how to pronounce behaves

/bɪˈhɛɪvz/

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behaves is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of behaves in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… host the Oscars human behaves like that …”

meanings of behaves

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behave.

behaves frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word behaves occurs in english on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics behaves can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that behaves can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;