Behoove

//bɪˈhuːv//

Synonyms for "behoove" (6 found)

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Verb(1 words)

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Verb(2 words)

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Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It would behoove you to study so you don't fail the test.

Source: tatoeba (11771328)

It ill behooves my mother to complain.

Source: wiktionary

Straighter he stood, and had achieved some praise / In other exercise, much more behooving / A soldier's taste than merely dirt removing.

Source: wiktionary

I think it ill behooves the Government of Canada, let alone all the people like us in Canada, to pretend that there are not these distinctions in how each of us approaches questions of security.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.