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[ verb ] have an effect upon
Examples "Will the new rules affect me?" Used in print (Saturday Review, 44: 15...)In Nassau , as in other systems , the long-range objective is to bring the maximum service of libraries to bear_on the schools , and on adult education in_general . (Lt. Col. D.F. Martin, "Will Aircraft or Missiles Win Wa...)With such a force of manned bombers we could bring enormous pressure to bear_on an enemy , and this pressure would be selective and extremely discriminating . |
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[ verb ] be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to
Examples "What's this novel all about?" "There were lots of questions referring to her talk" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Most_of this testimony may have been legally admissible as bearing_on the corpus_delicti of the total Nazi crime but seemed subject_to question when not tied to the part in it of the defendant 's Department_of_Jewish_Affairs . |
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[ verb ] press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
Synonyms Examples "He pushed her to finish her doctorate" Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)What hope lay_in the nephews , she asked the intensifying light out there , with one married to a barren woman and the other divorced , having sired two girl children , with none to bear_on the Packard name ? |
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[ verb ] keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
Examples "preserve the peace in the family" "continue the family tradition" "Carry on the old traditions" Related terms discontinue keep resume perpetuate prolong persevere mummify continue proceed maintainer |
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