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Past tense of conduct

regular verb

The past tense of conduct is conducted. The past participle is also conducted.

Forms of conduct

Base form (V1)conduct /ˈkɒndʌkt/
Past tense (V2)conducted /kənˈdʌktɪd/
Past participle (V3)conducted /kənˈdʌktɪd/
Present participleconducting /kənˈdʌktɪŋ/
Third person singularconducts

Conducted in a sentence

  • The commander conducted thousands of troops.
  • He conducted himself well.
  • The newspaper conducted a random sample of five hundred American teenagers.From the entry random
  • The profilometry of the tubing was conducted directly following the eddy current exam.From the entry profilometry
  • Grand juries are conducted ex parte; neither the suspect nor his attorney may attend.From the entry ex parte

Meaning of conduct

  1. noun The act or method of controlling or directing.
  2. noun Skillful guidance or management.
  3. noun Behaviour; the manner of behaving.

Full definition of conduct

Questions about the past tense of conduct

What is the past tense of conduct?
The past tense of conduct is conducted.
What is the past participle of conduct?
The past participle of conduct is conducted.
Is conduct a regular or irregular verb?
Conduct is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: conduct (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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