Used in a Sentence

behaviors

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for behaviors.

Editorial note

I think the idea is to select multiple objects, assign them whatever behaviors you wish (if they exist) and execute those behaviors.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(countable, uncountable) The way or manner a living creature behaves or acts generally.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

(countable, uncountable) The way or manner a living creature behaves or acts generally.

noun

(countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) An observable response produced by an organism.

noun

(uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for behaviors.

noun

(countable, uncountable) The way or manner a living creature behaves or acts generally.

noun

(countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) An observable response produced by an organism.

noun

(uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.

noun

(uncountable) The way a device or system operates.

Example sentences

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I think the idea is to select multiple objects, assign them whatever behaviors you wish (if they exist) and execute those behaviors.

2

The negative behaviors you describe aren't typical of just children: they are typical of all of fallen, broken humanity.

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Their behaviors are profitable and there is no legal means to make their behaviors unprofitable, so doing illegal things that cost them money, such as destroying their property, is the only means to dis-incentivize their behavior.

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Being able to assign those behaviors when and where you need them is the best of both worlds.

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Think more along the lines of the state of a page: You set a state, which configures behaviors.

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Either or both of those behaviors reduces the amount available to save and invest, which goes directly against growing wealth.

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Such semi-large groups might be religions for example that take various kinds of behaviors you take for granted as offensive.

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I'm not certain that you can extrapolate the behaviors of highly-paid, highly educated engineers with the hypothetical behaviors of the typical person getting a subsistence allowance from the government.

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It's just that children are more honest in being direct about those negative behaviors.

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Results indicated that (a) the procedures were successful in training youths and their parents in negotiation behaviors that produced agreements to conflict situations, and (b) these behaviors generalized to actual conflict situations in subjects' homes.

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We live in a time where we constantly extrapolate behaviors and it has some unfortunate consequences.

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And there are sort options for views, downloads, citations, etc (all with time data, so you can see trending behaviors).

Quote examples

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The systematic exclusion of groups from the mainstream creates extra-legal behaviors (or "culture", as you say) to make ends meet.

2

Strangelove" was basically an exploration of these behaviors.

3

So it's not sexist if men and women are different, as long as it's "immune system functions" and not "statistical behaviors at work"?

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Or your example of finding common behaviors and having computers do the right thing: that gets much, much easier if you have the daily behavior data of 10m people so you can start extracting concepts like "typical morning routine", testing recognizers for that, and having them not do anything in low-confidence situations.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use behaviors in a sentence?

I think the idea is to select multiple objects, assign them whatever behaviors you wish (if they exist) and execute those behaviors.

What does behaviors mean?

(countable, uncountable) The way or manner a living creature behaves or acts generally.

What part of speech is behaviors?

behaviors is commonly used as noun.