behavior

Other spellings

• (UK) behaviour

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): [bɪˈheɪvjɚ]
• (UK) IPA ^(key): [bɪˈheɪvjə]

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• Hyphenation: be‧hav‧ior

Noun

Singular behavior

Plural behaviors

1. (uncountable) Behavior refers to the way that you behave. That is, the kind of things you do.
   • Antonym: misbehavior

   His behavior is bad.

   She must improve her behavior to stay in school.

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

   Cleaning is a common behavior in monkeys.