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befit

/bɪˈfɪt/

befit verb: to be fit for.

Verb

befit (third-person singular simple present befits, present participle befitting, simple past and past participle befitted or befit)

  1. to be fit for
    • His conduct was not befitting an officer of his station.
    • Clarke's side roared back with courage and belief befitting a team who had held their nerve in two shootouts to get here.2021 June 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    behoove, behove, pertain

befit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

befit in Hindi

to befit, suit; to look good, beseem
सोहना sohnā
to befit, become, beseem; to be pertinent
फबना phabnā
to befit, to beseem
शोभना śobhnā
to befit, become, beseem, look attractive
सजना sajnā

befit in Tamil

தகுதியாகு, பொருந்து

befit in Urdu

جچنا, مناسب ہونا

befit in Bengali

উপযুক্ত হওয়া, মানানসই হওয়া
More languagesFewer languages
befit in Kannada
ಒಪ್ಪು, ತಗು, ಹೊಂದು
befit in Persian
درخور

Examples of befit in a sentence

  • His behavior was seemly, as befits a gentleman.
  • As befits a possible Grauniad editrix, the NUJ misspelt her name.
  • The side of our ship was wasp-coloured as befits a warship, black and yellow and streaming.

All 12 example sentences with befit

Synonyms of befit

Forms of befit

third-person singular presentbefits
present participlebefitting
past participlebefitted
pastbefitted
past participlebefit
pastbefit

Past tense of befit: befitted or befit

Origin of befit

From be- + fit.

Words formed from befit

Words that rhyme with befit

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Questions about befit

What does befit mean?
Befit means to be fit for.
What is befit in Hindi?
Befit in Hindi is सोहना (sohnā), फबना (phabnā), शोभना (śobhnā). See Befit meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is befit?
Befit is a verb.
How do you pronounce befit?
Befit is pronounced /bɪˈfɪt/.
What is the past tense of befit?
The past tense of befit is befitted.

Words near befit in the dictionary

  1. befingering
  2. befingers
  3. befinned
  4. befiperide
  5. befiradol
  6. befit
  7. befits
  8. befitted
  9. befittest
  10. befitteth
  11. befitting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: befit (page history and authors); फबना (Hindi) (page history and authors); befit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); befit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); befit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); befit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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