Behoove
11behoove — verb be appropriate or necessary (Freq. 1) It behooves us to reflect on this matter • Syn: ↑behove • Hypernyms: ↑meet, ↑fit, ↑conform to • Verb Frames …
12behoove — verb (behooved; behooving) Etymology: Middle English behoven, from Old English behōfian, from behōf Date: before 12th century transitive verb to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for < it behooves us to go > …
13behoove — verb /bɨˈhuːv/ a) To suit; to befit. It behooves us to be prepared. We will begin a series of atomic bomb drills ... / Becomes necessary, Mr. Hupfer, said Mrs. Baker, as in It behooves us to raise our hands before we ask a question. b) To be… …
14behoove — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. be incumbent upon, be necessary, be required, be expected, be requisite, be needful, be one s obligation, be right, be proper, owe it to, be fitting, become, be worthwhile, be advantageous, benefit, profit. II (Roget s 3… …
15behoove — be|hoove [ bı huv ] verb transitive it behooves you to do something FORMAL used for saying that someone should do something because it is the right thing to do …
16behoove — v. (R) (formal) it behooves them to help the needy …
17behoove — be·hoove || bɪ huËv v. be worthwhile for …
18behoove — v. a. 1. Become, befit, beseem, be fit for, be proper for, be meet for. 2. Be necessary or needful for, be binding or obligatory on, be one s duty …
19behoove — verb 1) it behooves me to go Syn: be incumbent on, be obligatory for, be required of, be expected of, be appropriate for 2) it ill behooves them to comment Syn: befit, become, suit …
20behoove — v 1. be necessary, be essential, be requisite, be needful, be indispensable; be obligatory, be incumbent upon, be required of, be binding on, be bound; be proper, be due, be right, be correct; be suitable, be appropriate, be fitting, be meet;… …
