BEAR UPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bear upon mean? 

• BEAR UPON (verb)
  The verb BEAR UPON has 1 sense:

1. have an effect upon

  Familiarity information: BEAR UPON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEAR UPON (verb)

Meaning:

Have an effect upon

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

affect; bear upon; bear on; impact; touch on; touch

Context example:

Will the new rules affect me?

Hypernyms (to "bear upon" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bear upon"):

strike a blow (affect adversely)

act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)

bother; discommode; disoblige; incommode; inconvenience; put out; trouble (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to)

subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)

hit; strike (affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely)

endanger; expose; peril; queer; scupper (put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position)

color; colour; distort; tinge (affect as in thought or feeling)

hydrolise; hydrolize (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis)

process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

excite; stimulate (act as a stimulant)

redound (have an effect for good or ill)

tell on (produce an affect or strain on somebody)

repercuss (cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect)

slam-dunk (make a forceful move against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something