different between bring vs conduct

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b???/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan (“to bring, lead, bring forth, carry, adduce, produce, present, offer”), from Proto-Germanic *bringan? (“to bring”) (compare West Frisian bringe, Low German bringen, Dutch brengen, German bringen), from Proto-Indo-European *b?renk- (compare Welsh hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”)).

Verb

bring (third-person singular simple present brings, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle brought)

1. (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
   • At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly […] on the floor.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.

   • “ […] 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.”

3. (transitive) To occasion or bring about.

   The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints.

4. (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
5. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.

   • It seems so preposterous a thing […] that they do not easily bring themselves to it.

6. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.

7. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.

Conjugation

Usage notes

• Past brang and past participle brung and broughten forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.

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Etymology 2

Onomatopeia.

Interjection

bring

1. The sound of a telephone ringing.

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• breng (archaic)

Etymology

From Dutch bringen, a dialectal variant of standard brengen (“to bring”). Both forms were originally distinct, though related, verbs, but were early on conflated.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br??/

Verb

bring (present bring, present participle bringende, past participle gebring)

1. (transitive) to bring; to deliver
2. (transitive) to take; to lead (to another place)

   Bring asseblief hierdie borde kombuis toe.

   Please, take these dishes to the kitchen.

Derived terms

• uitbring
• wegbring

Danish

Verb

bring

1. imperative of bringe

Garo

Etymology

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Noun

bring

1. jungle, forest

German

Pronunciation

Verb

bring

1. imperative singular of bringen

Middle English

Verb

bring

1. Alternative form of bryngen

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bringa, which derives from Proto-Germanic *bringan?. Cognates include West Frisian bringe.

Verb

bring

1. (Föhr-Amrum), (Heligoland) to bring

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bring

1. imperative of bringe

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br??/

Verb

bring (third-person singular present brings, present participle bringin, past brocht, past participle brocht)

1. To bring.

English

Etymology

From Late Latin conductus (“defense, escort”), from Latin conductus, perfect passive participle of cond?c? (“bring together”); see also conduce. Doublet of conduit.

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nd?kt/
  • (US) enPR: k?n'd?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?nd?kt/
• (verb)
  • enPR: k?nd?kt', IPA^(key): /k?n?d?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

conduct (countable and uncountable, plural conducts)

1. The act or method of controlling or directing
   • 1785, William Paley, The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy

     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.

   • 1843, Henry Brougham, Political Philosophy

     the conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs, its policy, and its laws, are for more uncertain

2. Skillful guidance or management; leadership
   • 1722 (first printed) Edmund Waller, Poems, &c. written upon several occasions, and to several persons

     Conduct of armies is a prince's art.

   • 1769, William Robertson, The history of the reign of Emperor Charles V

     […] attacked the Spaniards […] with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed.

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge Chapter 49

     At the head of that division which had Westminster Bridge for its approach to the scene of action, Lord George Gordon took his post; with Gashford at his right hand, and sundry ruffians, of most unpromising appearance, forming a kind of staff about him. The conduct of a second party, whose route lay by Blackfriars, was entrusted to a committee of management

3. behaviour; the manner of behaving

   Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.

   • 1840, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pathfinder

     when she came to recall the affectionate and natural manner of the young Indian girl, and all the evidences of good faith and sincerity she had seen in her conduct during the familiar intercourse of their journey, she rejected the idea with the unwillingness of a generous disposition to believe ill of others

   • 1848, Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II

     All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.

   • 1711, John Dryden, Tenth Satire (translation from Latin of Juvenal)

     What in the conduct of our life appears / So well designed, so luckily begun, / But when we have our wish, we wish undone?

4. (of a literary work) plot; storyline
   • c. 1800, Thomas Macaulay, Essays, critical and miscellaneous

     The book of Job, indeed, in conduct and diction, bears a considerable resemblance to some of his dramas.

5. (obsolete) convoy; escort; person who accompanies another
   • 1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour

     I will be your conduct.
6. (archaic) Something which carries or conveys anything; a channel; an instrument.

Synonyms

• (act or method of controlling or directing): control, guidance, management
• (manner of guiding or carrying oneself): bearing, behavior/behaviour, deportment, demeanor/demeanour,
• (plot of a literary work): action, plot, storyline

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

conduct (third-person singular simple present conducts, present participle conducting, simple past and past participle conducted)

1. (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
   • 1634, John Milton, Comus

     I can conduct you, lady, to a low / But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.

2. (transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)

   The commander conducted thousands of troops.

   to conduct the affairs of a kingdom

   • 1856-1858, William Hickling Prescott, History of the Reign of Phillip II

     the Turks, however efficient they may have been in field operations, had little skill as engineers, and no acquaintance with the true principles of conducting a siege

3. (transitive) (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.

   He conducted himself well.

4. (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
   • 1975, Clive M. Countryman, Heat-Its Role in Wildland Fire Part 2

     Water and many other liquids do not conduct heat well. Wildland fuels in general, wood, and wood products conduct heat slowly, and so do soil and rocks.

5. (transitive, 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

     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.

6. (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
7. (transitive) To carry out (something organized)

Synonyms

• (lead or guide): accompany, escort, guide, lead, steer, belead
• (direct): direct, lead, manage, oversee, run, supervise, belead
• (reflexively: to behave): act, behave, carry on
• (to serve as a medium for conveying): carry, convey, transmit

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