Synonyms for behoove
bɪˈhuvbe·hoove

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1. behoove, behoveverb

   be appropriate or necessary

   "It behooves us to reflect on this matter"

   Synonyms:
   behove

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1. behooveverb

   Synonyms:
   become, befit, beseem, be fit for, be proper for, be meet for

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How to use behoove in a sentence?

1. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   Less than one year is too early for any investment strategy. But I do think it would behoove them to clarify their investment process absent Bill Gross.

2. Bobby Leddy:

   It would behoove the Legislature to read the Michigan Constitution, which clearly outlines a process to ensure that there is always an acting governor available to continue the functions of the state in case of an emergency, if the Legislature wants to waste their time playing games, that’s their own decision, but Gov. Whitmer is going to remain focused on ending this pandemic and putting Michigan back to work.

3. Jeffrey Gundlach:

   It is too early to make a judgment on Pimco, less than one year is too early for any investment strategy. But I do think it would behoove them to clarify their investment process absent Bill Gross.

4. Bill Maher:

   Doesn't it behoove the people who rejected the half a loaf and continue to attack … Hamas's charter says they just want to wipe out The Israelis. Their negotiation position is' You all die,' the two-state solution has been on the table a number of times. There could be an Arab capital in East Jerusalem now if Yasser Arafat had accepted that in 2003. He did not.

5. Perry Plummer:

   It would certainly behoove us to be more independent, that's what this has taught us, to be more independent.