What does behave mean?
Definitions for behave
bɪˈheɪvbe·have
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word behave.
Princeton's WordNet
act, behave, doverb
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
"You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carryverb
behave in a certain manner
"She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
behave, comportverb
behave well or properly
"The children must learn to behave"
Wiktionary
behaveverb
To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.
You need to behave yourself, young lady.
behaveverb
To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner;
behaveverb
To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
behaveverb
To act in a polite or proper way.
His mother threatened to spank him if he didn't behave.
Etymology: From late behaven, equivalent to. Compare behabban, behaben.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Behaveverb
Etymology: from be and have.
We behaved not ourselves disorderly among you. 2 Thessal. iii. 7.
Manifest signs came from heaven, unto those that behaved themselves manfully. 2 Macc. ii. 21.
To their wills wedded, to their errours slaves,
No man, like them, they think, himself behaves. John Denham.We so live, and so act, as if we were secure of the final issue and event of things, however we may behave ourselves. Francis Atterbury.
But who his limbs with labours, and his mind
Behaves with cares, cannot so easy miss. Fairy Queen, b. ii.With such sober and unnoted passion,
He did behave his anger ere ’twas spent,
As if he had but prov’d an argument. William Shakespeare, Timon.To Behaveverb
To act; to conduct one’s self. It is taken either in a good or a bad sense; as, he behaved well or ill.
Webster Dictionary
Behaveverb
to manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain
Behaveverb
to carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively
Behaveverb
to act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Behave
be-hāv′, v.t. to bear or carry, to conduct (with self).—v.i. to conduct one's self, also to conduct one's self well: to act.—n. Behaviour (be-hāv′yür), conduct: manners or deportment, esp. good manners: general course of life: treatment of others.—To be upon one's behaviour, to be placed where one's best behaviour is politic or necessary. [Formed, according to Dr Murray, in 15th century from be- and Have; apparently unconnected with A.S. behabban.]
Editors Contribution
behave
To act a specific way
They do behave in a respectful and responsible way
Submitted by MaryC on February 11, 2020
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'behave' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4163
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'behave' in Verbs Frequency: #530
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of behave in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of behave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of behave in a Sentence
Whenever the left wants to lampoon someone on the right President Trump always play the gay card. This is exactly what they think of gay people - that our lives and our relationships are jokes. Something deserving of ridicule and scorn, most middle school children behave better than this.
The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything.
It's a bit dumbfounding to think that we've decided to go and build this network and go through this merger so that we can become the basic, lazy, fat, dumb and arrogant players that we were born to teach how to behave.
Look at Formiga. We shouldn’t think it is over for them, no, the way they play, they way they behave in the group as human beings ... it is very encouraging. They can play many matches.
In no other field of scientific endeavor do otherwise intelligent people feel free to make public claims based on prejudice and ignorance. Yet in relation to psychic phenomena, committed materialists feel free to disregard the evidence and behave irrationally and unscientifically, while claiming to speak in the name of science and reason. They abuse the authority of science and bring rationalism into disrepute.
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Translations for behave
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- تصرفArabic
- паступіць, паступацьBelarusian
- постъпвам, държа се добре, държа сеBulgarian
- chovat seCzech
- opføre sigDanish
- sich verhalten, verhalten, benehmenGerman
- συμπεριφέρομαιGreek
- portarse, comportarseSpanish
- käitumaEstonian
- رفتار كردنPersian
- olla kunnolla, käyttäytyä, kunnolla, ihmisiksiFinnish
- se comporter, etre avoirFrench
- iompairIrish
- התנהגHebrew
- पेHindi
- viselkedikHungarian
- bertingkahIndonesian
- comportarsi bene, comportarsi, agireItalian
- לְהִתְנַהֵגHebrew
- 振る舞います, 振る舞うJapanese
- 굴다Korean
- conversari, agoLatin
- zich gedragenDutch
- oppfør deg, oppføreNorwegian
- zachowywać się, postąpić, zachować się, postępowaćPolish
- comportar-se, comporte-sePortuguese
- comporta, purtaRomanian
- вести себя, вести себя правильно, поступатьRussian
- uppföra, bete sigSwedish
- நடந்துTamil
- ประพฤติThai
- davranmakTurkish
- поводитися, вестиUkrainian
- برتاؤUrdu
- xulqli, badlyUzbek
- hành xửVietnamese
- ביכייווYiddish
- 表現Chinese
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