Definitions for behoove
bɪˈhuvbe·hoove

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. behoove, behoveverb

   be appropriate or necessary

   "It behooves us to reflect on this matter"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. behooveverb

   To suit; to befit

2. behooveverb

   To be necessary

3. behooveverb

   To be in one's best interest; to benefit

4. Etymology: behoven, from behōfian "to need", from behof+ian. Cognate with Swedish: behöva.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Behooveverb

   to be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally

2. Behooveverb

   to be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due

3. Behoovenoun

   advantage; behoof

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of behoove in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of behoove in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of behoove in a Sentence

1. Perry Plummer:

   It would certainly behoove us to be more independent, that's what this has taught us, to be more independent.

2. Edgar Cayce:

   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.

3. Bill Maher:

   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.

4. Joe Macenka:

   They are very interested in having a positive outcome for the rally, they understand that if you want to have success in influencing legislation inside the general assembly, it would behoove you to have a positive situation outside.

5. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=behoove
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Behoove
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=behoove
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behoove