transcription, транскрипция: [ bɪheɪvjə(r) ]
( behaviours)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use 'behavior'
1.
People’s or animals’ behaviour is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour .
Make sure that good behaviour is rewarded.
...human sexual behaviour...
These eating patterns are a learned behavior.
= conduct
N-VAR : with supp
2.
In science, the behaviour 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 behaviour , they are trying very hard to behave well.
PHRASE : v-link PHR