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conduct
Verb
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If you conduct music, you stand in front of the musicians and show them how to sing or play.
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; The way you conduct yourself is the way you act or treat others.
I hope the children will be able to conduct themselve well at the party.
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If something conducts energy, it lets the energy move through or along it.
Glass is a good insulator because it will not conduct electricity.
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If you conduct somebody or a tour, you show people around a place.
Please conduct him to the waiting room.
conduct
Noun
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A person's conduct is the way they act or treat others.
Killing a person, for any reason, is a criminal act and such conduct must not be allowed.
This teacher clearly broke the schools rules for professional conduct.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
trial
Noun
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A trial is a meeting in court with a judge where two sides explain their positions and the judge or jury makes a decision.
He was taken to jail to await trial for murder.
Jury selection in the trial began today.
He's spending all that money on lawyers defending him at trial.
His criminal trial is set to begin Monday.
He was charged with murder and went on trial last week.
Can a black man get a fair trial in Canada?
The judge ruled that the trial would proceed on schedule.
I am likely to be a witness in this trial.
She will have to be back in court to stand trial again in about eight months.
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A trial is a test to see if something works or not, especially in science.
Several randomized clinical trials have shown that aspirin may reduce the risk of cancer.
In at least one large controlled trial, researchers found no positive effect for the drug.
Dr. Finkel is helping conduct the clinical trial.
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Trial and error is the process of trying things and making mistakes as you learn something.
There is some trial and error to finding the right solution.
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A trial is a competition where the winners are chosen to move on to higher level competitions.
She finishes in the top three at the Olympic trials in Toronto.
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A trial is a difficult experience.
trial
Verb
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If you trial something, you test it to see if it works, especially in science.