English > bear on: 4 senses > verb 1, stative| Meaning | Be relevant to. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, touch, touch on, have to do with |
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| Narrower | apply, hold, go for | Be pertinent or relevant or applicable |
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| focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center | Center upon |
| involve, affect, regard | Connect closely and often incriminatingly |
| matter to, interest | Be of importance or consequence |
| Similar to | allude, touch, advert | make a more or less disguised reference to |
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| Spanish | atañer, concernir, incumbir, palpar, referirse, referir, relatar, respectar, tocar, tratarse |
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| Catalan | concernir, incumbir, palpar, pertocar, referir-se, referir, relatar, tocar, tractar-se |
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English > bear on: 4 senses > verb 2, change| Meaning | Have an effect upon. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | affect, impact, bear upon, touch on, touch |
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| Narrower | hit, strike | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely |
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| hydrolize, hydrolise | make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis |
| influence, act upon, work | Have and exert influence or effect |
| process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition |
| queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position |
| redound | Have an effect for good or ill |
| repercuss | Cause repercussions |
| slam-dunk | make a forceful move against |
| stimulate, excite | act as a stimulant |
| strike a blow | affect adversely |
| subject | Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to |
| tell on | produce an effect or strain on somebody |
| tinge, color, colour, distort | affect as in thought or feeling |
| trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Spanish | afectar, conmover, impactar, repercutir, tocar |
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| Catalan | afectar, commoure, impactar, repercutir |
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English > bear on: 4 senses > verb 4, stative| Meaning | Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last / last. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | continue, uphold, carry on, preserve |
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| Narrower | mummify | preserve while making lifeless |
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| perpetuate | Cause to continue or prevail |
| persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on | Be persistent, refuse to stop |
| prolong, sustain, keep up | lengthen or extend in duration or space |
| resume, restart, re-start | take up or begin anew |
| Broader | keep, maintain, hold | Keep in a certain state, position, or activity |
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| Opposite | discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off | put an end to a state or an activity |
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| Similar to | continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep | Continue a certain state, condition, or activity |
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| proceed, go forward, continue | Move ahead |
| Spanish | continuar, mantener, persistir, preservar, seguir, sustentar |
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| Catalan | continuar, persistir, seguir |
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