Definition of behest in English:

behest

noun bɪˈhɛstbəˈhɛst

literary

A person's orders or command.
they had assembled at his behest
Example sentencesExamples
- Even if people switch their votes from party to party, election by election it does not follow that they do so at the behest of their daily paper.
- He was merely rebalancing his portfolio, at the behest of his financial adviser.
- The early European navigators and explorers mostly undertook their voyages at the behest of kings in search of wealth.
- To say what was done was done at the behest of officials is totally incorrect.
- The items were sold at the behest of his descendants and fetched much more than the auctioneers had bargained for.
Synonyms
instruction, bidding, request, requirement, wish, desire
command, order, decree, edict, rule, ruling, directive, direction, charge, will, dictate, demand, insistence, injunction, mandate, precept
informal say-so
rare rescript

Origin

Old English behǣs 'a vow', from a Germanic base meaning 'bid'; related to hight.

Rhymes

abreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, guest, hest, infest, ingest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest

Definition of behest in US English:

behest

nounbəˈhestbəˈhɛst

literary

A person's orders or command.
they had assembled at his behest
the slaughter of the male children at the behest of Herod
Example sentencesExamples
- Even if people switch their votes from party to party, election by election it does not follow that they do so at the behest of their daily paper.
- The early European navigators and explorers mostly undertook their voyages at the behest of kings in search of wealth.
- He was merely rebalancing his portfolio, at the behest of his financial adviser.
- To say what was done was done at the behest of officials is totally incorrect.
- The items were sold at the behest of his descendants and fetched much more than the auctioneers had bargained for.
Synonyms
instruction, bidding, request, requirement, wish, desire

Origin

Old English behǣs ‘a vow’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘bid’; related to hight.

单词	behest
释义	Definition of behest in English: behest noun bɪˈhɛstbəˈhɛst literary A person's orders or command. they had assembled at his behest Example sentencesExamples Even if people switch their votes from party to party, election by election it does not follow that they do so at the behest of their daily paper. He was merely rebalancing his portfolio, at the behest of his financial adviser. The early European navigators and explorers mostly undertook their voyages at the behest of kings in search of wealth. To say what was done was done at the behest of officials is totally incorrect. The items were sold at the behest of his descendants and fetched much more than the auctioneers had bargained for. Synonyms instruction, bidding, request, requirement, wish, desire command, order, decree, edict, rule, ruling, directive, direction, charge, will, dictate, demand, insistence, injunction, mandate, precept informal say-so rare rescript Origin Old English behǣs 'a vow', from a Germanic base meaning 'bid'; related to hight. Rhymes abreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, guest, hest, infest, ingest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest Definition of behest in US English: behest nounbəˈhestbəˈhɛst literary A person's orders or command. they had assembled at his behest the slaughter of the male children at the behest of Herod Example sentencesExamples Even if people switch their votes from party to party, election by election it does not follow that they do so at the behest of their daily paper. The early European navigators and explorers mostly undertook their voyages at the behest of kings in search of wealth. He was merely rebalancing his portfolio, at the behest of his financial adviser. To say what was done was done at the behest of officials is totally incorrect. The items were sold at the behest of his descendants and fetched much more than the auctioneers had bargained for. Synonyms instruction, bidding, request, requirement, wish, desire Origin Old English behǣs ‘a vow’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘bid’; related to hight.
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