What does behoove mean?
Definitions for behoove
bɪˈhuvbe·hoove
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word behoove.
Princeton's WordNet
behoove, behoveverb
be appropriate or necessary
"It behooves us to reflect on this matter"
Wiktionary
behooveverb
To suit; to befit
behooveverb
To be necessary
behooveverb
To be in one's best interest; to benefit
Etymology: behoven, from behōfian "to need", from behof+ian. Cognate with Swedish: behöva.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To BEHOOVEverb
To be fit; to be meet; either with respect to duty, necessity, or convenience. It is used only impersonally with it.
Etymology: behofaw, Saxon; it is a duty.
For better examination of their quality, it behooveth the very foundation and root, the highest wellspring and fountain of them, to be discovered. Richard Hooker, b. i. § 1.
He did so prudently temper his passions, as that none of them made him wanting in the offices of life, which it behooved, or became him to perform. Francis Atterbury.
But should you lure the monarch of the brook,
Behooves you then to ply your finest art. James Thomson, Spring.
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behoove
To behoove means to be necessary, appropriate, or suitable for someone for a specific situation, task or purpose. It often implies an action that is required out of duty, moral responsibility or obligation.
Webster Dictionary
Behooveverb
to be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally
Behooveverb
to be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due
Behoovenoun
advantage; behoof
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of behoove in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of behoove in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of behoove in a Sentence
It would behoove Dr. Fauci and others to admit that, and then they can move forward, saying, 'In the future, we will have more oversight to ensure these things are not happening.
It would behoove the Legislature to read the Michigan Constitution, which clearly outlines a process to ensure that there is always an acting governor available to continue the functions of the state in case of an emergency, if the Legislature wants to waste their time playing games, that’s their own decision, but Gov. Whitmer is going to remain focused on ending this pandemic and putting Michigan back to work.
This is the first lesson ye should learn: There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn't behoove any of us to speak evil of the rest of us. This is a universal law, and until one begins to make application of same, one may not go very far in spiritual or soul development.
It is too early to make a judgment on Pimco, less than one year is too early for any investment strategy. But I do think it would behoove them to clarify their investment process absent Bill Gross.
Doesn't it behoove the people who rejected the half a loaf and continue to attack … Hamas's charter says they just want to wipe out The Israelis. Their negotiation position is' You all die,' the two-state solution has been on the table a number of times. There could be an Arab capital in East Jerusalem now if Yasser Arafat had accepted that in 2003. He did not.
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Translations for behoove
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- подобаваBulgarian
- sich schicken, schicken, sich ziemen, sich geziemen, obliegenGerman
- incumbirSpanish
- بایدPersian
- incomberFrench
- לבקשHebrew
- betamenDutch
- passe, være nødvendigNorwegian
- zachowywać sięPolish
- надлежа́ть, подоба́ть, прили́чествовать, сле́доватьRussian
- vara, krävas, bekomma, nödvändig, passaSwedish
- yaraşmak, düşmekTurkish
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