behave
IPA: bɪhˈeɪv
verb
- (reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.
- (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
- (obsolete, transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
- (intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.
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Examples of "behave" in Sentences
- While they are certainly varied and extremely colorful and cute, they all behave is very similar way.
- Like it or not, the way a civilization decides to behave is as much a conscious decision as anything else.
- His basic ignorance about the way people behave is astonishing – talking in utterly implausible ways to one another.
- What they do and how they behave is irrelevant, when compared to the dues they believe are owed their innate sense of self-worth.
- How we behave is up to us, but Nikolai believes that everything is predetermined by one's particular circumstances (galley page 293).
- Some nonsense about the free market regulating and fixing itself and if we just leave it alone credit card companies will magically learn how not to behave is a usurious manner?
- Probably the easiest thing to do when proprietary players like this won't behave, is to download the video using one of the many sites or tools available then reupload it to YouTube or Vimeo. com (who has a really nice player i might add) if the owner of the video will allow.
- Global warming did not create these big pockets of water — they lie beneath some 2,300 feet of compressed snow and ice, too deep to be affected by temperature changes on the surface — but knowing how they behave is important to understanding the impact of climate change on the Antarctic ice sheet, study author Helen Fricker said by telephone.
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