behaviour

Other spellings

• behavior (US)

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: be‧hav‧iour

Noun

Singular behaviour

Plural behaviours

1. (uncountable) The way that you behave. That is, the kind of things you do.

   His behaviour is bad.

   She must improve her behaviour to stay in school.

2. (countable) Something that you do; when you do a certain thing that is a behaviour.

   Cleaning is a common behaviour in monkeys.

Antonyms

• misbehaviour