to behave
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- verb
- /bɪˈheɪv/
:
comportarse
- - It's important that we behave on the pitch and off the pitch.
- way of behaving
- behave appropriately
- behave differently
OK, then how would you behave in the in that case?
- OK, then how would you behave in the in that case?
- How is it that people come to behave in cooperative ways?
- It's if you are good, if you behave, I will love you.
- But then both of them behaved in exactly the same way.
- The way a narcissist behaves, they are insecure.
- And I think people behave better when they're optimistic.
- But the notion of, you know, how do I behave with grace?
- I start from that premise and we choose to not behave like animals.
- I was behaving the same way with my dog.
- No one actually thinks that, but people behave as if it's true.
Examples
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If you want to join the club, you need to behave in a respectful manner.
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He promised to behave himself and not interrupt the meeting.
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It's if you are good, if you behave, I will love you.
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The other six could easily work as examples of how to behave like a decent human being.
Academic text (2011) -
She'd taken a course on how to dress and how to behave in predominantly male company.
Fiction book (1991) -
And I think people behave better when they're optimistic.
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Students were eligible to attend if they were "well-behaved" and their work was finished.
Academic text (1990) -
I know I haven't behaved very well in all this.
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You two, behave yourselves.
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The teacher asked the students to behave during the assembly.
Synonyms
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Behave in a certain way, often to pretend or hide feelings
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Morphology
Etymology
Behave comes from two old parts, be- (a small word added to verbs) and have (which once meant 'to hold' or 'keep'). So to behave was like 'hold yourself' or 'carry yourself', and that is why today it means 'to act' or 'conduct yourself', especially in a proper way.