v / n · academic
conduct
/kənˈdʌkt/con·DUCT
to carry out or organise an activity, especially for investigation or research
Examples
“The team will conduct a survey to measure public opinion.”
“Researchers must conduct experiments under controlled conditions.”
“His conduct during the meeting was professional.”
Band 8 sentence
“To ensure reliability, the researchers conducted a double-blind trial across several centres.”
Collocations
- conduct research
- conduct a survey
- conduct an interview
Word family
Common mistakes
make research→conduct research / do research
conduct on a study→conduct a study / conduct research
Say it for a higher band
5do→6carry out→7+conduct
Synonyms
carry out
perform
Easily confused
carry out
“The investigators will carry out a series of tests over the next month.”
perform
“The technician performed the calibration before each trial.”
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