behavior
Human conduct relative to social normsHuman conduct relative to social norms.
» Tom needs to change his behavior.
Tom muss sein Verhalten ändern.
Том должен поменять своё поведение.
Тому потрібно змінити свою поведінку.
Meaning
6 senses(US, uncountable, usually)Human conduct relative to social norms.
(US, countable, usually)An inappropriate or forbidden action.
When a patient has a behavior, document it in their records.
(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
(US, informal, uncountable, usually)A state of probation about one's conduct.
He was on his best behavior when her family visited.
(US, countable, uncountable, usually)An observable response produced by an organism.
(US, uncountable, usually)The way a device or system operates.
Examples
798 sentencesTom needs to change his behavior.
Тому потрібно змінити свою поведінку.
ruТом должен поменять своё поведение.
deTom muss sein Verhalten ändern.
I'm sorry for my bad behavior.
Перепрошую за мою погану поведінку.
I'm fed up with your behavior.
Мені твоя поведінка вже остогидла.
ruЯ сыт по горло твоим поведением.
You need to stop this kind of behavior right away.
Негайно припини так себе поводити.
deDiese Verhaltensweisen musst du ganz schnell einstellen.
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.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English behavoure, behaver, from behaven (modern behave), morphologically equiFrom 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: behaviorsSynonyms
7 synonyms- manner of acting or controlling yourself:behaviourconductdoings
- (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation:behaviour
- the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances:behaviour
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people:demeanordemeanourbehaviourconductdeportment
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
8 patterns- kind of behavior
- behavior any longer
- rude behavior
- your behavior is
- his behavior was
- behavior any
- bad behavior
- behavior anymore