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What (who) is BEHOOVE - definition
behoove
v. (R) (formal) it behooves them to help the needy
behoove
v. a.
1.
Become, befit, beseem, be fit for, be proper for, be meet for.
2.
Be necessary or needful for, be binding or obligatory on, be one's duty.
Behoove
·noun Advantage; behoof.
II. Behoove ·vi To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to Befit; to belong as due.
III. Behoove ·vt To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience;
- mostly used impersonally.
Examples of use of BEHOOVE
1. "It might behoove us to raise this issue," Fabris said.
2. It would behoove those in the treasury to internalize this simple truism.
3. Bernanke stated that an increase in the currency‘s value would behoove China, according to U.S. officials present at the talk.
4. It would behoove both these men, who see themselves as prime ministerial candidates, to renounce the "social" track and demonstrate responsibility toward the economy and the state.
5. It would behoove Israel‘s top defense officials to be wary of harming the media‘s ability and freedom to operate, a fundamental requirement in any democracy.