verb
- to act in a particular way
- to act in a proper or acceptable way
- to function or operate in a specified manner
Usage: used of machines, systems, or natural phenomena
Examples
- The children behaved well during the ceremony.
- She always behaves professionally at work.
- Please behave yourself while I’m gone.
- How did the car behave on the mountain roads?
- The computer has been behaving strangely lately.
- He behaved as if nothing had happened.
- The students were told to behave in the library.