| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To entail or involve. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To comprise, consist, include or contain. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To comport, act or operate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb behave.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (behave) |
1. Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "Don't behave like a fool".[Wordnet]. 2. Behave in a certain manner.[Wordnet]. 3. Behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave".[Wordnet]. 4. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.[Websters]. 5. To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.[Websters]. 6. To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: behaving, behaved, behaves, behavor, behavors, behavingly and behavedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Behaving" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Carrying; conducting.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of behave. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Girls Behaving Badly | Girls Behaving Badly is an American reality comedy television show that is produced by Cable channel the Oh! Network, also known as Oxygen Network. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: BEHAVING | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Bear Behaving Badly | 21 | Bear Behaving Badly | 21 | |
| List of Men Behaving Badly episodes | 19 | Behaving Badly | 6 | |
| Men Behaving Badly | 16 | Girls Behaving Badly | 6 | |
| Girls Behaving Badly | 6 | List of Men Behaving Badly characters | 5 | |
| Behaving Badly | 6 | List of Men Behaving Badly episodes | 19 | |
| List of Men Behaving Badly characters | 5 | Men Behaving Badly | 16 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | تَصَرَّفَ (behave, act, acted, acting, acts), سَلَكَ (behave, act, acted, acting, acts), سارَ (march, act, acted, acting, acts). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | تَصَرَّفَ (behave, act, acted, acting, acts), سَلَكَ (behave, act, acted, acting, acts), سارَ (march, act, acted, acting, acts). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | تَصَرَّفَ (behave, act, acted, acting, acts), سَلَكَ (behave, act, acted, acting, acts), سارَ (march, act, acted, acting, acts). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bahasa Indonesia | berkelakuan (behave, behaving like, have the character of), ningratisme (feudalism, feudal way of thinking and behaving). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | reagující (reactive, responsive, behaving, responding), jednající (acting, behaving), fungující (functional, behaving, functioning), chovající se (behaving). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | procedendo (proceeding, behaving), agindo (behaving, acting), trabalhando (behaving, cultivating, digging, doing, slogging), portando (behaving, carrying), comportar (to admit, admit, bear, behave, behaved), comportando-se (behaving). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Capeverdian | porta (entail, include, to include, add, behave), manti (maintain, to maintain, sustain, to sustain, conserve). Additional references: Capeverdian, France, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | reagující (reactive, responsive, behaving, responding), jednající (acting, behaving), fungující (functional, behaving, functioning), chovající se (behaving). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 表现 (expression, manifestation, display, manifest, show). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corse | richjede (claim, require, to require, need, add), cumpurtà (add, bear out, behave, behaving, blow away). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsi | richjede (claim, require, to require, need, add), cumpurtà (add, bear out, behave, behaving, blow away). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsican | richjede (claim, require, to require, need, add), cumpurtà (add, bear out, behave, behaving, blow away). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corso | richjede (claim, require, to require, need, add), cumpurtà (add, bear out, behave, behaving, blow away). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsu | richjede (claim, require, to require, need, add), cumpurtà (add, bear out, behave, behaving, blow away). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | reagující (reactive, responsive, behaving, responding), jednající (acting, behaving), fungující (functional, behaving, functioning), chovající se (behaving). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | benehmend (behaving), betragend (amounting, behaving, running). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | conduisant (leading, driving, conducting, behaving), comportant (having, including, behaving, comprising, demeaning), agissant (active, acting, operating, agitated, behaving), se comportant (behaving), comporter (entail, include, connote, involve, call for). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | conduisant (leading, driving, conducting, behaving), comportant (having, including, behaving, comprising, demeaning), agissant (active, acting, operating, agitated, behaving), se comportant (behaving), comporter (entail, include, connote, involve, call for). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | benehmend (behaving), betragend (amounting, behaving, running). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gullah | b'habe (behave, behaved, behaves, behaving). Additional references: Gullah, United States, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | تَصَرَّفَ (behave, act, acted, acting, acts), سَلَكَ (behave, act, acted, acting, acts), سارَ (march, act, acted, acting, acts). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | benehmend (behaving), betragend (amounting, behaving, running). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | benehmend (behaving), betragend (amounting, behaving, running). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Indonesian | berkelakuan (behave, behaving like, have the character of), ningratisme (feudalism, feudal way of thinking and behaving). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | agendo (acting, behaving, operating), filando (spinning, behaving, running), diportandosi (behaving), guasti casuali o non sistematici (randomly behaving failures), si comportano da bambini (They are behaving like children). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | ふるまい (behavior, behaviour, bearing, behaving, conduct), 自由奔放 (behaving with abandon, free and uncontrolled, freewheeling, liberal and uncontrolled), 異体同心 (perfect harmony, acting in one accord, behaving in perfect harmony, being of one mind), いたいどうしん (acting in one accord, behaving in perfect harmony, being of one mind), じゆうほんぽう (behaving with abandon, free and uncontrolled, freewheeling, liberal and uncontrolled). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Norwegian | Å oppføring seg (behaving). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | procedendo (proceeding, behaving), agindo (behaving, acting), trabalhando (behaving, cultivating, digging, doing, slogging), portando (behaving, carrying), comportar (admit, bear, behave, to admit, behaved), comportando-se (behaving). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Rohingya | báilder (behaving good, cheating, pretending, siding with you). Additional references: Rohingya, Myanmar, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | portando (behaving, toting), funcionando (operating, behaving, in order, running, working), conduciendo (driving, leading, behaving, conducing), comportándose (behaving), Comportar (behave, act, behaved, behaving, comporting). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | tutum (attitude, saving, economy, behavior, behaviour), iltifat (compliment, attention, compliments, behaving courteously or flatteringly, bouquet). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Vivaro-Alpine Occitan | comportar (entail, include, to include, add, behave). Additional references: Vivaro-Alpine Occitan, behaving. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “behaving” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | ehavingbay (behaving). Additional references: Pig Latin, behaving. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | comportan (behaving). Additional references: Terran B, behaving. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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