bear on

Questions about bear on

What does bear on mean?

bear on means "be relevant to". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bear on?

Close synonyms include refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bear on a common word?

bear on is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.