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behaved

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for behaved.

Editorial note

In Greek crisis the government is the main actor and the Greek banks were actually fairly well behaved.

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Quick take

(in combination) Exhibiting the specified kind of behaviour.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of behaved gathered in one view.

adjective

(in combination) Exhibiting the specified kind of behaviour.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for behaved.

adjective

(in combination) Exhibiting the specified kind of behaviour.

Example sentences

1

In Greek crisis the government is the main actor and the Greek banks were actually fairly well behaved.

2

A useful way to think about it for me coming from imperative/OOP programming was that a Monad is like a well behaved (governed by laws) interface.

3

The security researches behaved irresponsibly by performing this demo on a public highway, especially one with no shoulder.

4

Look at what they do, look at the way politicians and officials have behaved everywhere since forever, and..

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We always joked about how they behaved like movie action heroes, always ready to use force.

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People could derive satisfaction from spending the money and they, eventually, fell in line and behaved like good little consumers.

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My naive reaction though is: a lawful universe does not necessarily imply well-behaved fitness landscapes.

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On the other hand, relativity gives very concrete rules for how time behaves, Which would make time a very well behaved unreality.

9

Like the Porto mayor yesterday stated, pretending that we are the most well behaved poor in poor's street.

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In those 5 years I behaved exactly the way the author behaves, and shared same thoughts as the author.

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I had thought there were non-empty universe solutions that behaved this way as well, but I might be misremembering.

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It's safe - I know all the people we can still have arguments but they are well behaved ones.

Quote examples

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So you really think that all of the people recently murdered by police officers would be fine if they had just "behaved"?

2

In communities where people can build reputations, whether quantified (like online social network "karma") or unquantified (like real-life networks or facebook), people with stronger reputations tend to be better behaved.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use behaved in a sentence?

In Greek crisis the government is the main actor and the Greek banks were actually fairly well behaved.

What does behaved mean?

(in combination) Exhibiting the specified kind of behaviour.

What part of speech is behaved?

behaved is commonly used as adjective.