(~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When you ~ an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
I decided to ~ an experiment...
He said they were ~ing a campaign against democrats across the country...
= carry out
VERB: V n, V n
2.
The ~ of a task or activity is the way in which it is organized and carried out.
Also up for discussion will be the ~ of free and fair elections...
N-SING: with supp
3.
If you ~ yourself in a particular way, you behave in that way.
The way he ~s himself reflects on the party and will increase criticisms against him...
Most people believe they ~ their private and public lives in accordance with Christian morality.
VERB: V pron-refl prep/adv, V n
4.
Someone’s ~ is the way they behave in particular situations.
He has trouble understanding that other people judge him by his ~.
= behaviour
N-UNCOUNT: with supp
5.
When someone ~s an orchestra or choir, they stand in front of it and direct its performance.
Dennis had recently begun a successful career ~ing opera in Europe...
Solti will continue to ~ here and abroad...
VERB: V n, V
6.
If something ~s heat or electricity, it allows heat or electricity to pass through it or along it.
Water ~s heat faster than air.
VERB: no cont, V n