behoove

[ bih-hoov ]

/ bɪˈhuv /

(chiefly in impersonal use)

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verb (used with object), be·hooved, be·hoov·ing.

to be necessary or proper for, as for moral or ethical considerations; be incumbent on: It behooves the court to weigh evidence impartially.

to be worthwhile to, as for personal profit or advantage: It would behoove you to be nicer to those who could help you.

verb (used without object), be·hooved, be·hoov·ing.

Archaic. to be needful, proper, or due: Perseverance is a quality that behooves in a scholar.

OTHER WORDS FOR behoove

2 benefit, advantage, serve, better, advance; suit, befit, beseem.

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Also especially British, be·hove

[bih-hohv] /bɪˈhoʊv/ .

Origin of behoove

First recorded before 900; Middle English behoven, Old English behōfian “to need” (behōf behoof + -ian infinitive suffix)

Words nearby behoove

Behn, behold, beholden, beholder, behoof, behoove, behove, Behrens, Behring, Behring's law, Behrman

How to use behoove in a sentence

The priority here appears to be the cast’s safety and comfort—an impulse that would behoove some other franchises.
Netflix’s ‘Love on the Spectrum’ Is the Best Dating Show on TV|Laura Bradley|September 22, 2021|The Daily Beast
So from that end of productivity, it could potentially behoove publishers and other companies to not send their employees or force them back into an office, just because they might be working more hours if they don’t have a commute.
The delta of it all: Digiday’s top trends of 2021 so far|Digiday Editors|August 17, 2021|Digiday
Given that microbial pathogens are a major human foe, it would behoove us to evolve some way to sniff out when others are sick.
What Your Body Odor Says About You|Sarah Everts|July 21, 2021|Time
It would behoove us to think about how we can manage, not if, but when we have major failures of the electric grid, which could happen for climate- and weather-related reasons or other reasons.
Bootleg Fire rages in Oregon, burning 50 structures and threatening California’s power supply|Paulina Firozi, Reis Thebault, Bryan Pietsch|July 13, 2021|Washington Post

So I thought it behooved us, on the 20th anniversary of starting that list, to take a harder look at what progress means.
What progress means|Katie McLean|February 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
If so, it would behoove Yaalon, and Melamed, to reveal the details of their conversations.
Why Did a Controversial Yeshiva Regain Israeli Government Approval?|Zack Parker|July 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Now as heretofore it will behoove the Editor of these pages, were it never so unsuccessfully, to do his endeavor.
Sartor Resartus|Thomas Carlyle
It was not that he feared an action for breach of promise, but that, as a gentleman, it would behoove him to be true to his word.
Mr. Scarborough's Family|Anthony Trollope
Therefore it does not behoove any active man to make gratuitous additions of a peculiar nature to the law of business.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889|Barkham Burroughs
A private letter to me was sealed up with his will, which, of course, it would not behoove me to make public.
Erema|R. D. Blackmore
They are the men whom it would behoove you to drill a little, and tie to the halberts in a benevolent manner, if you could!
Latter-Day Pamphlets|Thomas Carlyle