roget category 692

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.3. Voluntary action
›› 5.3.2. Complex voluntary action

#692. Conduct

noun

conduct [actions of an individual agent]; behavior — deportment, comportment — carriage, maintien^†, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance.
dealing, transaction etc. (action) 680 — business etc. 625.
tactics, game, game plan, policy, polity — generalship, statesmanship, seamanship — strategy, strategics^† — plan etc. 626.
management — husbandry — housekeeping, housewifery — stewardship — menage — regime — economy, economics — political economy — government etc. (direction) 693.
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, MO, method of operating — method &c. — path etc. 627.

verb

transact [cause to occur], execute — despatch, dispatch — proceed with, discharge — carry on, carry through, carry out, carry into effect, put into effect — work out — go through, get through — enact — put into practice — do etc. 680 — officiate etc. 625.
bear oneself, behave oneself, comport oneself, demean oneself, carry oneself, conduct oneself, 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, supervise etc. (direct) 693.
participate etc. 680.
deal with, have to do with — treat, handle a case — take steps, take measures.

adjective

conducting etc. v.. strategical, businesslike, practical, executive.

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