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behoof

/bɪˈhuːf/

behoof noun: that which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit.

Noun

behoof (countable and uncountable, plural behoofs)

  1. (dated) That which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit.
    • This tongue hath parley’d unto foreign kings
      For your behoof,—1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • […] very useful for a Divine, and like to be of more behoof to him, than all the tedious volumes of the Schoolmen […]1676, Joseph Glanvill, Essays on Several Important Subjects in Philosophy and Religion, London: John Baker & Henry Mortlock, Essay 7, “The Summe of My Lord Bacon’s NEW ATLANTIS,” p. 58

behoof meaning in Urdu and Bengali

behoof in Urdu

فائدہ, موافقت

behoof in Bengali

সুবিধা, কল্যাণ

Forms of behoof

pluralbehoofs

Origin of behoof

From Middle English behoof, behof, from Old English behōf, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōf. Akin to Dutch behoef, German Behuf (“necessity”), Danish behov (“requirement”) (from Middle Low German). Related to have and heave.

Words that rhyme with behoof

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Questions about behoof

What does behoof mean?
Behoof means that which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit.
What is behoof in Urdu?
Behoof in Urdu is فائدہ, موافقت. See Behoof meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is behoof?
Behoof is a noun.
How do you pronounce behoof?
Behoof is pronounced /bɪˈhuːf/ (UK).
What is the plural of behoof?
The plural of behoof is behoofs.

Words near behoof in the dictionary

  1. beholds
  2. behoney
  3. behoneyed
  4. behoneying
  5. behoneys
  6. behoof
  7. behoofful
  8. behoofs
  9. behooped
  10. behoovable
  11. behoove

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Adapted from Wiktionary: behoof (page history and authors); behoof (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); behoof (Bengali 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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