behaviour
[ bih-heyv-yer ]
/ bɪˈheɪv yər /
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noun Chiefly British.
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usage note for behaviour
See -or1.
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British Dictionary definitions for behaviour
behaviour
US behavior
/ (bɪˈheɪvjə) /
noun
manner of behaving or conducting oneself
on one's best behaviour behaving with careful good manners
psychol
- the aggregate of all the responses made by an organism in any situation
- a specific response of a certain organism to a specific stimulus or group of stimuli
the action, reaction, or functioning of a system, under normal or specified circumstances
Derived forms of behaviour
behavioural or US behavioral, adjectiveWord Origin for behaviour
C15: from behave; influenced in form by Middle English havior, from Old French havoir, from Latin habēre to have
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