(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use 'behavior'
1.
People’s or animals’ ~ is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a ~.
Make sure that good ~ is rewarded.
...human sexual ~...
These eating patterns are a learned behavior.
= conduct
N-VAR: with supp
2.
In science, the ~ of something is the way that it behaves.
It will be many years before anyone can predict a hurricane’s behavior with much accuracy.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl, with poss
3.
If someone is on their best ~, they are trying very hard to behave well.
PHRASE: v-link PHR