bear on

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

bear on

verb bears on · bearing on · bore on · borne on

To influence, have an effect on.
Similar: bear upon
To be relevant to. That ruling bears on our application.
To harm, hinder or be a burden upon. In the days when men changed their skins and lived for ever, the permanence of property in the same hands was found to be a great inconvenience; it bore very hard on the heirs, who were perpetually tantalized by the prospect of an inheritance to which it was legally and physically impossible that th

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"bear on." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bear%20on. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

bear on. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bear%20on

Chicago

"bear on." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bear%20on.

BibTeX

@misc{bear_on_2026,
  title = {bear on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bear%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}