conduct – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of conduct

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to conduct
Participle: conducted
Gerund: conducting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iconduct
youconduct
he;she;itconducts
weconduct
youconduct
theyconduct

Perfect

Ihave conducted
youhave conducted
he;she;ithas conducted
wehave conducted
youhave conducted
theyhave conducted

Past

Iconducted
youconducted
he;she;itconducted
weconducted
youconducted
theyconducted

Pluperfect

Ihad conducted
youhad conducted
he;she;ithad conducted
wehad conducted
youhad conducted
theyhad conducted

Future

Iwill conduct
youwill conduct
he;she;itwill conduct
wewill conduct
youwill conduct
theywill conduct

Future Perfect

Iwill have conducted
youwill have conducted
he;she;itwill have conducted
wewill have conducted
youwill have conducted
theywill have conducted

Subjunctive

Present

Iconduct
youconduct
he;she;itconduct
weconduct
youconduct
theyconduct

Perfect

Ihave conducted
youhave conducted
he;she;ithave conducted
wehave conducted
youhave conducted
theyhave conducted

Imperfect

Iconducted
youconducted
he;she;itconducted
weconducted
youconducted
theyconducted

Pluperfect

Ihad conducted
youhad conducted
he;she;ithad conducted
wehad conducted
youhad conducted
theyhad conducted

Conditional

Present

Iwould conduct
youwould conduct
he;she;itwould conduct
wewould conduct
youwould conduct
theywould conduct

Perfect

Iwould have conducted
youwould have conducted
he;she;itwould have conducted
wewould have conducted
youwould have conducted
theywould have conducted

Imperative

youconduct
weLet's conduct
youconduct

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam conducting
youare conducting
he;she;itis conducting
weare conducting
youare conducting
theyare conducting

Perfect

Ihave been conducting
youhave been conducting
he;she;ithas been conducting
wehave been conducting
youhave been conducting
theyhave been conducting

Past

Iwas conducting
youwere conducting
he;she;itwas conducting
wewere conducting
youwere conducting
theywere conducting

Pluperfect

Ihad been conducting
youhad been conducting
he;she;ithad been conducting
wehad been conducting
youhad been conducting
theyhad been conducting

Future

Iwill be conducting
youwill be conducting
he;she;itwill be conducting
wewill be conducting
youwill be conducting
theywill be conducting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been conducting
youwill have been conducting
he;she;itwill have been conducting
wewill have been conducting
youwill have been conducting
theywill have been conducting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be conducting
youwould be conducting
he;she;itwould be conducting
wewould be conducting
youwould be conducting
theywould be conducting

Perfect

Iwould have been conducting
youwould have been conducting
he;she;itwould have been conducting
wewould have been conducting
youwould have been conducting
theywould have been conducting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'conduct'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

direct
govern, manage, operate, guide, order, regulate, rule
guide
show, lead, escort, convey, usher, chaperon, transport, convoy

Antonyms

direct
mislead, divert, deceive
guide
deceive, betray, mislead, misdirect

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1400, from L. conductus, pp. of conducere "to lead or bring together" (see conduce). Noun sense of "behavior" is first recorded 1673; verb sense of "convey" is from c.1420.
2. From Late Latin conductus (“defense, escort”), from Latin conductus, perfect passive participle of condūcō (“bring together”); see also conduce. Displaced native Old English þēaw. Doublet of conduit.

Verbs referencing "conduct"

Ido kondutar.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] to be—and say in a plaintive voice, ‘Cork soles: ’ at the same time endeavouring, I am told, to sit down in the pool. Finding that I was quite insensible, and for the time a maniac, he humanely conducted me below. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] of commodious offices, it contains two handsome chambers; in one the House of Representatives of the State hold their meetings: in the other, the Senate. Such proceedings as I saw here, were conducted with perfect gravity and decorum; and were certainly calculated to inspire attention and respect. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] BOSTON, as it is called, in a situation excellently adapted for the purpose, several charitable institutions are clustered together. One of these, is the State Hospital for the insane; admirably conducted on those enlightened principles of conciliation and kindness, which twenty years ago would have been worse than heretical, and which have been acted upon with so much success in our own pauper [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] themselves a sewing society to make clothes for the poor, which holds meetings, passes resolutions, never comes to fisty-cuffs or bowie-knives as sane assemblies have been known to do elsewhere; and conducts all its proceedings with the greatest decorum. The irritability, which would otherwise be expended on their own flesh, clothes, and furniture, is dissipated in these pursuits. They are cheerful, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • For this very reason though, our best prisons would seem at the first glance to be better conducted than those of America. The treadmill is conducted with little or no noise; five hundred men may pick oakum in the same room, without a sound; and both kinds of labour admit of such keen and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • For this very reason though, our best prisons would seem at the first glance to be better conducted than those of America. The treadmill is conducted with little or no noise; five hundred men may pick oakum in the same room, without a sound; and both kinds of labour admit of such keen and vigilant superintendence, as will render even a word of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] a gentleman 's garden. In the State House is the charter itself. I found the courts of law here, just the same as at Boston; the public institutions almost as good. The Insane Asylum is admirably conducted, and so is the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • What place is this, to which the squalid street conducts us ? A kind of square of leprous houses, some of which are attainable only by crazy wooden stairs without. What lies beyond this tottering flight of steps, that creak beneath our tread ? — a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • In the same neighbourhood is the Farm, where young orphans are nursed and bred. I did not see it, but I believe it is well conducted; and I can the more easily credit it, from knowing how mindful they usually are, in America, of that beautiful passage in the Litany which remembers all sick persons and young children. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] are large, elegant, and handsome buildings, and are, I grieve to write it, generally deserted. The third, the Olympic, is a tiny show-box for vaudevilles and burlesques. It is singularly well conducted by Mr. Mitchell, a comic actor of great quiet humour and originality, who is well remembered and esteemed by London playgoers. I am happy to report of this deserving gentleman, that his benches [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)