Behoove

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  • intransitive verb. To be necessary or proper for.
  • intransitive verb. To be necessary or proper.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An obsolete form (properly dative) of behoof.
  • To be fit or meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; be necessary for; become: now used only in the third person singular with it as subject.
  • To relate to the advantage of; concern the well-being of: formerly used with a regular nominative.
  • To be necessary, suitable, or fit.
  • Also spelled behove.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Advantage; behoof.
  • transitive verb. To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally.
  • intransitive verb. To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To suit; to befit
  • verb. To be necessary
  • verb. To be in one's best interest; to benefit
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be appropriate or necessary
  • Word Usage
    "In the meantime, it would behoove all of us "behoove" means something that causes you to grow hooves to remember the true spirit of "Bike Month," which is, of course, all about health, respect, safety, fanny-packs, and gigantic "Fred" rides."
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    conform to  fit  meet  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    advantage  befit  behoof  benefit  
    variant
    behove  
    verb-form