Meaning

6 senses
  1. (US, uncountable, usually)Human conduct relative to social norms.

  2. (US, countable, usually)An inappropriate or forbidden action.

    When a patient has a behavior, document it in their records.

  3. (US, countable, uncountable, usually)The way or manner a living creature behaves or acts generally.

    Verhalten, Benehmen, Betragen

    поведе́ниеpovedénije, поведе́ниеpovedénije

    поведі́нкаpovedínka

    (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

  4. (US, informal, uncountable, usually)A state of probation about one's conduct.

    He was on his best behavior when her family visited.

  5. (US, countable, uncountable, usually)An observable response produced by an organism.

  6. (US, uncountable, usually)The way a device or system operates.

Examples

798 sentences
  1. Tom needs to change his behavior.

    Тому потрібно змінити свою поведінку.

    ruТом должен поменять своё поведение.

    deTom muss sein Verhalten ändern.

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  2. I'm sorry for my bad behavior.

    Перепрошую за мою погану поведінку.

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  3. I'm fed up with your behavior.

    Мені твоя поведінка вже остогидла.

    ruЯ сыт по горло твоим поведением.

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  4. You need to stop this kind of behavior right away.

    Негайно припини так себе поводити.

    deDiese Verhaltensweisen musst du ganz schnell einstellen.

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  5. I want you to talk to Tom about his behavior.

    Я хочу, щоб ти поговорив із Томом про його поведінку.

    ruЯ хочу, чтобы ты поговорил с Томом о его поведении.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
way an animal or human behaves or acts:
Русский
By meaning 1
way an animal or human behaves or acts:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
way an animal or human behaves or acts:
way matter or systems behave:

Origin

From Middle English behavoure, behaver, from behaven (modern behave), morphologically equi

From Middle English behavoure, behaver, from behaven (modern behave), morphologically equivalent to behave + -ior. The suffix was adopted in imitation of havour (modern haviour, havior), an etymologically unrelated word that was corrupted from Anglo‐Norman Anglo-Norman aveir and Old French Old French avoir (“property, wealth”) through false association with the native English verb have. The French term derives ultimately from Latin Latin habēre (“to have, hold”).

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Forms

plural: behaviors

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

20 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • kind of behavior
  • behavior any longer
  • rude behavior
  • your behavior is
  • his behavior was
  • behavior any
  • bad behavior
  • behavior anymore

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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