verb · academic
conduct
/kənˈdʌkt/con·DUCT
to carry out or perform (an activity, especially a survey, experiment, or study)
Examples
“The university conducted a nationwide survey on student well-being.”
“Researchers must conduct trials before claiming efficacy.”
“The workshop taught students how to conduct interviews ethically.”
Band 8 sentence
“To ensure reliability, the researchers conducted a double-blind trial across three centres.”
Collocations
- conduct a survey/experiment/interview
- conduct research
Word family
Common mistakes
We do a research about climate change.→We conduct research on climate change.
The experiment is conduct by students.→The experiment is conducted by students.
Say it for a higher band
5do→6carry out→7+conduct
Synonyms
carry out
perform
Easily confused
carry out
“The team carried out a pilot study before the main experiment.”
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