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bearing in on

bearing in on is the present participle and gerund of bear in on.

Meaning of bear in on

Verb

bear in on (third-person singular simple present bears in on, present participle bearing in on, simple past bore in on, past participle borne in on)

  1. To veer too close to another horse.
  2. (transitive) To be greatly affected by something potent.
    • These problems having been bearing in on my mind for years.
  3. (transitive) To focus on; to concentrate on one factor.

Questions about bearing in on

What is bearing in on the present participle and gerund of?
Bearing in on is the present participle and gerund of bear in on.

Words near bearing in on in the dictionary

  1. bearing down
  2. bearing down on
  3. bearing fruit
  4. bearing in
  5. bearing in mind
  6. bearing in on
  7. bearing in with
  8. bearing off
  9. bearing off from
  10. bearing on
  11. bearing oneself

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bearing in on (page history and authors); bear in on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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