verb · academic
conduct
/kənˈdʌkt/con·DUCT
to carry out or perform an activity or task, especially research or an investigation
Examples
“The team conducted a survey among local residents.”
“We will conduct interviews with five experts next week.”
“The experiment was conducted under controlled conditions.”
Band 8 sentence
“To ensure validity, the researchers conducted the study across three different regions with identical protocols.”
Collocations
- conduct + a survey
- conduct + research
- conduct + interviews
Word family
Common mistakes
We will do a survey to collect opinions.→We will conduct a survey to collect opinions.
They conducted the experiment by careful.→They conducted the experiment carefully.
Say it for a higher band
5do→6carry out→7+conduct
Synonyms
carry out
perform
Easily confused
carry out
“The researchers will carry out a series of tests next month.”
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