behave

Meaning of behave

verb
  1. act or conduct oneself in a specified way, especially towards others.
    he always behaved like a gentleman
    it is not acceptable for a student to behave like that towards a teacher
  2. conduct oneself in accordance with the accepted norms of a society or group.
    ‘Just behave, Tom,’ he said
    they were expected to behave themselves

late Middle English: from be- ‘thoroughly’ + have in the sense ‘have or bear (oneself) in a particular way’.

Information about behave

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of behave

be-have

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • behave is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

behave synonyms

Meaning act:

act, do

Meaning acquit:

acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry

Meaning comport:

comport

behave antonyms

Meaning (of a person, especially a child) fail to conduct oneself in an acceptable way; behave badly:

misbehave

Translation of behave

Words that rhyme with behave

have, Bhave, chave, misbehave, unhave, Mohave, mohave, aftershave, boneshave, drawshave, inshave, mishave, overshave, reshave, shave, spokeshave, unshave, thave

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