behoove

verb

be·hoove bi-ˈhüv How to pronounce behoove (audio)

bē-

behooved; behooving

transitive verb

: to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for

it behooves us to go

intransitive verb

: to be necessary, fit, or proper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In recent weeks, China and Russia have engaged in war games, renegotiated gas deals to better behoove their economies and have increasingly distanced themselves from diplomatic relations with Western nations.

Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2022 All told, the plan was the culmination of decades of deliberations and analyses about what the many countries across the world and the United Nations could do in concert to behoove humankind.

Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Crown them with coal nuggets, handling Such antiquity as behooves it,For out of this darkness, light.

Hartford Courant, courant.com, 17 May 2018 Does it really behoove IndyCar to turn away willing and paying participants?

Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2018 These guys would all behoove themselves to just stay off Twitter.

NBC News, 18 Mar. 2018 Lawrence — and anyone who operates on a serial-monogamy MO — should know that STIs are out there, and prevention behooves all of us.

Maria Del Russo, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2018 All of which behooves the rebuilding Brewers – who took a big step forward with 86 victories in 2017 – to primarily build a solid pitching staff from within their own ranks.

Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English behoven, from Old English behōfian, from behōf

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

单词	behoove
释义	behoove verb be·hoove bi-ˈhüv bē- behooved; behooving transitive verb : to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for it behooves us to go intransitive verb : to be necessary, fit, or proper Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web In recent weeks, China and Russia have engaged in war games, renegotiated gas deals to better behoove their economies and have increasingly distanced themselves from diplomatic relations with Western nations. Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2022 All told, the plan was the culmination of decades of deliberations and analyses about what the many countries across the world and the United Nations could do in concert to behoove humankind. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Crown them with coal nuggets, handling Such antiquity as behooves it,For out of this darkness, light. Hartford Courant, courant.com, 17 May 2018 Does it really behoove IndyCar to turn away willing and paying participants? Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2018 These guys would all behoove themselves to just stay off Twitter. NBC News, 18 Mar. 2018 Lawrence — and anyone who operates on a serial-monogamy MO — should know that STIs are out there, and prevention behooves all of us. Maria Del Russo, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2018 All of which behooves the rebuilding Brewers – who took a big step forward with 86 victories in 2017 – to primarily build a solid pitching staff from within their own ranks. Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Middle English behoven, from Old English behōfian, from behōf First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Kids Definition behoove verb be·hoove bi-ˈhüv behooved; behooving : to be necessary or proper for Indeed, it behooved him to keep on good terms with his pupils. Washington Irving, "Sleepy Hollow"
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behoove

verb

Example Sentences

Word History

Kids Definition

verb