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behold

be·hold
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bih-hohld]
    • /bɪˈhoʊld/
    • /bɪˈhəʊld/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bih-hohld]
    • /bɪˈhoʊld/

Definitions of behold word

  • verb behold If you behold someone or something, you see them. 3
  • convention behold People used to say or write 'Behold' to draw people's attention to something. 3
  • verb behold to look (at); observe 3
  • verb transitive behold to hold in view; look at; see; regard 3
  • interjection behold look; see 3
  • verb with object behold to observe; look at; see. 1

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Origin of behold

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English beholden, Old English behaldan to keep. See be-, hold1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Behold

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

behold popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

behold usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for behold

verb behold

  • spy — a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
  • consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
  • scan — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
  • catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
  • see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.

Antonyms for behold

verb behold

  • discard — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
  • disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.

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