to bring to bear
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5.1
- phrasal verb
- Formal
:
ejercer
- The whole idea of MIT is to bring knowledge to bear on the greatest problems in the world.
- bring pressure to bear
- bring their influence to bear
- bring resources to bear
Morality had to be brought to bear against this system.
- Morality had to be brought to bear against this system.
- And I can see the fidelity that you brought to bear on this project.
- And all the all those perspectives are brought to bear on the cooking.
- It's like, how can I bring these big ideas to bear?
- And that means that I can bring to bear on the problem the central limit theorem.
- OER is the embodiment for OCW of working with others to bring knowledge to bear on the great challenges of the world.
- And so America's rule of law is our is our great spine, and it should be brought to bear on all of them over the next days and months.
- That's going to be podcast is going to be one of the the the tools that I bring to bear on that.
- And then the creativity is all the things that you bring to bear to realize your imagination.
- She also embodies an important Radcliffe Hallmark, bringing leading edge knowledge to bear on issues that affect the world around us.
- What you want is somebody who, when they are faced with something challenging, brings the right tools to bear.
- So this technology will also be brought to bear on controlling the robot, the, the motions of the robot.
Examples
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You have to decide what kind of theory you're going to bring to bear on that question.
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The council can bring political pressure to bear on them.
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Now you can actually bring to bear the resources of reason against it.
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Is there stuff that as IT people that we could bring to bear to help this problem?
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I want the moral force of international opinion brought to bear on the British government.
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You can be sure that all of our considerable resources are being brought to bear on the situation.
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The challenge is to bring theory to bear on facts in ways that permit explanation and prediction.
Academic text (1990) -
We are bringing to bear an array of airpower that has made a huge difference.
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Additionally, the full resources, expertise, and legitimacy of the international community could be brought to bear.
Academic text (2013) -
The team decided to bring all their knowledge to bear on the challenging project.
Synonyms
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4.3
Use power or influence to make something happen
Antonyms
How Strong
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- Formal
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∞
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Surface Forms
Morphology
bring + to + bear
The core idea 'to use or apply something' is partly inferable from 'bring' (to move/produce) combined with a less common sense of 'bear' (to carry or exert), so there is a motivated compositional link. However, the fixed legal/formal collocation 'bring to bear (on)' and the specialised sense of 'bear' are not fully predictable for a B1 learner, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Bring to bear comes from the image of turning a heavy gun or tool so its force is pointed at a target, and bear here means 'to aim'. So, to bring to bear your skills or resources is to 'apply' or direct them to solve a problem.