behavior

/bɪˈheɪvjɚ/

nounbe · hav · ior

Remember: good BE-HAV-ior is how you HAVE to BE—BE + HAV + IOR.

Yes, it's behavior. Don’t swap the vowels: it’s behav- (like “have” with an extra a), not *behav*iour or *behavoir*.

Definitions

  1. nounThe way a person or animal acts; conduct.
  2. nounThe way something works or responds under certain conditions (for example, the behavior of a material or system).

Examples

  • “Her behavior in class improved after she started getting more sleep.”
  • “The puppy’s behavior changed when it heard the doorbell.”
  • “Scientists studied the behavior of the chemical when it was heated.”

Synonyms

conductactionsmannerdemeanorresponse

Antonyms

misconduct

Translations

ES comportamientoPT comportamentoFR comportement

Common misspellings

behavorbehaivorbehavierbehaviourbehavoirbehav iorbehavïor

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