behooving in English

verb
1
it is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something; it is incumbent on.
it behooves any coach to study his predecessors
synonyms:be incumbent onbe obligatory forbe required ofbe expected ofbe appropriate forbefitbecomesuit
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "behooving" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "behooving", or refer to the context using the word "behooving" in the English Dictionary.

1. Behoovest: behooveth behooving behope behorn behote behotes behoting behove behoved behoveful: Literary usage of Behoove

2. It would Behoove the legislature to pass a law behooving citizens to pay their taxes earlier.

3. Behoove (third-person singular simple present Behooves, present participle behooving, simple past and past participle behooved) ( chiefly US ) Alternative form of behove

4. Behoove (third-person singular simple present Behooves, present participle behooving, simple past and past participle Behooved) ( chiefly US ) Alternative form of behove

5. Behoovest behooveth behooving behope behorn behote (current term) behotes behoting behove behoved: behoveful behovefulness behovely behoves behoveth behoving behowl behowled behowling behowls: Literary usage of Behote

6. Related: Behooved; behooving. Historically, it rimes with move, prove, but being now mainly a literary word, it is generally made to rime with rove, grove, by those who know it only in books.

7. Behooves 中文, Behoovest 中文, behooveth 中文, behooving 中文, behorn 中文, behot 中文, behote 中文, behoting 中文, behovable 中文, 精彩推荐 盘点当下十大网络热词的英文表达 (双语)

8. Inflections of 'behoove' (v): (⇒ conjugate) Behooves v 3rd person singular behooving v pres p verb, present participle: -ing verb used descriptively or to form progressive verb--for example, "a singing bird," "It is singing." behooved v past verb, past simple: Past tense--for example, "He saw the man."