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bring about

bring about verb: to cause to take place.

Verb

bring about (third-person singular simple present brings about, present participle bringing about, simple past and past participle brought about)

  1. (transitive) To cause to take place.
    • The collapse of the gold standard brought about much of the economic turmoil of that era.
    • The catalyst was the introduction of the Health & Safety at Work Act in 1974. While it applied to all workplaces, it gradually brought about a sea change in the attitude towards death and injury. Accidents were no longer accepted as 'inevitable'.2022 January 26, John Crosse, “When the tide turned to a safer railway...”, in RAIL, number 949, page 53
  2. (transitive) To accomplish, to achieve.
    • I hope to bring about a successful conclusion.

bring about meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

bring about in Tamil

உண்டாக்கு, ஏற்படுத்து, நடைமுறைக்குக் கொண்டுவா, நடைமுறைப்படுத்து

bring about in Urdu

باعث, رونما, سبب, وجود

bring about in Bengali

ঘটানোর কারণ হওয়া, সম্পন্ন করা, অর্জন করা

bring about in Kannada

ಉಂಟುಮಾಡು, ಉತ್ಪನ್ನಮಾಡು
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bring about in Sanskrit
मह् mah, संवर्तयति saṃvartayati

Synonyms of bring about

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Forms of bring about

third-person singular presentbrings about
present participlebringing about
past participlebrought about
pastbrought about

Questions about bring about

What does bring about mean?
Bring about means to cause to take place.
What is bring about in Tamil?
Bring about in Tamil is உண்டாக்கு, ஏற்படுத்து, நடைமுறைக்குக் கொண்டுவா. See Bring about meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bring about?
Bring about is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring about?
The past tense of bring about is brought about.

Words near bring about in the dictionary

  1. briney
  2. Brineys
  3. bring
  4. bring a knife to a gunfight
  5. bring a lump to someone's throat
  6. bring about
  7. bring along
  8. bring an end to
  9. bring around
  10. bring away
  11. bring back

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bring about (page history and authors); bring about (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bring about (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bring about (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bring about (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मह् (Sanskrit) (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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