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Meaning of "behove" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BEHOVE

Old English behōfian; related to Middle Low German behōven.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BEHOVE

behove  [bɪˈhəʊv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEHOVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Behove is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb behove in English.

WHAT DOES BEHOVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of behove in the English dictionary

The definition of behove in the dictionary is to be necessary or fitting for.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEHOVE

PRESENT

Present
I behove
you behove
he/she/it behoves
we behove
you behove
they behove
Present continuous
I am behoving
you are behoving
he/she/it is behoving
we are behoving
you are behoving
they are behoving
Present perfect
I have behoved
you have behoved
he/she/it has behoved
we have behoved
you have behoved
they have behoved
Present perfect continuous
I have been behoving
you have been behoving
he/she/it has been behoving
we have been behoving
you have been behoving
they have been behoving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I behoved
you behoved
he/she/it behoved
we behoved
you behoved
they behoved
Past continuous
I was behoving
you were behoving
he/she/it was behoving
we were behoving
you were behoving
they were behoving
Past perfect
I had behoved
you had behoved
he/she/it had behoved
we had behoved
you had behoved
they had behoved
Past perfect continuous
I had been behoving
you had been behoving
he/she/it had been behoving
we had been behoving
you had been behoving
they had been behoving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will behove
you will behove
he/she/it will behove
we will behove
you will behove
they will behove
Future continuous
I will be behoving
you will be behoving
he/she/it will be behoving
we will be behoving
you will be behoving
they will be behoving
Future perfect
I will have behoved
you will have behoved
he/she/it will have behoved
we will have behoved
you will have behoved
they will have behoved
Future perfect continuous
I will have been behoving
you will have been behoving
he/she/it will have been behoving
we will have been behoving
you will have been behoving
they will have been behoving
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would behove
you would behove
he/she/it would behove
we would behove
you would behove
they would behove
Conditional continuous
I would be behoving
you would be behoving
he/she/it would be behoving
we would be behoving
you would be behoving
they would be behoving
Conditional perfect
I would have behove
you would have behove
he/she/it would have behove
we would have behove
you would have behove
they would have behove
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been behoving
you would have been behoving
he/she/it would have been behoving
we would have been behoving
you would have been behoving
they would have been behoving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you behove
we let´s behove
you behove
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to behove
Past participle
behoved
Present Participle
behoving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEHOVE


alcove
ˈælkəʊv
Bromsgrove
ˈbrɒmzˌɡrəʊv
clove
kləʊv
cookstove
ˈkʊkˌstəʊv
cove
kəʊv
drove
drəʊv
grove
ɡrəʊv
hove
həʊv
Jove
dʒəʊv
mangrove
ˈmæŋɡrəʊv
mauve
məʊv
rove
rəʊv
stove
stəʊv
strove
strəʊv
trove
trəʊv
uphove
ʌpˈhəʊv
wove
wəʊv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEHOVE

behind bars
behind line
behind one´s back
behind post
behind the curve
behind the eight ball
behind the scenes
behind the times
behindhand
Behistun
Behn
behold
beholden
beholder
behoof
behoove
behooves
behoveful
behovely
behowl

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEHOVE

a cut above
above
approve
dove
duck shove
duck-shove
fall in love
glove
groove
improve
in love
love
move
on the improve
over and above
prove
remove
shove
the above
when push comes to shove

Synonyms and antonyms of behove in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEHOVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «behove» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of behove

Translation of «behove» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEHOVE

Find out the translation of behove to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of behove from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «behove» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

behove
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Behoove
570 millions of speakers

English

behove
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फबना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

behove
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подобает
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

convinha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপযুক্ত হত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incomber
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mesti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

behove
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

behove
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

behove
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kudu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

behove
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தகுதியோடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

योग्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yakışmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

essere conveniente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

behove
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

личить
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

behove
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

behove
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

betamen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

behövligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

behove
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of behove

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEHOVE»

The term «behove» is regularly used and occupies the 107.900 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEHOVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «behove» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «behove» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about behove

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEHOVE»

Discover the use of behove in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to behove and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
In youth, when I did love, did love ' ', Methought, it was very sweet, To contract, 0, the time, for, ah, my behove 0, methought, there was nothing meet*. 1 In youth, when I did love, &c.] The three stanzas, sung here by the Grave-Digger, are ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
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Norwegian Modals
seem less clear-cut, but as we have seen, the case for negated trenge/behove is much stronger than that for their non-negated counterparts.53 As mentioned above, negated trenge/behove take proper arguments, passivize, and accept ...
Kristin M. Eide, 2005
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A Greek and English lexicon: originally a Scripture lexicon; ...
Ac?, it behovcth ; thtt, it did behove ; ifiati, it shall behove ; otri, it may behove, or let it behove ; (Ss«jo-jj, it shall have behoved ; ouv, to behove ; to lew, that which behovcth ; and in the plural, r* Ss'o»t«. Xjw, it behovcth ; fXQ*>v, it did behove ...
Greville Ewing, 1827
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A Greek grammar, and Greek and English scripture lexicon
Aei", it behoveth; 'tiu, it did behove; iiio-u, it shall behove; Jsij, it may behove, or let it beltove; ieiovi, it shall have behoved; 3hv, to behove; to Seoc, that which behoveth; and in the plural, t« 3=o»t«. Xjjj, it behoveth; %{!)», it did behove; Zejieu, ...
Greville Ewing, 1812
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Netherlandish Books (NB) (2 Vols): Books Published in the ...
Ordonnantie volghende den welcken ten behove vanden ghemeene sake van Gelre, Zutphen, Hollandt, Zeelandt, Utrecht, Vrieslandt [over impost op koren, 01.07.1579]. Utrecht, [Coenraet Henricksz], 1579. 4o. incip. B02, G03, L04, U01.
Andrew Pettegree, Malcolm Walsby, 2010
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The institutions of the law of Scotland: deduced from its ...
The requisits of this Gontract,must be sirfi% A Dcfire,Warrand, or Order, upon the part of the Mandant to the Afandatar, to do some Affair, to the behove of the 4/ andant only 5 or of the Mandant and Mandatar,as to manage that which they have ...
James Dalrymple Stair (Viscount of), 1693
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Descriptive Adequacy of Early Modern English Grammars
Table 19. Inventory of impersonal verbs in the Early Modern Verbs 119. RUE PLEASE / DESIRE HAPPEN BEHOVE SEEM Bullokar behove, skill me-think [sic], me-thought Greaves beseem Gill chance, happen become beseem Butler, delight ...
Ute Dons, 2004
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Middle English Dictionary
Privy C .3.239: pei shulde be free to go- verne by be said auctorite and aquite hem in al bing bat hem thought expedient for be Kinges behove, be good publique of his said roialmes & lordships, and free execucion of his said lawes.
Hans Kurath, Sherman McAllister Kuhn, Robert E. Lewis, 1984
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The decisions of the Lords of council & session, in the most ...
Restrict. The Wodsetter further alleadged^ that the Gift Was Antidated and Simulate to the Rebels behove, and fb accrefced to the Wodsetter. Which the Lords Sustained, and found the Simulation probable by the Oath of the 5 aperiour , and the ...
James Dalrymple, 1683
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The plays and poems of William Shakespeare: with the ...
In youth, 'when I did love, did love 7, Methought, it was very sweet, To contract* 0, the time, for, ah, my behove O, methought, there was nothing meet 8. 7 In youth, when I did love, &c.] The three stanzas, sung here by the Grave-Digger, are ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, 1821

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEHOVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term behove is used in the context of the following news items.
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Now booking an auto is just an App away
... on to say that those who represented the paper always had the reputation of asking questions that did not behove of professional journalists. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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PDP hails Amnesty's recommendation for removal of AFSPA from J&K
"It does not behove a democratic country like India to have a draconian law like AFSPA exist in any part," he added. Calling AFSPA as one of ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
3
Mud flung at Nehru from govt computer
... said: "Will the Prime Minister and the telecom minister explain how it happened? Does it behove the ruling party? Will the government ensure ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
Evolving IS
It would certainly behove the international community, particularly the countries of the Middle East and South Asia, to put aside their respective ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
5
Second guessing the president of China
It might behove a few more of us to take advantage of the service to visit China and start building that understanding. I am only guessing myself ... «Birmingham Post, Jun 15»
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OPINION: Looking for a holiday destination this summer? Try a …
And we, Jews, doesn't it behove us to raise our voices in protest whilst another religious minority is targeted this aggressively and consistently. «Jewish News, Jun 15»
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Amy Schumer could have responded better to claims of 'lazy' racism
So when the Guardian buries a paragraph about her "blind spot" when it comes to race in an otherwise positive article, it would behove a ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
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When you crawl, unasked
This does not behove a society that has enshrined secularism in the preamble to its Constitution. Still worse is that the excesses committed ... «The Indian Express, Jun 15»
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BJP inventing communal twist
Either way, it did not behove a senior party functionary. A few months ago, Ansari was wrongly criticised for showing disrespect to the national ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
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Report on Rakesh Maria-Lalit Modi meet submitted, Congress slams …
This does not behove well for a top ranking police officer as it is an administrative matter. "Had Maria given in writing to the then ACS (Home) ... «Zee News, Jun 15»

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