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behave English
Meaning behave meaning
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Synonyms behave synonyms
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Topics behave topics
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Conjugation behave conjugation
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behave · verb
Present I behave
Positive I behave
Singular
1st person I behave
2nd person you behave
3rd person he/she/it behaves
Plural
1st person we behave
2nd person you behave
3rd person they behave
Negative I don't behave
Singular
1st person I don't behave I do not behave
2nd person you don't behave you do not behave
3rd person he/she/it doesn't behave he/she/it does not behave
Plural
1st person we don't behave we do not behave
2nd person you don't behave you do not behave
3rd person they don't behave they do not behave
Question do I behave?
Singular
1st person do I behave?
2nd person do you behave?
3rd person does he/she/it behave?
Plural
1st person do we behave?
2nd person do you behave?
3rd person do they behave?
Negative question don't I behave?
Singular
1st person don't I behave? do I not behave?
2nd person don't you behave? do you not behave?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it behave? does he/she/it not behave?
Plural
1st person don't we behave? do we not behave?
2nd person don't you behave? do you not behave?
3rd person don't they behave? do they not behave?
Past I behaved
Positive I behaved
Singular
1st person I behaved
2nd person you behaved
3rd person he/she/it behaved
Plural
1st person we behaved
2nd person you behaved
3rd person they behaved
Negative I didn't behave
Singular
1st person I didn't behave I did not behave
2nd person you didn't behave you did not behave
3rd person he/she/it didn't behave he/she/it did not behave
Plural
1st person we didn't behave we did not behave
2nd person you didn't behave you did not behave
3rd person they didn't behave they did not behave
Question did I behave?
Singular
1st person did I behave?
2nd person did you behave?
3rd person did he/she/it behave?
Plural
1st person did we behave?
2nd person did you behave?
3rd person did they behave?
Negative question didn't I behave?
Singular
1st person didn't I behave? did I not behave?
2nd person didn't you behave? did you not behave?
3rd person didn't he/she/it behave? did he/she/it not behave?
Plural
1st person didn't we behave? did we not behave?
2nd person didn't you behave? did you not behave?
3rd person didn't they behave? did they not behave?
Future I'll behave
Positive I'll behave
Singular
1st person I'll behave I will behave
2nd person you'll behave you will behave
3rd person he/she/it'll behave he/she/it will behave
Plural
1st person we'll behave we will behave
2nd person you'll behave you will behave
3rd person they'll behave they will behave
Negative I won't behave
Singular
1st person I won't behave I will not behave
2nd person you won't behave you will not behave
3rd person he/she/it won't behave he/she/it will not behave
Plural
1st person we won't behave we will not behave
2nd person you won't behave you will not behave
3rd person they won't behave they will not behave
Question will I behave?
Singular
1st person will I behave?
2nd person will you behave?
3rd person will he/she/it behave?
Plural
1st person will we behave?
2nd person will you behave?
3rd person will they behave?
Negative question won't I behave?
Singular
1st person won't I behave? will I not behave?
2nd person won't you behave? will you not behave?
3rd person won't he/she/it behave? will he/she/it not behave?
Plural
1st person won't we behave? will we not behave?
2nd person won't you behave? will you not behave?
3rd person won't they behave? will they not behave?
Conditional I'd behave
Positive I'd behave
Singular
1st person I'd behave I would behave
2nd person you'd behave you would behave
3rd person he/she/it'd behave he/she/it would behave
Plural
1st person we'd behave we would behave
2nd person you'd behave you would behave
3rd person they'd behave they would behave
Negative I wouldn't behave
Singular
1st person I wouldn't behave I would not behave
2nd person you wouldn't behave you would not behave
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't behave he/she/it would not behave
Plural
1st person we wouldn't behave we would not behave
2nd person you wouldn't behave you would not behave
3rd person they wouldn't behave they would not behave
Question would I behave?
Singular
1st person would I behave?
2nd person would you behave?
3rd person would he/she/it behave?
Plural
1st person would we behave?
2nd person would you behave?
3rd person would they behave?
Negative question wouldn't I behave?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I behave? would I not behave?
2nd person wouldn't you behave? would you not behave?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it behave? would he/she/it not behave?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we behave? would we not behave?
2nd person wouldn't you behave? would you not behave?
3rd person wouldn't they behave? would they not behave?
Present continuous I'm behaving
Positive I'm behaving
Singular
1st person I'm behaving I am behaving
2nd person you're behaving you are behaving
3rd person he/she/it's behaving he/she/it is behaving
Plural
1st person we're behaving we are behaving
2nd person you're behaving you are behaving
3rd person they're behaving they are behaving
Negative I'm not behaving
Singular
1st person I'm not behaving I am not behaving
2nd person you aren't behaving you're not behaving you are not behaving
3rd person he/she/it isn't behaving he/she/it's not behaving he/she/it is not behaving
Plural
1st person we aren't behaving we're not behaving we are not behaving
2nd person you aren't behaving you're not behaving you are not behaving
3rd person they aren't behaving they're not behaving they are not behaving
Question am I behaving?
Singular
1st person am I behaving?
2nd person are you behaving?
3rd person is he/she/it behaving?
Plural
1st person are we behaving?
2nd person are you behaving?
3rd person are they behaving?
Negative question aren't I behaving?
Singular
1st person aren't I behaving? am I not behaving?
2nd person aren't you behaving? are you not behaving?
3rd person isn't he/she/it behaving? is he/she/it not behaving?
Plural
1st person aren't we behaving? are we not behaving?
2nd person aren't you behaving? are you not behaving?
3rd person aren't they behaving? are they not behaving?
Past continuous I was behaving
Positive I was behaving
Singular
1st person I was behaving
2nd person you were behaving
3rd person he/she/it was behaving
Plural
1st person we were behaving
2nd person you were behaving
3rd person they were behaving
Negative I wasn't behaving
Singular
1st person I wasn't behaving I was not behaving
2nd person you weren't behaving you were not behaving
3rd person he/she/it wasn't behaving he/she/it was not behaving
Plural
1st person we weren't behaving we were not behaving
2nd person you weren't behaving you were not behaving
3rd person they weren't behaving they were not behaving
Question was I behaving?
Singular
1st person was I behaving?
2nd person were you behaving?
3rd person was he/she/it behaving?
Plural
1st person were we behaving?
2nd person were you behaving?
3rd person were they behaving?
Negative question wasn't I behaving?
Singular
1st person wasn't I behaving? was I not behaving?
2nd person weren't you behaving? were you not behaving?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it behaving? was he/she/it not behaving?
Plural
1st person weren't we behaving? were we not behaving?
2nd person weren't you behaving? were you not behaving?
3rd person weren't they behaving? were they not behaving?
Future continuous I'll be behaving
Positive I'll be behaving
Singular
1st person I'll be behaving I will be behaving
2nd person you'll be behaving you will be behaving
3rd person he/she/it'll be behaving he/she/it will be behaving
Plural
1st person we'll be behaving we will be behaving
2nd person you'll be behaving you will be behaving
3rd person they'll be behaving they will be behaving
Negative I won't be behaving
Singular
1st person I won't be behaving I will not be behaving
2nd person you won't be behaving you will not be behaving
3rd person he/she/it won't be behaving he/she/it will not be behaving
Plural
1st person we won't be behaving we will not be behaving
2nd person you won't be behaving you will not be behaving
3rd person they won't be behaving they will not be behaving
Question will I be behaving?
Singular
1st person will I be behaving?
2nd person will you be behaving?
3rd person will he/she/it be behaving?
Plural
1st person will we be behaving?
2nd person will you be behaving?
3rd person will they be behaving?
Negative question won't I be behaving?
Singular
1st person won't I be behaving? will I not be behaving?
2nd person won't you be behaving? will you not be behaving?
3rd person won't he/she/it be behaving? will he/she/it not be behaving?
Plural
1st person won't we be behaving? will we not be behaving?
2nd person won't you be behaving? will you not be behaving?
3rd person won't they be behaving? will they not be behaving?
Conditional continuous I'd be behaving
Positive I'd be behaving
Singular
1st person I'd be behaving I would be behaving
2nd person you'd be behaving you would be behaving
3rd person he/she/it'd be behaving he/she/it would be behaving
Plural
1st person we'd be behaving we would be behaving
2nd person you'd be behaving you would be behaving
3rd person they'd be behaving they would be behaving
Negative I wouldn't be behaving
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be behaving I would not be behaving
2nd person you wouldn't be behaving you would not be behaving
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be behaving he/she/it would not be behaving
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be behaving we would not be behaving
2nd person you wouldn't be behaving you would not be behaving
3rd person they wouldn't be behaving they would not be behaving
Question would I be behaving?
Singular
1st person would I be behaving?
2nd person would you be behaving?
3rd person would he/she/it be behaving?
Plural
1st person would we be behaving?
2nd person would you be behaving?
3rd person would they be behaving?
Negative question wouldn't I be behaving?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be behaving? would I not be behaving?
2nd person wouldn't you be behaving? would you not be behaving?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be behaving? would he/she/it not be behaving?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be behaving? would we not be behaving?
2nd person wouldn't you be behaving? would you not be behaving?
3rd person wouldn't they be behaving? would they not be behaving?
Present perfect I've behaved
Positive I've behaved
Singular
1st person I've behaved I have behaved
2nd person you've behaved you have behaved
3rd person he/she/it's behaved he/she/it has behaved
Plural
1st person we've behaved we have behaved
2nd person you've behaved you have behaved
3rd person they've behaved they have behaved
Negative I haven't behaved
Singular
1st person I haven't behaved I have not behaved
2nd person you haven't behaved you have not behaved
3rd person he/she/it hasn't behaved he/she/it has not behaved
Plural
1st person we haven't behaved we have not behaved
2nd person you haven't behaved you have not behaved
3rd person they haven't behaved they have not behaved
Question have I behaved?
Singular
1st person have I behaved?
2nd person have you behaved?
3rd person has he/she/it behaved?
Plural
1st person have we behaved?
2nd person have you behaved?
3rd person have they behaved?
Negative question haven't I behaved?
Singular
1st person haven't I behaved? have I not behaved?
2nd person haven't you behaved? have you not behaved?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it behaved? has he/she/it not behaved?
Plural
1st person haven't we behaved? have we not behaved?
2nd person haven't you behaved? have you not behaved?
3rd person haven't they behaved? have they not behaved?
Past perfect I had behaved
Positive I had behaved
Singular
1st person I had behaved
2nd person you had behaved
3rd person he/she/it had behaved
Plural
1st person we had behaved
2nd person you had behaved
3rd person they had behaved
Negative I hadn't behaved
Singular
1st person I hadn't behaved I had not behaved
2nd person you hadn't behaved you had not behaved
3rd person he/she/it hadn't behaved he/she/it had not behaved
Plural
1st person we hadn't behaved we had not behaved
2nd person you hadn't behaved you had not behaved
3rd person they hadn't behaved they had not behaved
Question had I behaved?
Singular
1st person had I behaved?
2nd person had you behaved?
3rd person had he/she/it behaved?
Plural
1st person had we behaved?
2nd person had you behaved?
3rd person had they behaved?
Negative question hadn't I behaved?
Singular
1st person hadn't I behaved? had I not behaved?
2nd person hadn't you behaved? had you not behaved?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it behaved? had he/she/it not behaved?
Plural
1st person hadn't we behaved? had we not behaved?
2nd person hadn't you behaved? had you not behaved?
3rd person hadn't they behaved? had they not behaved?
Future perfect I'll have behaved
Positive I'll have behaved
Singular
1st person I'll have behaved I will have behaved
2nd person you'll have behaved you will have behaved
3rd person he/she/it'll have behaved he/she/it will have behaved
Plural
1st person we'll have behaved we will have behaved
2nd person you'll have behaved you will have behaved
3rd person they'll have behaved they will have behaved
Negative I won't have behaved
Singular
1st person I won't have behaved I will not have behaved
2nd person you won't have behaved you will not have behaved
3rd person he/she/it won't have behaved he/she/it will not have behaved
Plural
1st person we won't have behaved we will not have behaved
2nd person you won't have behaved you will not have behaved
3rd person they won't have behaved they will not have behaved
Question +'ll I have behaved?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have behaved? will I have behaved?
2nd person +'ll you have behaved? will you have behaved?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have behaved? will he/she/it have behaved?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have behaved? will we have behaved?
2nd person +'ll you have behaved? will you have behaved?
3rd person +'ll they have behaved? will they have behaved?
Negative question won't I have behaved?
Singular
1st person won't I have behaved? will I not have behaved?
2nd person won't you have behaved? will you not have behaved?
3rd person won't he/she/it have behaved? will he/she/it not have behaved?
Plural
1st person won't we have behaved? will we not have behaved?
2nd person won't you have behaved? will you not have behaved?
3rd person won't they have behaved? will they not have behaved?
Conditional perfect I'd have behaved
Positive I'd have behaved
Singular
1st person I'd have behaved I would have behaved
2nd person you'd have behaved you would have behaved
3rd person he/she/it'd have behaved he/she/it would have behaved
Plural
1st person we'd have behaved we would have behaved
2nd person you'd have behaved you would have behaved
3rd person they'd have behaved they would have behaved
Negative I wouldn't have behaved
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have behaved I would not have behaved
2nd person you wouldn't have behaved you would not have behaved
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have behaved he/she/it would not have behaved
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have behaved we would not have behaved
2nd person you wouldn't have behaved you would not have behaved
3rd person they wouldn't have behaved they would not have behaved
Question would I have behaved?
Singular
1st person would I have behaved?
2nd person would you have behaved?
3rd person would he/she/it have behaved?
Plural
1st person would we have behaved?
2nd person would you have behaved?
3rd person would they have behaved?
Negative question wouldn't I have behaved?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have behaved? would I not have behaved?
2nd person wouldn't you have behaved? would you not have behaved?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have behaved? would he/she/it not have behaved?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have behaved? would we not have behaved?
2nd person wouldn't you have behaved? would you not have behaved?
3rd person wouldn't they have behaved? would they not have behaved?
Imperative behave!
Positive
you behave!
we let's behave!
Negative
you don't behave!
we let's not behave!
Examples behave examples
How do I use behave in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Behave yourself.
I don't know how I should behave.
Why do women behave the way they do?
Now that you're grown up, you must not behave like that.
Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.
You should try to behave better.
Now you are a big boy, behave yourself.
Mary asked her son to behave himself.
Why do men behave like apes, and vice versa?
Why don't you try to behave like a gentleman?
It is stupid of him to behave like that.
You must not behave so.
It was childish of him to behave like that.
It's characteristic of him to behave like that.
It was out of the ordinary for Chris to behave so roughly.
If you are a student, behave as such.
Please behave like an English gentleman.
How dare you behave like that!
The boy doesn't know how to behave.
I wish Jim would behave himself.
Movie subtitles
I'll put writing paper in the hotel, and next year if you behave yourselves, I'll put in envelopes.
And when I behave nicely, he gives me a bit of sugar so that I can catch flies.
Behave. You're a foreigner here.
You better behave yourself, or i shall ask that you be shown out.
How will the King behave?
Does a King behave like that?
Behave like what?
Why don't you go back to your table and behave yourself?
We'll have a private car, liquor and gals on the trip. and the guides will make the deers behave.
Well, I'll leave you alone with that lady, but if you behave like a gentleman, I'll break your neck.
But there's no other way for me to behave decently towards you.
No matter who you like or dislike. you've got to behave and be pleasant.
Behave yourself Caussat!
At least here you'll behave.
Why don't you go back to your table and behave yourself? -Come on, guy.
And you'll have a good home here if you behave.
You behave yourself, I'll see you get to King Westley.
A hooligan stole it from me. Is that any way to behave?
Women who don't behave properly at the Hippo-Palace, out they go!
I know how to behave, madam.
I expect you two to behave like love birds so Russia will have an heir to the throne.
Are you going to behave like an obedient wife. or must I continue to treat you like a stubborn child?
Now that I've learned how Russia expects me to behave. I like it here.
The dog's well-trained, he'll behave himself.
I'll behave!
Oh, he knows how to behave but he gets carried away.
We do not believe in prying into our employees' private lives. provided, of course, they behave properly in their functions.
Behave.
You couldn't behave badly.
Oh, well, of course, it all depends how you behave, Ma.
Alfred Bridges, behave yourself.
Oh, Joey, behave.
I don't want to behave badly.
Behave yourself at school, and pay attention.
News and current affairs
Today, the mood is much grimmer, with references to 1929 and 1931 beginning to abound, even if some governments continue to behave as if the crisis was more classical than exceptional.
Only when more parents, teachers, and community leaders behave likewise will recruitment of terrorists dry up and law-enforcement authorities receive full cooperation from the populations they police.
For thousands of years, humans have relied on education, persuasion, social institutions, and the threat of real (or supernatural) punishment to make people behave decently.
It is not as if people would suddenly begin to behave better if we just gave them more facts and statistics, or better arguments.
A community based on love need not be a society where people behave like angels.
If universal conformity to a rules-based international order still seems like a distant prospect, an important reason is that countries that should be leading the charge still so often behave like rogue states.
Kahneman, a psychologist, has demonstrated how individuals systematically behave in ways less rational than orthodox economists believe they do.
All behave as though they are above the laws that constrain normal citizens.
There is no absolute yardstick on how to behave in these impossible circumstances, so people must judge every election on its merits.
Of course, human beings and nation states do often behave in similar ways.
A person of integrity does not behave dishonestly.
And painful experience tells us that economic agents may not behave as the models suppose they will.
By far the most widely used instrument are anti-dumping duties aimed at imposing some restraint on companies that behave in an anti-competitive way.
Why should governments behave differently?
To believe and behave otherwise would lead to regional chaos.
Indeed, with America's economy in apparent freefall, Trichet is threatening euro-zone trade unions with pre-emptive interest-rate hikes unless they behave as he sees fit.
And their publics are not pressuring them to behave otherwise.
Now, the people of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland - not rejected, after all - must behave as well as possible to salvage something workable from the sometimes bitter and divisive arguments.
Health problems may take you to a clinic, but many of them start with how you behave at home - what you eat and drink, whether you smoke or exercise or sleep enough, etc.
Why did twenty-first-century legislators behave differently?
Today's financial firm equity and bond holders must bear the main cost, or there is little hope they will behave more responsibly in the future.
The parallel with Japan highlights the need for governments to behave responsibly, individually and collectively.
But pariah states never behave responsibly, and no state has a bigger role than we do in coaxing Kim Jong-un's regime into normality.
First, if drugs are banned, then choosing not to use them is a test of one's character. A person of integrity does not behave dishonestly.