behove

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈhəʊv/
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• General-American: /biˈhoʊv/
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• rhymes with -əʊv
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From Middle English behoven, bihoven (“to be necessary, requisite; to be compelled or required (to do something)”), from Old English behōfian (“to need; to be necessary”), from Proto-Germanic *bihōfōną (“to benefit, behove, need”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to grab, seize”). The word is cognate with Old Frisian bihōvia (“to need”), Middle Low German behôven (“to need”) and Old Saxon *bihōvōn, Dutch behoeven (“to need”), obsolete German behufen (cf. Behuf), Danish behøve (“to need”), Norwegian behøve (“to need”), Swedish behöva (“to have use for, to need”).

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: لاءم (lāʔama) — to befit, to suit
• Bulgarian: подобава (podobava) — to befit, to suit
• Bulgarian: дълг е на (dǎlg e na) — to befit, to suit
• Dutch: betamen — to befit, to suit
• Dutch: pаssen — to befit, to suit
• Finnish: sopia — to befit, to suit
• French: seoir — to befit, to suit
• Galician: correponder — to befit, to suit
• German: obliegen — to befit, to suit
• German: sich geziemen — to befit, to suit
• German: schicken — to befit, to suit
• German: sich schicken — to befit, to suit
• German: sich ziemen — to befit, to suit
• Hungarian: illik — to befit, to suit
• Hungarian: ildomos — to befit, to suit
• Hungarian: helyes — to befit, to suit
• Hungarian: helyénvaló — to befit, to suit
• Norwegian: passe — to befit, to suit
• Portuguese: convir — to befit, to suit
• Russian: подобать (podobatʹ) — to befit, to suit
• Russian: сле́довать (slédovatʹ) — to befit, to suit
• Russian: надлежа́ть (nadležátʹ) — to befit, to suit
• Russian: приличествовать (priličestvovatʹ) — to befit, to suit
• Spanish: corresponder — to befit, to suit
• Spanish: concernir — to befit, to suit
• Spanish: incumbir — to befit, to suit
• Swedish: passa — to befit, to suit
• Swedish: bekomma — to befit, to suit
• Turkish: düşmek — to befit, to suit
• Turkish: yaraşmak — to befit, to suit
• Bulgarian: налoжи́телно е за (naložítelno e za) — to be necessary
• Bulgarian: належа́що е за (naležášto e za) — to be necessary
• Czech: být záhodno — to be necessary
• Finnish: kuulua — to be necessary
• French: incomber — to be necessary
• German: notwendig sein — to be necessary
• Greek: επιβαρύνω (epivarýno) — to be necessary
• Hungarian: szükséges — to be necessary
• Hungarian: dolga — to be necessary
• Hungarian: kötelessége — to be necessary
• Hungarian: hárul — to be necessary
• Norwegian: være nødvendig — to be necessary
• Russian: сле́довать (slédovatʹ) — to be necessary
• Russian: надлежа́ть (nadležátʹ) — to be necessary
• Spanish: incumbir — to be necessary
• Swedish: vara nödvändig — to be necessary
• Bulgarian: съм в полза на (sǎm v polza na) — to be in the best interest of
• Hungarian: érdeke — to be in the best interest of
• Hungarian: érdekében áll — to be in the best interest of
• Italian: convenire — to be in the best interest of