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{
"term": "behave",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "behave",
"heSheIt": "behaves"
},
"pastSimple": "behaved",
"pastParticiple": "behaved",
"ingForm": "behaving"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to do things in a particular way",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"labels": "North American EnglishBritish English",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The doctor behaved very unprofessionally."
},
{
"text": "They **behaved** very **badly** towards their guests."
},
{
"text": "He behaved like a true gentleman."
},
{
"text": "They behave differently when you're not around."
},
{
"text": "He had always **behaved in a** friendly **manner** towards us."
},
{
"text": "I expect you to **behave in a** certain **way**."
},
{
"text": "She behaved with great dignity."
},
{
"text": "He **behaved as if/though** nothing had happened."
},
{
"text": "I know I should have behaved differently."
},
{
"text": "Children, if they are used to being treated with respect, will behave accordingly."
},
{
"text": "Stop behaving like a three-year-old!"
},
{
"text": "People behave according to their own understanding of situations."
},
{
"text": "Humans and machines sometimes behave similarly."
},
{
"text": "The enquiry investigated whether officers had behaved correctly."
},
{
"text": "the freedom to behave naturally"
}
],
"synonyms": "act",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["impeccably", "perfectly", "well"],
"preposition": ["according to", "as if", "as though"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to do things in a way that people think is correct or polite",
"sensetop": "behave yourself",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Will you kids just behave!"
},
{
"text": "She doesn't know how to behave in public."
},
{
"text": "The children always behave for their father."
},
{
"text": "I want you to behave yourselves while I'm away.",
"contextForm": "behave yourself"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["impeccably", "perfectly", "well"],
"preposition": ["according to", "as if", "as though"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "behaving in the way mentioned",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**well-/badly behaved** children"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to naturally react, move, etc. in a particular way",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a study of how metals behave under pressure"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to behave in a very confident way that annoys other people, for example by telling them what to do",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was acting as if she owned the place."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈheɪv/",
"audio": "be/behave/behave__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈheɪvz/",
"audio": "be/behave/behaves__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈheɪvd/",
"audio": "be/behave/behaved__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈheɪvɪŋ/",
"audio": "be/behave/behaving__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈheɪv/",
"audio": "be/behave/behave__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈheɪvz/",
"audio": "be/behave/behaves__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈheɪvd/",
"audio": "be/behave/behaved__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈheɪvɪŋ/",
"audio": "be/behave/behaving__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from be- ‘thoroughly’ + have in the sense ‘have or bear (oneself) in a particular way’ (corresponding to modern German sich behaben)."
}