to bear
- verb
- /bɛr/
- When speaking in public, try to bear yourself confidently to engage your audience.
Examples
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In other words, he brings a new dichotomy to bear on an old issue.
Academic text (1992) -
Liberation Christology is silent about themes that bear on the divinity of Christ.
Academic text (1991) -
Bear yourself well, my son.
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Senator Lord was a striking man who bore himself with the dignity of his office.
Fiction book (2000) -
The steps were slow and measured, bearing the full weight of all the generations of mankind.
Fiction book (1993) -
Her hands work swiftly but softly, her face bearing the look of affable indifference.
Fiction book (1998) -
You should always bear yourself with dignity, especially in difficult situations.
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In times of crisis, it is important to bear yourself calmly and think clearly.
Synonyms
Act in a particular way
Behave in a certain way, often to pretend or hide feelings
To act in a proper or polite way
To behave in a particular way in a situation
Have a particular way of moving or behaving
Behave in a way that matches what people expect
To behave in a certain way to follow rules or show respect
To behave calmly and with self-respect in difficult or formal situations
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To do something on purpose to make an angry or dangerous person react
- Formal
To behave calmly and with self-respect in difficult or formal situations
Phrasal Verbs
- Formal
Show that something is true, often by signs or by people saying they saw it
Compounds
- US
A large, powerful brown bear that lives in mountains and forests in western North America
- Specialized
A time when stock prices fall a lot and people expect them to keep falling
A large, powerful wild animal with brown fur that lives in forests in Asia and North America
- Australian
A slow tree animal from Australia with grey fur that eats eucalyptus leaves and carries its babies in a pouch
- Jargon
An offer to buy a company at a very high price that its directors feel they must accept
- Baby Talk
A made-up colorful bear character with a symbol on its belly showing a feeling
- Specialized
A medium-sized North American bear usually with black or dark brown fur and less aggressive than brown bears
- US
A plant that lives for many years with long leaves like grass and tall stalks of white flowers
- UK
A small reddish-brown animal like a raccoon that lives in the eastern Himalayas and eats bamboo
- Australian
A fake dangerous animal Australians joke about that falls from trees onto people to scare tourists
A large hairy South American mammal with a long tongue and strong claws for eating ants
A very large brown bear that lives on the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia
- Indian
A medium-sized black bear with a white V-shaped chest patch from central and eastern Asia
- US
An animal from tropical America that lives in trees and uses its long tail to hold branches while eating fruit
- Australian
A small Australian animal that lives in trees, carries babies in a pouch, and eats eucalyptus leaves
- US
A stocky wild animal from North America with thick fur that eats meat, like a wolverine
A hairy caterpillar with thick, stiff hairs that turns into a small moth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bear comes from the old German beran meaning 'to carry', so to 'bear' yourself a certain way is to 'carry' your body or behaviour in that style.