verb · academic

conduct

/kənˈdʌkt/con·DUCT

Band 7+task1task2speaking

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

conduction nounconductor noun (person / device)conducted verb (past)

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

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Synonyms

carry out

perform

Easily confused

carry out

The team carried out a pilot study before the main experiment.

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