v / n · academic
conduct
/kənˈdʌkt/con·DUCT
Band 5-6task1task2speaking
To carry out or perform (an activity); conduct (n) = behaviour or the way an activity is carried out
Examples
“The team conducted a series of interviews with local residents.”
“Ethical conduct is essential in experimental research.”
“Researchers must conduct the survey according to the protocol.”
Band 8 sentence
“To ensure validity, the researchers conducted blind interviews and used multiple coders for thematic analysis.”
Collocations
- conduct research
- ethical conduct
- conduct a survey
Word family
conduct verb / nounconducted verb (past)conducting verb (‑ing)conductive adjective
Common mistakes
do a research→conduct research / do research
conduct the survey careful→conduct the survey carefully
Say it for a higher band
5do→6carry out→7+conduct
Synonyms
carry out
Easily confused
carry out
“They will carry out a small experiment next week.”
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