behest
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- noun
- /bɪˈhɛst/
- Formal
:
mandato
- For the most part, Ben, at his teacher's behest, stuck to classical music.
- at the behest of the government
- at the behest of powerful
- act at the behest
You're always at the behest of your landlord.
- You're always at the behest of your landlord.
- Famously, he first did this at the behest of Leland Stanford of the University fame.
- That essentially risks pulling Russia and China into the war, maybe on the behest of Iran.
- He engages in so much innuendo trying to raise the specter that she's working at the behest of the CIA.
- Like what are we looking at in terms of what we can imagine with this power now at our behest?
- We have to have clarity and know exactly what we saw when they ambushed Zelensky in the Oval Office at the behest of Vladimir Putin.
- Oh yeah, the Muslims in my village are stockpiling guns at the behest of Saudi Arabia and they're they're going to take over unless we go and kill them first.
- So when we got there and we're just sitting there and you're just like you're, you're at the behest of of the charges.
Examples
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The essay that you read was produced at the behest of his French publisher.
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I understand that was at your behest, Mrs. Winchester?
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Eight years ago, at the behest of the United States...
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Well, mother did it on his behest, or mine, I suppose.
Fiction book (1992) -
But why, at whose behest?
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I'm here at the behest of a client.
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We know that these are workers making these fake posts at the behest of the government.
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His job was surveillance, actually working at the behest of the Ministry of Public Order.
Fiction book (1991) -
My first experience with communication was with the principal at the behest of the school district's parents' office.
Blog text (10) -
We only serve on this peer review panel at the behest of Dr. Murray.
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Etymology
Behest comes from old parts be- and hest, where hest once meant 'command' or 'order'. So a behest is an order or urgent request given by someone in power.