"behaviour" meaning in All languages combined

See behaviour on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: behaviours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} behaviour (usually uncountable, plural behaviours)
  1. British standard spelling of behavior. Tags: uncountable, usually Derived forms: behaviourwise, health behaviour, interbehaviour, macrobehaviour, microbehaviour, misbehaviour, misbehavioural, neurobehaviour, paleobehaviour

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The riding of B.R. coaches”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 705–706:",
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