behoove
pronunciation
How to pronounce behoove in British English:
UK [bɪ'hu:v]
How to pronounce behoove in American English:
US [bɪˈhuv]
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- Verb:
- be appropriate or necessary
Word Origin
- behoove (v.)
- Old English behofian "to have need of, have use for," verbal form of the ancient compound word represented by behoof. 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. [OED]
Example
- 1. And he , like a naive child , all giving as behoove .
- 2. As it would behoove youto realize .
- 3. It would behoove apple to start shipping its pint-sized tablet before the holidays .
- 4. But I keep never really understood , always taking his pay as behoove , but never considered his feelings .
- 5. 64 , On the wane , generation of hard , the most difficult is the generation that behoove has hard is one thing .