How do you pronounce behaves?

The recorded pronunciation is /bɪhˈeɪvz/.

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behaves

/bɪhˈeɪvz/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

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How do you pronounce behaves?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪhˈeɪvz/.
What does behaves mean?: third-person singular simple present indicative of behave

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