Befit
verb
To be suitable or appropriate for someone.
The serious expression did not befit her cheerful personality.
Often appears as...
- befit a situation
- befit a person
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To be suitable or appropriate for someone.
The serious expression did not befit her cheerful personality.
Often appears as...
- befit a situation
- befit a person
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Context Specific
Use 'befit' when discussing something that aligns well with particular circumstances or roles.
The elegant decor befits the historical museum.
Pro Tip 2/3Ceremonial Use
'Befit' often applies to formal, dignified, or ceremonial occasions, implying a level of respect.
He wore a robe that befitted a king.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation Alignment
The term suggests that something meets or matches the expectations associated with a position or status.
His compassionate response befit a leader.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Specific
Use 'befit' when discussing something that aligns well with particular circumstances or roles.
The elegant decor befits the historical museum.
Pro Tip 2/3Ceremonial Use
'Befit' often applies to formal, dignified, or ceremonial occasions, implying a level of respect.
He wore a robe that befitted a king.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation Alignment
The term suggests that something meets or matches the expectations associated with a position or status.
His compassionate response befit a leader.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Specific
Use 'befit' when discussing something that aligns well with particular circumstances or roles.
The elegant decor befits the historical museum.
Pro Tip 2/3Ceremonial Use
'Befit' often applies to formal, dignified, or ceremonial occasions, implying a level of respect.
He wore a robe that befitted a king.
Pro Tip 3/3Expectation Alignment
The term suggests that something meets or matches the expectations associated with a position or status.
His compassionate response befit a leader.
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Video examples
Elephants Released into...
an animal into the wild as befits their size and place in Thai culture to release an elephant is one of the highest forms of making merit today six will be set free six elephants for the 60th birthday of Thailand's much-loved
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Primates of Indonesia PIPE...
can be as big as a human head the sac is belief help amplify its calls see among spend most of their time in the lush treetop canopy and get around in a way entirely befitting the environment they
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Steven Pinker: What our...
befitting the role of the French Academy as legislating the correct usage in French and perpetuating the language. The French Academy has two main
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Elephants Released into...
an animal into the wild as befits their size and place in Thai culture to release an elephant is one of the highest forms of making merit today six will be set free six elephants for the 60th birthday of Thailand's much-loved
Video examples
Primates of Indonesia PIPE...
can be as big as a human head the sac is belief help amplify its calls see among spend most of their time in the lush treetop canopy and get around in a way entirely befitting the environment they
Video examples
Steven Pinker: What our...
befitting the role of the French Academy as legislating the correct usage in French and perpetuating the language. The French Academy has two main
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Quote examples
Bhushan Kumar
Indian Producer
Digital is clearly the way forward as can be seen from the numerous marketing efforts undertaken to promote a film today. Besides, we at T-Series are firm believers and followers of the digital age. It was only befitting that I join the social media universe and engage with the audience on a real time basis.
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Teju Cole
Nigerian Writer
Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature, and history - as befits a former law professor - and he has shown time and again a surprising interest in contemporary fiction.
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Chuck Norris
American Actor
As we look at the many problems we face in treating our veterans in a manner befitting their service and sacrifice, it's time we commit ourselves as a nation to applying the kind of resources and military precision necessary to finally make things right.
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Ben Affleck
American Actor
Making movies has become such a golden ring, and it's all such a big business, that the rewards system has gotten totally out of whack. Suddenly, you're treated in a manner befitting someone who is actually an important person.
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
As befits Silicon Valley, 'big data' is mostly big hype, but there is one possibility with genuine potential: that it might one day bring loans - and credit histories - to millions of people who currently lack access to them.
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Stendhal
French Writer
The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.
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Austin Aries
American Wrestler
A guy like AJ Styles is obviously a great talent and he's going to go out there and put on a performance that's befitting of a man who is the World Champion.
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Iranian Politician
The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish Politician
If everyone can say, looking at Obama, that is he is one of us, is that not befitting for the leading country in the world?
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Yogi Adityanath
Indian Politician
If terrorism tries to dent the security of this country and its sovereignty, we will give it a befitting reply.
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Bhushan Kumar
Indian Producer
Digital is clearly the way forward as can be seen from the numerous marketing efforts undertaken to promote a film today. Besides, we at T-Series are firm believers and followers of the digital age. It was only befitting that I join the social media universe and engage with the audience on a real time basis.
Quote examples
Teju Cole
Nigerian Writer
Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature, and history - as befits a former law professor - and he has shown time and again a surprising interest in contemporary fiction.
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Chuck Norris
American Actor
As we look at the many problems we face in treating our veterans in a manner befitting their service and sacrifice, it's time we commit ourselves as a nation to applying the kind of resources and military precision necessary to finally make things right.
Quote examples
Ben Affleck
American Actor
Making movies has become such a golden ring, and it's all such a big business, that the rewards system has gotten totally out of whack. Suddenly, you're treated in a manner befitting someone who is actually an important person.
Quote examples
Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
As befits Silicon Valley, 'big data' is mostly big hype, but there is one possibility with genuine potential: that it might one day bring loans - and credit histories - to millions of people who currently lack access to them.
Quote examples
Stendhal
French Writer
The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.
Quote examples
Austin Aries
American Wrestler
A guy like AJ Styles is obviously a great talent and he's going to go out there and put on a performance that's befitting of a man who is the World Champion.
Quote examples
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Iranian Politician
The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country.
Quote examples
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish Politician
If everyone can say, looking at Obama, that is he is one of us, is that not befitting for the leading country in the world?
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Yogi Adityanath
Indian Politician
If terrorism tries to dent the security of this country and its sovereignty, we will give it a befitting reply.
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