Bring vs Conduct - What's the difference?
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(lb) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
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, title= To supply or contribute.
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*:“it is not fair of you to bring' against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without ' bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
(lb) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
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, title= To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
(lb) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
The act or method of controlling or directing
* 1785 , (William Paley), The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
* Ld. Brougham
Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
* Robertson
The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
* Macaulay
* Dryden
(of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
* Macaulay
(obsolete) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
* Ben Jonson
* Shakespeare
That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
* Shakespeare
(archaic) To lead, or guide; to escort.
* 1634 , (John Milton),
To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on.
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(reflexively to conduct oneself ) To behave.
To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
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(music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
* 2006 , Michael R. Waters with Mark Long and William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne
To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
To carry out (something organized)
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In transitive terms the difference between bring and conduct
is that bring is to raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody while conduct is to carry out (something organized.As an interjection bring
is the sound of a telephone ringing.As a noun conduct is
the act or method of controlling or directing.bring
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bringen, from (etyl) ).Verb
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- At twilight in the summeron the floor.
citation, passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’
Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?, newsfeed=true , passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time.}}
Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}
- It seems so preposterous a thingthat they do not easily bring themselves to it.
Usage notes
Past (brang) and past participle (brung) and (broughten) forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.Derived terms
(terms derived from "bring") * bring about * bring around * bring back * bring down * bring forth * bring forwards * bring home * bring in * bring it * bring it on * bring off * bring on * bring out * bring round * bring to * bring to light * bring up * inbring * outbringEtymology 2
Onomatopeiaconduct
English
Noun
(-)- There are other restrictions imposed upon the conduct of war, not by the law of nature primarily, but by the laws of war first, and by the law of nature as seconding and ratifying the laws of war.
- the conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs
- Conduct of armies is a prince's art. - .
- with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct , that his forces were totally routed.
- Good conduct''' will be rewarded and likewise poor '''conduct will be punished.
- All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.
- What in the conduct of our life appears / So well designed, so luckily begun, / But when we have our wish, we wish undone?
- the book of Job, in conduct and diction
- I will be your conduct .
- In my conduct shall your ladies come.
- although thou hast been conduct of my chame
Synonyms
* (act or method of controlling or directing ) control, guidance, management * (manner of guiding or carrying one's self ): bearing, behavior/behaviour, deportment, demeanor/demeanour, * (plot of a literary work) action, plot, storylineVerb
(en verb)- I can conduct you, lady, to a low / But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.
- to conduct the affairs of a kingdom
- Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
- He conducted himself well.
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- For a while, Walter Pohlmann, a well-known German conductor, conducted' the orchestra in Compound 3. Later, Willi Mets, who had '''conducted''' the world-renowned Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, ' conducted the Compound 3 orchestra.
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