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behaviour

behaviour noun: british standard spelling of behavior.

Noun

behaviour (usually uncountable, plural behaviours)

  1. (usually) British standard spelling of behavior.
    • After all, it is undeniable that the B.R. standard coach scored highly in comparative trials with other European railway vehicles on the Continent a few years ago, so that B.R. civil engineers must share responsibility for any defects in its behaviour over here.1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The riding of B.R. coaches”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 705–706
    • Jonathan Hill, professor of international relations in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, points to ongoing social unrest among rural youths in Morocco as another key reason why the law was passed. He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might...2018 October 26, Chris Fitch, “Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco”, in Geographical, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021

behaviour meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

behaviour in Hindi

behaviour
चलन calan, चाल cāl, अख़लाक़ axlāq
behaviour, conduct; treatment
बर्ताव bartāv
behaviour, treatment
सलूक salūk, सुलूक sulūk
behaviour, conduct, act
नीति nīti

behaviour in Tamil

நடத்தை, போக்கு, தன்மை

behaviour in Marathi

वर्तन, वागणूक, वर्तणूक

behaviour in Urdu

behaviour, conduct
سلوک sulūk, برتاؤ bartāo
behaviour
اخلاق axlāq
More languagesFewer languages
behaviour in Bengali
আচরণ acôrôn
behaviour in Malayalam
പെരുമാറ്റം
behaviour in Kannada
ವರ್ತನೆ, ನಡತೆ, ನಡವಳಿಕೆ, ನೆಗಳ್ಪು
behaviour in Punjabi
ਵਿਹਾਰ vihār
behaviour in Gujarati
વર્તન, વર્તણૂક
behaviour in Sanskrit
चेष्टा ceṣṭā
behaviour in Assamese
ব্যৱহাৰ byowohar

Examples of behaviour in a sentence

  • He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might lead if left unchecked.2018 October 26, Chris Fitch, “Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco”, in Geographical, archived from the original on 27 Feb...
  • Their behaviour is appalling and the presence of CCTV no deterrent.2024 November 13, Paul Bigland, “Much to admire... but pockets of neglect”, in RAIL, number 1022, page 48:

All 40 example sentences with behaviour

Forms of behaviour

pluralbehaviours

Plural of behaviour: behaviours

Words formed from behaviour

Phrases with behaviour

Questions about behaviour

What does behaviour mean?
Behaviour means british standard spelling of behavior.
What is behaviour in Hindi?
Behaviour in Hindi is चलन (calan), चाल (cāl), अख़लाक़ (axlāq). See Behaviour meaning in Hindi.
How do you use behaviour in a sentence?
He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might lead if left unchecked.
What part of speech is behaviour?
Behaviour is a noun.
What is the plural of behaviour?
The plural of behaviour is behaviours.

Words near behaviour in the dictionary

  1. behaviorists
  2. behaviormetric
  3. behaviormetrics
  4. behaviors
  5. behaviorwise
  6. behaviour
  7. behavioural
  8. behavioural contagion
  9. behavioural modernity
  10. behavioural pattern
  11. behavioural patterns

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: behaviour (page history and authors); अख़लाक़ (Hindi) (page history and authors); behaviour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); behaviour (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); اخلاق (Urdu) (page history and authors); আচরণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); behaviour (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); behaviour (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਵਿਹਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); behaviour (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); चेष्टा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ব্যৱহাৰ (Assamese) (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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