Definitions for behavior

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behavior be·hav·ior

Spelling: [bih-heyv-yer]

IPA: /bɪˈheɪv yər/

Behavior is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in behavior (abehiorv).

Definitions for behavior

noun

1. manner of behaving or acting.
2. Psychology, Animal Behavior. observable activity in a human or animal. the aggregate of responses to internal and external stimuli. a stereotyped, species-specific activity, as a courtship dance or startle reflex.
3. Often, behaviors. a behavior pattern.
4. the action or reaction of any material under given circumstances:

Origin of behavior

1375-1425; behave + -ior (on model of havior, variant of havor Middle French (h)avoir ≪ Latin habēre to have); replacing late Middle English behavoure, behaver. See

Examples for behavior

There was something droll, and yet miserable, in his behavior.

I asked, astonished at Jim's behavior, and anxious for some clew by which to solve its mystery.

To his way of thinking the behavior of the fiacre was quite unaccountable.

The team tracked individuals from afar to get a sense of their behavior.

The behavior of the troops throughout this trying day was very good.

The idea is to reveal human nature and behavior with your camera moves.

I with a new, sudden interest, watched the behavior of the two men.

In many ways, the behavior of the male “ally” demonstrates how far we have to go in the tech industry.

Anger often manifests in withholders as another self-destructive but more socially acceptable feeling or behavior, like anxiety.

“While IV infusion is safe and effective,” one officer wrote, rectal hydration could be used as a form of behavior control.