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bearing on

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

Meaning of bear on

Verb

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

  1. To influence, have an effect on.
    Synonyms:
    bear upon
  2. To be relevant to.
    • That ruling bears on our application.
  3. To harm, hinder or be a burden upon.

Questions about bearing on

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

Words near bearing on in the dictionary

  1. bearing in mind
  2. bearing in on
  3. bearing in with
  4. bearing off
  5. bearing off from
  6. bearing on
  7. bearing oneself
  8. bearing out
  9. bearing pile
  10. bearing piles
  11. bearing rein

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bearing on (page history and authors); bear 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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