bear on

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verb

1. be relevant to (Freq. 2)
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
• Syn:
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to,
touch, touch on, have-to doe with
• Derivationally related forms:
pertinent (for: pertain), pertinency (for: pertain), pertinence (for: pertain), reference (for: refer)
• Hyponyms:
focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on,
center, apply, hold, go for, involve, affect,
regard, matter to, interest
• Verb Group:
allude, touch, advert
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Something is ----ing PP (for: relate)
- Something is ----ing PP (for: pertain)
- Something is ----ing PP (for: refer)
2. have an effect upon (Freq. 2)
- Will the new rules affect me?
• Syn:
affect, impact, bear upon, touch on, touch
• Derivationally related forms:
impact (for: impact)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
strike a blow, repercuss, tell on, redound, stimulate,
excite, process, treat, hydrolize, hydrolise, tinge,
color, colour, distort, queer, expose, scupper,
endanger, peril, hit, strike, subject, trouble,
put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother,
influence, act upon, work, slam-dunk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action (Freq. 1)
- He pushed her to finish her doctorate
• Syn:
push
• Derivationally related forms:
push (for: push)
• Hypernyms:
urge, urge on, press, exhort
• Hyponyms:
nudge, bull, bull through
• Verb Group:
tug, labor, labour, push, drive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s (for: push)
- Sam cannot bear on Sue
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
• Syn:
continue, uphold, carry on, preserve
• Ant:
discontinue (for: continue)
• Derivationally related forms:
preservation (for: preserve), upholder (for: uphold)
• Hypernyms:
keep, maintain, hold
• Hyponyms:
resume, restart, re-start, persevere, persist,
hang in, hang on, hold on, perpetuate, prolong, sustain,
keep up, mummify
• Verb Group:
continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep, go forward
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something