Bear On

Definition: Bear On

Bear On

Verb

1. Be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to; "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk".

2. Have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?".

3. Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate".

4. Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Bear On

Support

Verb: be supported; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on; have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle.

Crosswords: Bear On

Alaska brown bear on tide flats. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

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The proportion and nature of the financial liabilities of Germany and of Prussia with Belgium will have to bear on account of the territories ceded to her shall be fixed in conformity with Articles 254 and 256 of Part IX (Financial Clauses) of the present Treaty. (reference)

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Health

NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. (references)

What is most encouraging is the range of scientific approaches that research is bringing to bear on these diseases. (references)

The frailty of the patient, the condition of tissues, and the state of nutrition bear on the ability to heal. The severity of symptoms must be considered in relation to the risk the patients must undertake for their surgical correction. (references)

Business

Many factors bear on the choice of equipment, namely, cost, after-sale service, training, and operation and maintenance services. (references)

Children

Bosnia and Herzegovina

At the elementary and secondary school level, political pressures from Canton governments in the Federation, and from the central Ministry in the RS, has been brought to bear on school directors. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Dutch

steunen op (rely on, trust in). (various references)

Finnish

painostaa (bring pressure to bear on, oppress, press, put pressure on, weigh on somebody's mind). (various references)

French

prendre appui sur (to begin to bear on), les ministres des Affaires étrangères des Neuf ont décidé récemment, dans le cadre de la coopération politique, d'examiner activement un éventail d'initiatives dans le but d'utiliser le poids collectif de la Communauté pour influencer l'Afrique du (the Foreign Ministers of the Nine recently decided as part of their political co-operation programme to give active consideration to a range of initiatives to bring the collective weight of the Community to bear on South Africa to persuade it to abandon i). (various references)

German

sich auflegen (to begin to bear on), die Aussenminister der Neun haben im Rahmen der Politischen Zusammenarbeit kuerzlich beschlossen, unverzueglich eine Reihe von Initiativen zu pruefen, die es der Gemeinschaft ermoeglichen sollen, mit ihrem ganzen Gewicht auf Suedafrika dahingehend einzuwi (the Foreign Ministers of the Nine recently decided as part of their political co-operation programme to give active consideration to a range of initiatives to bring the collective weight of the Community to bear on South Africa to persuade it to abandon i). (various references)

Greek 

έχω σχέση. (various references)

Hungarian

befolyásol vkit (to bring pressure to bear on sy, to put pressure on sy, to tamper with sy, to weigh with sy), ráfordítja figyelmét vmire (to bring one's mind to bear on sg), protekciót vesz (to bring pressure to bear on sy, to put pressure on sy), nyomást gyakorol vkire (to bring pressure to bear on sy, to exert an influence on sy, to make it hot for sy, to put pressure on sy), igénybe (available, to bring pressure to bear on sy, to put pressure on sy), hatással van vkire (to bear on sy, to impress sy). (various references)

Pig Latin

earbay onay

Romanian

se sprijini (abut, depend on, go on, go upon, hang, recline, repose), avea legãturã cu (regard), apãsa (bear, depress, emphasize, jam, oppress, press, push, push down, squeeze, stress, torment, torture). (various references)

Spanish

tener que ver, referirse a (apply to, refer to, relate to), referirse (advert, refer, touch on), interesar (appeal, attract, captivate, interest, intrigue, lead on). (various references)

Swedish

anligga mot. (various references)

Turkish

topa tutmak (bear upon, bombard, cannon, cannonade, hail, hail down, pound), ilgisi olmak (apply, be interested in, be involved, be pertinent to, be up to, bear upon, have a liking for smb., have smth. to do with, osculate), ilgilendirmek (bear upon, concern, interest), etkisi olmak (be effective, bear upon, carry weight with, effect, have control over), ateş etmek (bear upon, discharge, gun, let fly, let fly at smb., loose, loose off, plug, pop, shoot, shoot off, take a pop at). (various references)

Ukrainian

торкатися (dab, handle, palp, touch, touch on). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: borane.

-1 letter: baron, beano, boner, borne.

-2 letters: aeon, aero, bane, bare, barn, bean, bear, boar, bone, bora, bore, born, brae, bran, bren, earn, ebon, nabe, near, roan, robe.

-3 letters: abo, ane, arb, are, ban, bar, ben, boa, bra, bro, ear, eon, era, ern, nab, nae, neb, nob, nor, oar, obe, one, ora, orb, ore, ran.

+1 letter: bandore, baronet, baronne, begroan, boranes, broaden, reboant.

+2 letters: airborne, anaerobe, banderol, bandores, bannerol, baritone, baronage, baroness, baronets, baronies, baronnes, barytone, baseborn, begroans, betatron, bevatron, blazoner, boardmen, boneyard, broadens, debonair, hornbeam, jawboner, nabobery, obtainer, rawboned, reobtain, seaborne, searobin, taborine.

+3 letters: abandoner, abhorrent, abnegator, aborigine, absconder, absorbent, adsorbent, anaerobes, anaerobic, arabinose, banderole, banderols, bandoleer, bandolier, bannerols, barbitone, baritones, baronages, baronetcy, barytones, begroaned, betatrons, bevatrons, blazoners, boneyards, boogerman, boomerang, breakdown, broadened, broadness, bromelain, brominate, carbonade, carbonate, carbonize, cornbread, earthborn, embryonal, forebrain, habergeon, honorable, hornbeams, horsebean, ignorable, jawboners, nonarable, nonverbal, observant, obtainers, reobtains, searobins, taborines, warbonnet.