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to behoof

to behoof

9.9
To help someone or give them an advantage
  • verb
  • /bɪˈhuːf/
  • Archaic
translation icon : beneficiar
  • So it behooved us to have stuff to do that we could fill in in case we lost days to to weather or other production contingencies.

I feel like longer term investing in real estate now is going to behoove me more than just investing into the market.

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Examples

  • And it may just behoove me to recognise that this individual is dragging us all down and I'll get rid of him and then we'll all be safe again.

  • I feel like longer term investing in real estate now is going to behoove me more than just investing into the market.

  • The only person that really behooved was perm.

  • Oh my God, it behooves me brother, I'm behooved.

  • It would behoove you to study regularly if you want to pass the exam.

  • To improve your skills, it behooves you to practice every day.

  • In order to succeed in this project, it behooves us to work together diligently.

Synonyms

to do someone any favors
vsto behoof
  • Informal
48 5.1

Give someone help that does more harm than good

is about being of real use or advantage rather than possibly useless help
to avail
vsto behoof
  • Formal
24 6.9

To use something for your own benefit

is about simply being helpful or beneficial rather than being used
to behoove
vsto behoof
  • Formal
20 9.5

To be right or necessary for someone to do something

is about giving use or advantage rather than stating obligation or appropriateness
to serve well
vsto behoof
3 3.5

Be useful to someone when they need it

is the older literary form rather than the common modern expression
to benefact
vsto behoof
  • Archaic
9.7

To give money or help to others in a generous way

is about being useful or advantageous rather than focusing on generous giving

Antonyms

75 3.6

To make it difficult for people or things to do something

35 6.5

To slow the progress or movement of people and things

How Beneficial

to profit
140 3.2
to benefit
676 2.3
to behoof
  • Archaic
9.9
to serve
1.8

Surface Forms

behoof infinitive
behoofed past
behoofed past participle
behooving present participle
behoofs third person singular

Etymology

Behoof as a verb comes from the same Old English root as behoove, meaning 'to be useful' or 'to help'. So to behoof someone is to 'benefit' them or be of use to them.