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behave
[bih-heyv]
verb (used without object)
to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself.
The ship behaves well.
Synonyms: performto act properly.
Did the child behave?
to act or react under given circumstances.
This plastic behaves strangely under extreme heat or cold.
verb (used with object)
to conduct or comport (oneself ) in a proper manner.
Sit quietly and behave yourself.
behave
/ bɪˈheɪv /
verb
(intr) to act or function in a specified or usual way
to conduct (oneself) in a specified way
he behaved badly towards her
to conduct (oneself) properly or as desired
the child behaved himself all day
Other Word Forms
- unbehaving adjective
- well-behaved adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of behave1
Example Sentences
Light behaves in the same way within this system—it finds the appropriate path on its own by following the rules of thermodynamics.
Through advanced single-cell genomic analysis, the researchers examined RNA and DNA from thousands of individual brain cells to determine which ones behaved differently in people with depression and which DNA sequences might explain these variations.
“La Niña is occurring against a background of very warm global oceans and that’s making La Niña behave like it’s stronger than it looks,” Becker said.
The hardest thing with lie detecting is knowing how people behave normally, according to Prof Wiseman, who has written about the psychology of magic and illusion, deception, luck and self-development.
Most AI companies won’t reveal the source of their training data, making it harder to understand how and why they behave the way they do.
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