to bring about

Examples

• All

• Whether his leadership is able to bring that about remains to be seen.

  Academic text (2018)

• In such systems, the forces that would bring this about are largely missing.

  Academic text (1990)

• What has been done to bring it about?

  Fiction book (1994)

• Doing nothing will be sufficient to bring it about.

  Academic text (2000)

• God bless all who pray for him and are helping to bring this about.

  Blog text (10)

• The manager is the catalyst that can bring that about.

  Academic text (2000)

• The sources of environmental degradation and the actors who bring it about vary widely from place to place.

  Academic text (2000)

• We were a movement, true to our radical nature, instrumental in bringing it about.

  Blog text (16)

• The captain decided to bring about a change in course to avoid the storm.

• To reach the destination safely, they needed to bring about a swift turnaround.

Synonyms

D

to divert

vsto bring about

94 4.2

To cause something like traffic or a river to go a different way

turns something specifically into the opposite direction instead of merely rerouting

C

to change course

vsto bring about

41 3.7

Turn a ship to a new direction to avoid danger

turns something specifically into the opposite direction rather than a general change

How Far

to bring about

• Specialized

9 5.3

to turn

∞ 1.0

to veer

63 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology