• 1. to regulate, conduct, or control the affairs of
• 2. to give commands or orders with authority to (a person or group)
• 3. to tell or show (someone) the way to a place
• 4. to aim, point, or cause to move towards a goal
• 5. to address (a letter, parcel, etc)
• 6. to address (remarks, words, etc)
• 7. to provide guidance to (actors, cameramen, etc) in the rehearsal of a play or the filming of a motion picture
• 8. to conduct (a piece of music or musicians), usually while performing oneself
• 9. another word...

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• 1. a person, thing, event, state, or action that produces an effect
• 2. grounds for action; motive; justification
• 3. the ideals, etc, of a group or movement
• 4. the welfare or interests of a person or group in a dispute
• 5. a matter of widespread concern or importance
• 6. a ground for legal action; matter giving rise to a lawsuit
• 7. the lawsuit itself
• 8. (in the philosophy of Aristotle) any of four requirements for a thing's coming to be, namely material (material cause), its nature (formal cause),...

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