bring about

Questions about bring about

What does bring about mean?

bring about means "cause to move into the opposite direction". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bring about?

Close synonyms include produce, give rise. 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 bring about a common word?

bring about 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.