behove
To befit, to suitTo befit, to suit.
» It would behove Tom to look after his own kids instead.
Tom sollte sich besser um seine Kinder kümmern.
Meaning
4 senses(formal, transitive)To befit, to suit.
obliegen, sich geziemen, schicken
подобатьpodobatʹ, сле́доватьslédovatʹ, надлежа́тьnadležátʹ
(formal, transitive)To be necessary for (someone).
notwendig sein
сле́доватьslédovatʹ, надлежа́тьnadležátʹ
be appropriate or necessary
(formal, transitive)To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
(formal, intransitive)To be needful, meet or becoming.
Examples
2 sentencesIt would behove Tom to look after his own kids instead.
deTom sollte sich besser um seine Kinder kümmern. — Tamy
This behoves historians to never take any of its statements at their face value.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English behoven, bihoven (“to be necessary, requisite; to be compelled or requFrom Middle English behoven, bihoven (“to be necessary, requisite; to be compelled or required (to do something)”), from Old English behōfian (“to need; to be necessary”), from Proto-Germanic *bihōfōną (“to benefit, behove, need”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to grab, seize”). The word is cognate with Old Frisian bihōvia (“to need”), Middle Low German behôven (“to need”) and Old Saxon *bihōvōn, Dutch behoeven (“to need”), obsolete German behufen (cf. Behuf), Danish behøve (“to need”), Norwegian behøve (“to need”), Swedish behöva (“to have use for, to need”).
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Forms
behoves, behoving, behoved, behovedSynonyms
1 synonyms- be appropriate or necessary:behoove
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle