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  • 121 socialización

    f.
    socialization.
    * * *
    1 (gen) socialization
    2 (nacionalización) nationalization
    * * *
    SF [de país] collectivization; [de empresa] nationalization
    * * *
    = socialisation [socialization, -USA], socialising [socializing, -USA].
    Ex. That is to say, socialization is the name we give to the way children learn to behave like the adults around them.
    Ex. Thirdly, because it is the socializing that goes on in preschool years that matters above all we must do more to put matters right at this stage.
    * * *
    = socialisation [socialization, -USA], socialising [socializing, -USA].

    Ex: That is to say, socialization is the name we give to the way children learn to behave like the adults around them.

    Ex: Thirdly, because it is the socializing that goes on in preschool years that matters above all we must do more to put matters right at this stage.

    * * *
    socialization
    * * *
    1. Econ nationalization
    2. [de una persona] socialisation

    Spanish-English dictionary > socialización

  • 122 sutil

    adj.
    subtle.
    Una insinuación sutil A subtle insinuation...
    * * *
    1 (delgado) thin, fine
    2 (aroma) delicate; (color) soft
    3 (brisa) gentle
    4 figurado subtle
    * * *
    adj.
    2) fine
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [diferencia] subtle
    2) (=perspicaz) [inteligencia, persona] sharp, keen; [comentario] subtle
    3) (=delicado) [hilo, hebra] fine; [tela] delicate, thin, light; [atmósfera] thin; [olor] subtle, delicate; [brisa] gentle
    * * *
    a) < diferencia> subtle, fine; < ironía> subtle; <mente/inteligencia> keen, sharp
    b) <gasa/velo> fine; < fragancia> subtle, delicate
    * * *
    = fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], subtle [subtler -comp., subtlest -sup.], tenuous, lightweight [light-weight], lissom(e), thinly disguised.
    Ex. A longer abstract can help in the finer points of selection, but will take longer to write and also longer to scan.
    Ex. Not so clear, however, is the subtle reinforcement of the majority assumptions provided by such subdivisions as CIVILIZATION OF under the names of indigenous American and African peoples.
    Ex. We have another possibility that is exciting, though still tenuous.
    Ex. David Niven's amusing but very lightweight autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon' is an excellent example of this phenomenon and it was impossible for the original hardback publishers to forecast the tremendous success of this book.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex. Much of what passes for bibliotherapy is thinly disguised preaching aimed at teaching children to behave the way adults want them to.
    ----
    * de manera sutil = subtly.
    * demasiado sutil = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].
    * * *
    a) < diferencia> subtle, fine; < ironía> subtle; <mente/inteligencia> keen, sharp
    b) <gasa/velo> fine; < fragancia> subtle, delicate
    * * *
    = fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], subtle [subtler -comp., subtlest -sup.], tenuous, lightweight [light-weight], lissom(e), thinly disguised.

    Ex: A longer abstract can help in the finer points of selection, but will take longer to write and also longer to scan.

    Ex: Not so clear, however, is the subtle reinforcement of the majority assumptions provided by such subdivisions as CIVILIZATION OF under the names of indigenous American and African peoples.
    Ex: We have another possibility that is exciting, though still tenuous.
    Ex: David Niven's amusing but very lightweight autobiography 'The Moon's a Balloon' is an excellent example of this phenomenon and it was impossible for the original hardback publishers to forecast the tremendous success of this book.
    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex: Much of what passes for bibliotherapy is thinly disguised preaching aimed at teaching children to behave the way adults want them to.
    * de manera sutil = subtly.
    * demasiado sutil = hair-splitting [hairsplitting].

    * * *
    1 ‹diferencia› subtle, fine; ‹ironía› subtle; ‹mente/inteligencia› keen, sharp
    2 ‹gasa/velo› fine; ‹fragancia› subtle, delicate
    * * *

     

    sutil adjetivo
    a) diferencia subtle, fine;

    ironía subtle;
    mente/inteligencia keen, sharp
    b)gasa/velo fine;

    fragancia subtle, delicate
    sutil adjetivo
    1 (insinuación, argumento, diferencia) subtle
    (inteligencia) sharp
    una sutil observación, a subtle remark
    2 (un tejido) thin, fine
    3 (una fragancia) delicate, subtle
    ' sutil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diplomática
    - diplomático
    - fina
    - fino
    English:
    delicate
    - fine
    - subtle
    - dreamy
    - heavy
    - way
    * * *
    sutil adj
    1. [crítica, inteligencia] subtle
    2. [delicado] [velo, tejido] delicate, thin;
    [brisa] gentle; [hilo, línea] fine
    * * *
    adj fig
    subtle
    * * *
    sutil adj
    1) : delicate, thin, fine
    2) : subtle
    * * *
    sutil adj subtle

    Spanish-English dictionary > sutil

  • 123 tontamente

    adv.
    foolishly, stupidly.
    * * *
    1 foolishly
    * * *
    * * *
    adverbio stupidly, foolishly
    * * *
    = stupidly, foolishly.
    Ex. Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.
    Ex. Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.
    ----
    * reírse tontamente = giggle.
    * * *
    adverbio stupidly, foolishly
    * * *
    = stupidly, foolishly.

    Ex: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.

    Ex: Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.
    * reírse tontamente = giggle.

    * * *
    ‹comportarse› stupidly, foolishly
    no eches a perder tontamente el trabajo de tantos años you'd be stupid o foolish to waste so many years' work
    se cayó tontamente por las escaleras y se mató he just o only fell down the stairs but he killed himself
    * * *
    foolishly, stupidly;
    se reía tontamente she laughed foolishly
    * * *
    : foolishly, stupidly
    * * *
    tontamente adv stupidly

    Spanish-English dictionary > tontamente

  • 124 torpemente

    adv.
    1 awkwardly, clumsily.
    2 obscenely, basely; slowly.
    3 stiffly.
    4 slow-wittedly.
    5 vilely, dishonestly. (Figurative)
    6 crudely. (Figurative)
    * * *
    1 (sin habilidad) clumsily, awkwardly
    2 (lentamente) slowly
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=sin destreza) clumsily, awkwardly
    2) (=neciamente) slow-wittedly
    * * *
    a) <caminar/moverse> clumsily; <expresarse/actuar> clumsily
    b) ( tontamente) stupidly
    * * *
    = clumsily, lumpishly, obtusely, awkwardly, cumbrously, stupidly, foolishly.
    Ex. Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.
    Ex. Even smaller books were liable to be lumpishly bound, but here there was more variety.
    Ex. Endnote will now produce bibliographies arranged by 'topic' -- though the advertisement obtusely touted arrangement by author as an example of this feature.
    Ex. However, the rules of 1908 and 1949 included no such provision, save in the case of anonymous works where this was accomplished awkwardly and indirectly by the use of added entries under the original title.
    Ex. In order to avoid cumbrously constructed sentences, the term 'library' henceforth will be used in this introduction to encompass 'libraries,' 'media centers,' and 'information systems'.
    Ex. Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.
    Ex. Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.
    * * *
    a) <caminar/moverse> clumsily; <expresarse/actuar> clumsily
    b) ( tontamente) stupidly
    * * *
    = clumsily, lumpishly, obtusely, awkwardly, cumbrously, stupidly, foolishly.

    Ex: Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.

    Ex: Even smaller books were liable to be lumpishly bound, but here there was more variety.
    Ex: Endnote will now produce bibliographies arranged by 'topic' -- though the advertisement obtusely touted arrangement by author as an example of this feature.
    Ex: However, the rules of 1908 and 1949 included no such provision, save in the case of anonymous works where this was accomplished awkwardly and indirectly by the use of added entries under the original title.
    Ex: In order to avoid cumbrously constructed sentences, the term 'library' henceforth will be used in this introduction to encompass 'libraries,' 'media centers,' and 'information systems'.
    Ex: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.
    Ex: Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.

    * * *
    1 ‹caminar/moverse› clumsily, awkwardly
    2 ‹expresarse/actuar› clumsily
    3 (tontamente) stupidly
    * * *
    1. [moverse, escribir] clumsily, awkwardly
    2. [actuar, hablar] clumsily
    * * *
    torpemente adv clumsily

    Spanish-English dictionary > torpemente

  • 125 tímido

    adj.
    1 timid, shy, fearful, bashful.
    2 shy, bashful.
    * * *
    1 shy, timid
    2 figurado (intento etc) half-hearted
    * * *
    (f. - tímida)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ shy, timid
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    * * *
    = timid, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], self-conscious, coy, tongue-tied, bashful, mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.], timorous.
    Ex. We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.
    Ex. One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex. The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex. Although it is coy about admitting the fact it is only mentioned twice in the whole of the thirty pages of publicity material it is in effect a generalized and modernized Thesaurofacet: a facetted classification with a thesaurus structure forming an integral part.
    Ex. The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex. The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    Ex. Sora fits the stereotypical description of a ' mousy girl' perfectly, from her appearance to her personality.
    Ex. Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    * * *
    = timid, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], self-conscious, coy, tongue-tied, bashful, mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.], timorous.

    Ex: We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.

    Ex: One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex: The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex: Although it is coy about admitting the fact it is only mentioned twice in the whole of the thirty pages of publicity material it is in effect a generalized and modernized Thesaurofacet: a facetted classification with a thesaurus structure forming an integral part.
    Ex: The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    Ex: Sora fits the stereotypical description of a ' mousy girl' perfectly, from her appearance to her personality.
    Ex: Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.

    * * *
    tímido -da
    (retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    es muy tímido, no le gustan estas reuniones he's very shy, he doesn't like these meetings
    no seas tímido, pregúntale don't be shy o timid, ask her
    una sonrisa tímida a shy o timid smile
    * * *

     

    tímido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ( retraído) shy;


    (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    tímido,-a
    I adj (vergonzoso) shy
    fig (reacción) una tímida acogida, a tepid o lukewarm welcome
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino shy person
    ' tímido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cerrada
    - cerrado
    - cortada
    - cortado
    - dejarse
    - fachada
    - ruborizarse
    - tímida
    - chupado
    - cohibido
    - esquivo
    - vergonzoso
    English:
    bashful
    - coy
    - diffident
    - mousy
    - naturally
    - self-conscious
    - shy
    - small
    - timid
    - wallflower
    - self
    - tongue
    * * *
    tímido, -a
    adj
    1. [vergonzoso] shy
    2. [vacilante] timid
    nm,f
    shy person;
    ser un tímido to be shy
    * * *
    adj shy, timid
    * * *
    tímido, -da adj
    : timid, shy
    tímidamente adv
    * * *
    tímido adj shy [comp. shier o shyer; superl. shiest o shyest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > tímido

  • 126 u

    conj.
    or.
    m.
    1 u, letter u.
    2 U, uranium.
    * * *
    u
    1 or
    diez u once ten or eleven Table 1 NOTA See also o/Table 1
    * * *
    conj.
    or
    * * *
    I
    [u]
    SF (=letra) U, u

    doble U Méx W

    II
    CONJ [used instead of "o" before o-, ho-] or
    * * *
    u femenino (pl úes) (read as [u]) the letter U, u
    * * *
    = u.
    Ex. In modern English we can treat /yu/ as two separate phonemes because the second element tends to behave like the vowel /u/ in most dialects.
    ----
    * con forma de U = U-shaped.
    * en forma de U = U-shaped.
    * u otra cosa = or what not [whatnot].
    * u otros = or what not [whatnot].
    * * *
    u femenino (pl úes) (read as [u]) the letter U, u
    * * *
    = u.

    Ex: In modern English we can treat /yu/ as two separate phonemes because the second element tends to behave like the vowel /u/ in most dialects.

    * con forma de U = U-shaped.
    * en forma de U = U-shaped.
    * u otra cosa = or what not [whatnot].
    * u otros = or what not [whatnot].

    * * *
    u2
    [ used instead of o before o- or ho-] or
    siete u ocho seven or eight
    ayer u hoy yesterday or today
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    U    
    u
    U,
    u sustantivo femenino (pl úes) (read as /u/) the letter U, u

    u conjunción used instead of o before o- or ho- or;
    siete u ocho seven or eight
    U, u f (letra) U, u

    'U' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - a. C.
    - a.m.
    - ábaco
    - abad
    - abadejo
    - abadesa
    - abadía
    - abajeña
    - abajeño
    - abajo
    - abalanzarse
    - abalear
    - abalorio
    - abanderar
    - abanderada
    - abanderado
    - abandonar
    - abandonada
    - abandonado
    - abandonarse
    - abandono
    - abanicar
    - abanicarse
    - abanico
    - abarcar
    - abaratar
    - abaratamiento
    - abaratarse
    - abarquillada
    - abarquillado
    - abarquillar
    - abarquillarse
    - abarrotar
    - abarrotada
    - abarrotado
    - abarrotería
    - abarrotes
    - abastecer
    - abastecerse
    - abastecimiento
    - abasto
    - abatir
    - abate
    - abatible
    - abatida
    - abatido
    - abatimiento
    - abatirse
    - abdicar
    English:
    A
    - A-level
    - a.m.
    - AA
    - aback
    - abandon
    - abandoned
    - abate
    - abbess
    - abbey
    - abbot
    - abbreviate
    - abbreviation
    - ABC
    - abdicate
    - abdication
    - abdomen
    - abduct
    - aberration
    - abhor
    - abhorrent
    - abide
    - abide by
    - abiding
    - ability
    - abject
    - ablaze
    - able
    - abnormal
    - abnormally
    - aboard
    - abolish
    - abolition
    - abominable
    - aborigine
    - abort
    - abortion
    - abortive
    - about
    - about-face
    - about-turn
    - above
    - above-board
    - above-mentioned
    - abrasive
    - abreast
    - abridged
    - abroad
    - abrupt
    - abruptly
    * * *
    U, u [u] nf
    [letra] U, u
    * * *
    u
    conj (instead of o before words starting with o) or
    * * *
    u nf
    : twenty-second letter of the Spanish alphabet
    * * *
    u conj or

    Spanish-English dictionary > u

  • 127 vergonzoso

    adj.
    1 bashful, timid, sheepish.
    2 shameful, embarrassing, outrageous, scandalous.
    * * *
    1 (acto) shameful, shocking
    2 (persona) bashful, shy
    * * *
    (f. - vergonzosa)
    adj.
    2) shy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=tímido) bashful, shy; (=modesto) modest
    2) [acto] shameful, disgraceful

    es vergonzoso que... — it is disgraceful that...

    3)

    partes vergonzosaseuf(Anat) private parts

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( tímido) shy, bashful
    2) <asunto/comportamiento> disgraceful, shameful
    * * *
    = shameful, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], discreditable, self-conscious, disgusting, disgraceful, tongue-tied, embarrassing, bashful.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex. It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.
    Ex. The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.
    Ex. The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex. The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    ----
    * de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( tímido) shy, bashful
    2) <asunto/comportamiento> disgraceful, shameful
    * * *
    = shameful, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], discreditable, self-conscious, disgusting, disgraceful, tongue-tied, embarrassing, bashful.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

    Ex: One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex: It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.
    Ex: The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.
    Ex: The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    * de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.

    * * *
    A (tímido) shy, bashful
    B (ignominioso) ‹asunto/comportamiento› disgraceful, shameful
    es vergonzoso cómo trata a sus padres it's a disgrace o it's disgraceful o it's shameful the way he treats his parents
    masculine, feminine
    es un vergonzoso he's very shy o bashful
    * * *

    vergonzoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ( tímido) shy, bashful
    2asunto/comportamiento disgraceful, shameful
    vergonzoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que siente vergüenza, timidez) shy, timid, bashful
    2 (lamentable, que causa vergüenza) shameful, disgraceful
    una escena vergonzosa, a shameful scene
    ' vergonzoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bochornosa
    - bochornoso
    - corta
    - corto
    - embarazosa
    - embarazoso
    - indigna
    - indigno
    - tímida
    - tímido
    - vergonzosa
    English:
    bashful
    - criminal
    - disgraceful
    - disgusting
    - disreputable
    - shameful
    - shocking
    - skeleton
    - wallflower
    - deplorable
    - guilty
    - outrageous
    - sordid
    * * *
    vergonzoso, -a
    adj
    1. [deshonroso] shameful, disgraceful
    2. [tímido] bashful
    nm,f
    bashful person;
    ser un vergonzoso to be bashful
    * * *
    adj
    1 disgraceful, shameful
    2 ( tímido) shy
    * * *
    vergonzoso, -sa adj
    1) : disgraceful, shameful
    2) : bashful, shy
    * * *
    vergonzoso adj disgraceful

    Spanish-English dictionary > vergonzoso

  • 128 desubicado

    adj.
    1 lost, stray.
    2 confused, perplexed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desubicar.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=mal situado) badly positioned
    2) Cono Sur (=falto de tacto) tactless, silly
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (AmS)
    a) [estar] ( desplazado) out of position
    b) [estar] ( desorientado) confused, disoriented
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (AmS)
    a) [estar] ( desplazado) out of position
    b) [estar] ( desorientado) confused, disoriented
    * * *
    ( AmS)
    1 [ ESTAR] (desplazado) out of position
    las vértebras estaban desubicadas the vertebrae were out of position
    personas políticamente desubicadas people who are unable to find a place within o who do not fit into the political framework
    2 [ ESTAR] (desorientado) confused, disoriented, disorientated ( BrE)
    se encontró solo y desubicado he felt alone and disoriented o confused
    adolescentes desubicados directionless teenagers, teenagers who have no purpose in life
    3 [ SER]
    (en cuestiones sociales): es tan desubicado he just doesn't have a clue ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo desubicar: ( conjugate desubicar)

    desubicado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desubicado    
    desubicar
    desubicado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (AmS)





    * * *
    desubicado, -a Andes, RP
    adj
    1.
    estar desubicado [perdido] to feel lost
    2.
    ser desubicado [ridículo] to have no idea of how to behave
    nm,f
    es un desubicado he has no idea of how to behave
    * * *
    desubicado, -da adj
    1) : out of place
    2) : confused, disoriented

    Spanish-English dictionary > desubicado

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  • behave — 1 Behave, conduct, comport, demean, deport, acquit, quit are comparable when they mean to act or to cause or allow (oneself) to act in a specified way or in a way that evokes comment. Behave denotes the performing of various actions or the saying …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Behave — Be*have , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Behaved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Behaving}.] [AS. behabban to surround, restrain, detain (akin to G. gehaben (obs.) to have, sich gehaben to behave or carry one s self); pref. be + habban to have. See {Have}, v. t. ] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Behave — Be*have , v. i. To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one s self; as, to behave well or ill. [1913 Webster] Note: This verb is often used colloquially without an adverb of manner; as, if he does not behave, he will be punished. It is also often… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • behave — be‧have [bɪˈheɪv] verb [intransitive] to act or to do something in a particular way: • Both gold and oil prices behaved exactly as analysts and investors had been predicting. * * * behave UK US /bɪˈheɪv/ verb [I] ► to do something or happen in a… …   Financial and business terms

  • behave — [bē hāv′, bihāv′] vt., vi. behaved, behaving [see BE & HAVE] 1. to conduct (oneself or itself) in a specified way; act or react 2. to conduct (oneself) in a correct or proper way SYN. BEHAVE, used reflexively (as also the other words in this… …   English World dictionary

  • Behave Yourself — EP par Cold War Kids Sortie 11 Janvier 2010 Genre Indie pop Producteur Jason Martin Label V2 Music …   Wikipédia en Français

  • behave — (v.) early 15c., from BE (Cf. be ) intensive prefix + HAVE (Cf. have) in sense of to have or bear (oneself) in a particular way, comport (Cf. Ger. sich behaben, Fr. se porter). Cognate O.E. compound behabban meant to contain, and alternatively… …   Etymology dictionary

  • behave — [v1] function act, operate, perform, react, run, take, work; concepts 1,4 behave [v2] act reasonably, properly act correctly, act one’s age, act with decorum, be civil, be good, be nice, be on best behavior*, be orderly, comport oneself, conduct… …   New thesaurus

  • behave — ► VERB 1) act in a specified way. 2) (also behave oneself) act in a polite or proper way. ORIGIN from BE (Cf. ↑be ) + HAVE(Cf. ↑have) in the sense «bear (oneself) in a particular way» …   English terms dictionary

  • behave as if you own the place — ˌbehave/ˌact as if you ˈown the place f9 | think you ˈown the place f9 idiom (disapproving) to behave in a very confident way that annoys other people, for example by telling them what to do Main entry: ↑ownidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • Behave Yourself — is a 1961 British short comedy film directed by Michael Winner and featuring Dennis Price, Jack Jackson and Pete Murray.External links*imdb title|0334933 …   Wikipedia

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