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BEAR ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have an effect upon
Example:
Will the new rules affect me?
Synonyms:
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "bear on" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear on"):
slam-dunk (make a forceful move against)
act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)
bother; discommode; disoblige; incommode; inconvenience; put out; trouble (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to)
subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)
hit; strike (affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely)
endanger; expose; peril; queer; scupper (put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position)
color; colour; distort; tinge (affect as in thought or feeling)
hydrolise; hydrolize (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis)
process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
excite; stimulate (act as a stimulant)
redound (have an effect for good or ill)
tell on (produce an effect or strain on somebody)
repercuss (cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect)
strike a blow (affect adversely)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
Example:
He pushed her to finish her doctorate
Synonyms:
bear on; push
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "bear on" is one way to...):
exhort; press; urge; urge on (force or impel in an indicated direction)
Verb group:
drive; labor; labour; push; tug (strive and make an effort to reach a goal)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear on"):
nudge (push into action by pestering or annoying gently)
bull; bull through (push or force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
Sam cannot bear on Sue
Sense 3
Meaning:
Be relevant to
Example:
My remark pertained to your earlier comments
Synonyms:
bear on; come to; concern; have to do with; pertain; refer; relate; touch; touch on
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Verb group:
advert; allude; touch (make a more or less disguised reference to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear on"):
interest; matter to (be of importance or consequence)
affect; involve; regard (connect closely and often incriminatingly)
apply; go for; hold (be pertinent or relevant or applicable)
center; center on; concentrate on; focus on; revolve about; revolve around (center upon)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
Example:
Carry on the old traditions
Synonyms:
bear on; carry on; continue; preserve; uphold
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "bear on" is one way to...):
hold; keep; maintain (cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., 'keep clean')
Verb group:
continue; go forward; proceed (move ahead; travel onward in time or space)
continue; go along; go on; keep; proceed (continue a certain state, condition, or activity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear on"):
re-start; restart; resume (take up or begin anew)
hang in; hang on; hold on; persevere; persist (be persistent, refuse to stop)
perpetuate (cause to continue or prevail)
keep up; prolong; sustain (lengthen or extend in duration or space)
mummify (preserve while making lifeless)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
