to bear upon

Examples

• All

• There are a number of international agreements and mandates that bear upon the issue of gender equality and development.

  Academic text (2008)

• We are choosing something that bears upon our moral character, bears upon the core of who we are.

• Consider, rather, those acts which will bear upon your next life.

  Wheel of Ashes (1968)

• Before turning to these matters, however, we can set forth certain general principles that must bear upon our determination.

  Academic text (1996)

• But how, it might be asked, does such thinking bear upon the social realists?

  Academic text (1991)

• If your office has information bearing upon the bail status of this case, I instruct you to make a formal application.

  Fiction book (1990)

• We now bring the theses argued in the previous section to bear upon an exemplary case.

  Academic text (2009)

• So far we have approached the different concepts of LC that can be brought to bear upon a text from a methodological or metatheoretical perspective.

  Academic text (1990)

• Recent findings bear upon our understanding of climate change.

• The new regulations will bear upon small businesses significantly.

Synonyms

A

to affect

vsto bear upon

∞ 3.0

To cause a change in a person or thing

also covers being related or concerned, not only causing change

I

to impact

vsto bear upon

255 3.4

To have a strong effect on someone or something

tends to be milder and include simple relation or influence

B

to bear on

vsto bear upon

31 5.1

To be connected with or affect something

is the same idea but in a different phrasing

A

to act upon

vsto bear upon

16 3.5

Make someone or something change

also refers to relation or concern as well as influence

T

to touch on

vsto bear upon

3 4.0

To affect something or someone, often slightly

means broader concern or influence rather than only slight effect

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

D

to disregard

119 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

How Relevant

to determine

282 3.1

to affect

∞ 3.0

to bear upon

1 5.8

to pertain

108 4.6

to relate

317 2.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology