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    BEHOOVE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they behoove  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it behooves  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: behooved  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: behooved  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: behooving  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Be appropriate or necessaryplay

    Example:

    It behooves us to reflect on this matter

    Synonyms:

    behoove; behove

    Classified under:

    Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

    Hypernyms (to "behoove" is one way to...):

    be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

    Sentence frame:

    It ----s that CLAUSE

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