behave
/bɪˈheɪv/
US pronunciation
American sound/bɪˈheɪv/
bɪˈheɪv
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
bɪ - ˈheɪv -> behave
Myanmar meaning
(v) ပြုမူသည်။ ဣန္ဒြေရရ နေသည်။ (စက်ယန္တရား၊ အဖွဲ့အစည်း စသည်) အဆင်ပြေ သည်၊ အဆင်ချောသည်။
Full entry
၁။ ~ well, badly, etc (towards sb) ပြုမူသည်။ She behaves (towards me) more like a friend than a mother. ❍ He has behaved disgracefully towards his family. သူ့မိသားစုမျက်နှာကို အိုးမဲသုတ်တယ်။
၂။ ~ (oneself) ဣနြေ္ဒရရ နေသည်။ Children, please behave (yourselves)!
၃။ (စက်ယန္တရား၊ အဖွဲ့အစည်း စသည်) အဆင်ပြေ သည်၊ အဆင်ချောသည်။ How's your new car behaving? ❍ This will mean a change in the way our courts behave.
❏ -behaved (forming compound adjs ) … စွာပြုမူသော။ well-/ ill-/ badly-behaved children.
More examples
- The children behaved very badly.
- A badly behaved dog
- [behave like] : You behaved like a complete idiot!
- [behave towards] : This is not how you behave towards a child.
- [behave as if/though] : He behaved as though he hadn’t seen Ellie.
- [behave in a sensible/alarming etc way] : She was embarrassed at having behaved in such a childish way.
- Mum’s always telling me to behave when we go out.
- [behave yourself] : I hope the children behave themselves.
Synonyms
act, perform, conduct yourself, work, act correctly, act one's age, act reasonably, act with decorum, be civil, be good, be nice, be on best behavior, be orderly, comport oneself, comport yourself, conduct oneself properly, control, demean oneself, deport oneself, deport yourself, direct, discipline oneself, do the right thing, function, keep one's nose clean, keep out of mischief, keep the peace, live up to, manage, manage oneself, mind your p's and q's, mind one's manners, mind one's p's and q's, obey the rules, observe golden rule, observe the law, operate, play fair, properly, react, run, shape up, take, toe the line, toe the mark, watch one's step
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actperformconduct yourselfworkact correctlyact one's ageact reasonablyact with decorumbe civilbe goodbe nicebe on best behaviorbe orderlycomport oneselfcomport yourselfconduct oneself properlycontroldemean oneselfdeport oneselfdeport yourselfdirectdiscipline oneselfdo the right thingfunctionkeep one's nose cleankeep out of mischiefkeep the peacelive up to
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