behaving

Meaning of behaving

verb, gerund or present participle
  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 behaving

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of behaving

be-hav-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • behaving is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

behaving synonyms

Meaning behave in the way specified:

act

behaving antonyms

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

misbehave

Words that rhyme with behaving

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