"behaving" meaning in English

See behaving in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: behavings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} behaving (plural behavings)
  1. Behaviour. Derived forms: unbehaving
    Sense id: en-behaving-en-noun-xJBXBqyC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} behaving
  1. present participle and gerund of behave Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: behave
    Sense id: en-behaving-en-verb-XkCdFT93

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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