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behave [bih-heyv] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
behave [bih-heyv]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: function
Synonyms: act, operate, perform, react, run, take, work
Main Entry: act
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: behave in a certain way
Synonyms: appear, behave, carry, carry oneself, carry out, comport, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, give the appearance, go about, impress as, operate, perform, play part, react, represent oneself, seem, serve, strike, take on
Notes: an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act
Main Entry: conduct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: comport oneself
Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, demean, deport, go on, quit
Example Sentences
  • Articles in this series are examining how a deluge of data can affect the way people think and behave.
  • They have an inability to control their emotions or to behave rationally.
  • Capture those similarities in a model and it should be possible to predict how a crowd will behave.
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Main Entry: deal/deal with
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: handle, manage
Synonyms: act, approach, attend to, behave, behave toward, clear, concern, conduct oneself, consider, control, cope with, direct, discuss, get a handle on something, hack it, handle, have to do with, live with, make a go of it, make it, oversee, play, review, rid, see to, serve, take, take care of, treat, unburden, use
Antonyms: mismanage
Main Entry: function
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: perform, work
Synonyms: act, act the part, be in action, be in commission, be in operation, be running, behave, cook, do, do duty, do one's thing, get with it, go, go to town, move, officialize, officiate, operate, percolate*, react, run, serve, take, take care of business
Antonyms: idle, malfunction
Main Entry: go on
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: continue
Synonyms: act, advance, bear, behave, carry on, come about, comport, conduct, deport, endure, execute, go ahead, hang on, happen, hold on, keep on, last, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, ramble, stay, take place
Antonyms: cease, halt, stop
Main Entry: mind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: comply, obey
Synonyms: adhere to, attend, behave, do as told, follow, follow orders, heed, keep, listen, mark, note, notice, observe, pay attention, pay heed, regard, respect, take heed, watch
Antonyms: disobey, disregard, ignore
Main Entry: operate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: perform, function
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, act, act on, advance, be in action, behave, bend, benefit, bring about, burn, carry on, click*, compel, complete, concern, conduct, contact, contrive, convey, cook*, determine, direct, do, enforce, engage, exert, finish, fulfill, get results, go, hit*, hum, influence, keep, lift, move, ordain, percolate, proceed, produce, produce a result, progress, promote, react, revolve, roll, run, serve, spin, take, tick, transport, turn, work
Main Entry: perform
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: carry out, accomplish
Synonyms: achieve, act, be engaged in, behave, bring about, bring off, carry through, carry to completion, complete, comply, deliver the goods, discharge, dispose of, do, do justice to, do to a turn, effect, end, enforce, execute, finish, fulfill, function, go that route, implement, meet, move, observe, operate, percolate, perk, pull off, put through, react, realize, run with the ball, satisfy, take, take care of business, tick, transact, wind up, work
Antonyms: fail, halt, prevent, stop
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