- a person’s behaviour in a particular place or in a particular situation
- The sport has a strict code of conduct.
- improving standards of training and professional conduct
- Any allegation of criminal conduct has to be taken seriously.
- a complaint about the conduct of a police officer
- conduct towards somebody The United player was fined £5 000 for improper conduct towards an official.
Extra Examples- He was arrested for disorderly conduct.
- a charge of engaging in conduct likely to cause death or serious injury
- It is tempting to think of morality as a guide to human conduct.
- Our organization sets high standards of professional conduct.
- The committee concluded that the senators had engaged in improper conduct.
- The minister was called to court to explain his conduct.
- The police chief was asked to explain his conduct.
- The prisoner was released early for good conduct.
- The violent conduct by the strikers was condemned.
- conduct constituting a crime
- her conduct towards her husband
- rules governing police conduct
- a study of conduct problems in children
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- discreditable
- disgraceful
- …
- engage in
- govern
- regulate
- …
- conduct by
- conduct towards/toward
- a code of conduct
- rules of conduct
- standards of conduct
- …
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- conduct of something the way in which a business or an activity is organized and managed
- There was growing criticism of the government's conduct of the war.
Extra Examples- The release of this information could compromise the proper conduct of the investigation.
- Most directors are not involved in the day-to-day conduct of the business.
- The elders were responsible for the proper conduct of community life.
- The business conduct of this bank will be subject to UK rules.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- proper
- day-to-day
see also safe conduct
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin conduct- ‘brought together’, from the verb conducere. The term originally denoted a provision for safe passage, surviving in safe conduct; later the verb sense ‘lead, guide’ arose, hence ‘manage’ and ‘management’ (late Middle English), later ‘management of oneself, behaviour’ (mid 16th cent.). The original form of the word was conduit, which was preserved only in the sense ‘channel’ (see conduit); in other uses the spelling was influenced by Latin.
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