BEHAVE


Meaning of BEHAVE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ impeccably ( esp. BrE ), perfectly , well

▪ honourably/honorably

▪ aggressively , badly , disgracefully ( esp. BrE ), outrageously ( esp. BrE )

Children who ~ badly are rejecting adult values.

▪ appropriately , correctly , properly , responsibly

The officers investigated whether soldiers had ~d correctly.

▪ improperly ( esp. BrE ), inappropriately , irresponsibly

▪ rationally , reasonably

▪ irrationally , stupidly , unreasonably ( esp. BrE )

▪ normally

▪ erratically , oddly , strangely , suspiciously ( esp. BrE )

▪ differently

I know I should have ~d differently.

▪ similarly

Humans and machines sometimes ~ similarly.

▪ accordingly

Children, if they are used to being treated with respect, will ~ accordingly.

▪ naturally

the freedom to ~ naturally

PREPOSITION

▪ according to

People ~ according to their own understanding of situations.

▪ as if , as though

He ~d as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.

▪ like

Stop behaving like a three-year-old!

▪ towards/toward

He had always ~d in a friendly manner towards/toward us.

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