Behave - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |bɪˈheɪv|  American pronunciation of the word behave
Brit.  |bɪˈheɪv|  British pronunciation of the word behave

verb

- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself (syn: act, do)
Don't behave like a fool
- behave in a certain manner (syn: acquit, bear, carry, comport, conduct, deport)
- behave well or properly (syn: comport)
The children must learn to behave

Extra examples

If you can't behave in the store we'll have to leave.

If you can't behave yourself in the store we'll have to leave.

I wish those children would behave themselves.

He behaves like a child!

The experiment tested how various metals behave under heat and pressure.

She behaved in a very responsible way.

I think he behaved disgracefully towards you.

He was a little boy, but he behaved as if he was an adult.

Will you children please behave!

I hope Nicholas behaved himself at the party.

Quantum mechanics is the study of the way atoms behave.

Don't behave like a fool

The children must learn to behave

She has very set ideas about how children should behave.

People behave differently during a time of war.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: behave
he/she/it: behaves
present participle: behaving
past tense: behaved
past participle: behaved
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