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bear

bear

23 8.6
A person who expects stock prices to fall
  • noun
  • /bɛr/
  • Jargon
: bajista
  • If you're fully invested and there's a long term bear market, what do people do?

It's bulls profit, bears profit, Pigs get slaughtered.

Examples

  • The complete guidance program encompasses certain non-teaching functions that have a direct bearing on student relationships.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In a bear market, many investors sell their stocks to avoid further losses.

  • The bears got the the stock market bears got the earnings situation wrong.

  • Yeah, Lyle, it's a bear market.

  • A creative musician is able to bring these personal qualities to bear while composing, improvising, and performing music.

    Academic text (1991)
  • What we discover in discussing (R3) has a bearing on all the other issues.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The financial analyst warned that the bears were dominating the market this quarter.

  • Investors often panic during bear markets, fearing that stock prices will continue to drop.

Antonyms

bull
  • Specialized
31 6.7

An investor who buys shares hoping prices will rise

Idioms

16 6.7

Take the worst part of something bad

11 7.2

A hard burden someone must live with

loaded for bear
  • Informal
4 9.2

Ready and well prepared to face a strong challenge

to poke the bear
  • Informal
4 8.4

To do something on purpose to make an angry or dangerous person react

3 6.8

To accept an unpleasant situation without complaining

9.9

Win first place in a competition

To behave calmly and with self-respect in difficult or formal situations

To say yes strongly in an informal, rude way

Compounds

85 1.0

A soft toy shaped like a bear that children hug

70 1.1

A large white bear that lives in the Arctic and hunts seals on sea ice

34 3.1

A large, powerful brown bear that lives in mountains and forests in western North America

18 1.0

A medium-sized wild animal in North America with black or dark brown fur

bear market
  • Specialized
16 5.3

A time when stock prices fall a lot and people expect them to keep falling

12 3.0

A very strong, tight hold with your arms around someone

9 1.9

A large, powerful wild animal with brown fur that lives in forests in Asia and North America

9 1.0

A young bear that still depends on its mother

8 1.0

A large black and white bear from China that eats mostly bamboo

koala bear
  • Australian
8 1.0

A slow tree animal from Australia with grey fur that eats eucalyptus leaves and carries its babies in a pouch

5 6.4

A sharp claw from a bear used as an ornament or piece of jewelry

Care Bear
  • Baby Talk
3 3.0

A made-up colorful bear character with a symbol on its belly showing a feeling

2 2.3

A large white bear that lives in the Arctic and hunts seals

2 5.5

A very large brown bear that lives on Kodiak Island and nearby coasts

1 2.9

A sweet yeast pastry shaped like a semicircle with slits

average bear
  • Informal
1 7.2

An ordinary person with average skills and no special qualities

1 7.9

An animal from tropical America that lives in trees and uses its long tail to hold branches while eating fruit

bear-baiting
  • Offensive
1 9.9

An old cruel show where a chained bear is attacked by dogs

1 6.3

A legal right for people to own and carry guns

1 7.7

A furry caterpillar with black and brown bands that appears in gardens

1 3.7

A large group of stars in the northern sky that includes the Big Dipper

pookie bear
  • Baby Talk
1 9.9

A loving name someone uses for a partner or child

1 6.3

A medium-sized black bear with a white V-shaped chest patch from central and eastern Asia

sloth bear
  • Indian
1 8.1

A large, hairy bear from south-central Asia that eats ants and termites

1 9.1

A plant that lives for many years with long leaves like grass and tall stalks of white flowers

1 9.9

A large reddish-brown mammal like a raccoon that lives in trees in Southeast Asia

American black bear
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A medium-sized North American bear usually with black or dark brown fur and less aggressive than brown bears

drop bear
  • Australian
1 9.9

A fake dangerous animal Australians joke about that falls from trees onto people to scare tourists

1 8.1

A reddish-brown type of bear found mainly in western North America

1 8.2

A mammal in Africa that is active at night and digs burrows to eat termites

1 8.5

A large hairy South American mammal with a long tongue and strong claws for eating ants

1 3.9

About the same size as a bear and very heavy

A very large brown bear that lives on the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia

A hairy caterpillar with thick, stiff hairs that turns into a small moth

1 8.5

A type of brown bear with pale yellow fur from the Middle East

1 8.4

A small reddish-brown animal like a raccoon that lives in the eastern Himalayas and eats bamboo

bear hug
  • Jargon
1 8.1

An offer to buy a company at a very high price that its directors feel they must accept

1 6.0

A small group of stars in the northern sky that includes the North Star

native bear
  • Australian
1 4.8

A small Australian animal that lives in trees, carries babies in a pouch, and eats eucalyptus leaves

1 9.8

A stocky wild animal from North America with thick fur that eats meat, like a wolverine

1 9.5

A small oak tree that grows like a bush and forms dense thickets

coon bear
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A large black and white bear that eats bamboo

1 7.6

A sweet bun shaped like a bear's paw with almond filling

1 9.9

To set dogs on a bear for people to watch

8.3

A carved or painted design that looks like a bear's claw on pottery and crafts

black bear
  • Indian
3.0

A small wild animal in Asia with black fur and a pale chest patch

A hairy caterpillar with a thick, fuzzy coat and dark bands

How Optimistic

speculator
27 6.2
bull
  • Specialized
31 6.7
bear
  • Jargon
23 8.6
bearishness
  • Jargon
1 7.4

Surface Forms

bear singular
bears plural

Etymology

Bear used for the stock market names a person who expects prices to fall, and one popular story says it comes from the animal bear which swipes down with its paw, so a market 'bear' is someone who expects prices to go down.