bear upon

Questions about bear upon

What does bear upon mean?

bear upon means "have an effect upon".

What is another word for bear upon?

Close synonyms include affect, impact, bear on, touch on, touch. 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 upon a common word?

bear upon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.