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# behavior

«behavior» in Mova's school dictionary: **The way a person or animal acts; how someone conducts…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (behaviors) (American spelling of «behaviour»)

### meaning for a pupil

The way a person or animal acts; how someone conducts themselves, good or bad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behavior/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, what a character does, which shows what kind of person they are

### examples

- Her behavior at the party was kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behavior/#x1)
- The dog's behavior changed after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behavior/#x2)
- His bad behavior got him into trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behavior/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «behavior» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behavior/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.