Word a Day
behavior
What does behavior mean?
behavior (noun): human conduct relative to social norms.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use behavior in a sentence?
How do you pronounce behavior?
/bɪˈheɪvjɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does behavior come from?
From Middle English behavoure, behaver, from behaven (modern behave), morphologically equivalent to behave + -ior.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of behavior?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “behavior”?
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What does “behavior” mean?
a generally accepted means of exchange
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a particular point of time; an instant
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an account of real or fictional events
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human conduct relative to social norms
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Which word is closest in meaning to “behavior”?
control
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country
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conduct
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problem
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