behaviour

[bih-heyv-yer]

noun

Chiefly British.

1. behavior.

behaviour

/ bɪˈheɪvjə /

noun

1. manner of behaving or conducting oneself

2. behaving with careful good manners

3. psychol

   1. the aggregate of all the responses made by an organism in any situation

   2. a specific response of a certain organism to a specific stimulus or group of stimuli

4. the action, reaction, or functioning of a system, under normal or specified circumstances

Spelling Note

See -or ¹.

Other Word Forms

• behavioural adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of behaviour¹

C15: from _behave ; influenced in form by Middle English havior , from Old French havoir , from Latin habēre to have

Example Sentences

The defence painted Combs as reformed, describing his positive contributions at the jail in Brooklyn, New York, where he's being held and citing "untreated trauma and a ferocious drug addiction" as factors in his behaviour.

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"We continue to encourage and support all our officers and staff to report allegations of criminal conduct and behaviour so we can act swiftly".

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Tuchel's relationship with Bellingham has already created headlines, particularly when he admitted after the 3-1 loss to Senegal at the City Ground in June that his mother sometimes viewed the player's on-field behaviour as "repulsive" .

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Tuchel was keen to stress his positive relationship with Bellingham after he was forced to apologise to the midfielder earlier this year for calling his behaviour on the pitch "repulsive" during a live interview.

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The England manager apologised for describing the midfielder's on-field behaviour as "repulsive", saying he used the word "unintentionally", and also spoke to the Real Madrid player at the time.

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