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How to pronounce bear in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms abide, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate
Type of permit, allow, let, countenance
Has types sit out, live with, stand for, take lying down, hold still for, take a joke, bear up, accept, pay, swallow
Verb group suffer
Derivation bearable


I cannot bear his constant criticism.
Type Words
Synonyms wear
Type of have, feature


bear a scar.
Type Words
Synonyms turn out
Type of create, make
Has types fruit, seed, overbear, crop, spin off
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Synonyms accept, assume, take over
Type of take
Has types face the music, carry the can


She agreed to bear the responsibility.
Type Words
Synonyms acquit, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport
Type of hold, carry, move, act
Has types deal, fluster, put forward, posture, pose, assert, walk around
Derivation bearing
Type Words
Synonyms birth, deliver, give birth, have
Type of produce, bring forth
Has types whelp, calve, carry, cub, drop, expect, farrow, fawn, foal, gestate, have a bun in the oven, have young, kitten, lamb, litter, pig, pup, twin
Verb group gestate, carry, expect, have a bun in the oven
Type Words
Synonyms hold
Type of have got, hold, have
Derivation bearer


She bears the title of Duchess.
Type Words
Synonyms carry, contain, hold
Type of include
Has types enclose, confine, hold in, retain
Verb group take, hold, contain
Type Words
Synonyms pay, yield
Type of earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, bring in, take in, realize, clear
Has types net, pay off, clear


interest-bearing accounts.
Type Words
Synonyms carry, hold
Has types poise, acquit, comport, stoop, conduct, behave, piggyback, deport, carry, balance, sling
Derivation bearing
Type Words
Synonyms carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven
Type of birth, deliver, have, give birth
Verb group birth, deliver, have, give birth, expect


She is bearing his child.
Type Words
Type of investor
Type Words
Type of have, feature
Has types carry


bear a resemblance.
bear a signature.
Type Words
Type of carnivore
Has types melursus ursinus, american black bear, ice bear, black bear, brown bear, bruin, ursus ursinus, ursus thibetanus, ursus maritimus, ursus arctos, ursus americanus, asiatic black bear, bear cub, euarctos americanus, thalarctos maritimus, sloth bear, selenarctos thibetanus, polar bear
Type Words
Type of carry, transport
Has types frogmarch
Derivation bearer


bear a heavy load.
bear news.
bearing orders.

Examples of bear

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When prices of staple foods soar, poor countries and poor people bear the brunt.
From the newsweek.com
As constituents we have the right to know, and we also bear some responsibility.
From the ocregister.com
Majerus says Salecich is trying to do too much, and the turnovers bear that out.
From the stltoday.com
Those that do bear fruit will gain traction and either be acquired or go public.
From the online.wsj.com
That is the likely outcome given the resources we are currently putting to bear.
From the time.com
He said he knows from experience that drivers still bear the brunt of the blame.
From the sacbee.com
It is about protecting the Second Amendment and our right to keep and bear arms.
From the sacbee.com
Like it or not, the Constitution gives citizens the right to keep and bear arms.
From the sacbee.com
Bear Stearns got a 2% stake in Citic, while Citic received a 6% in Bear Stearns.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • Have; "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature"
  • Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
  • An investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
  • Give birth: cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"
  • Digest: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
  • Move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"
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  • The BEAR and LION block ciphers were invented by Ross Anderson and Eli Biham by combining a stream cipher and a cryptographic hash function. The algorithms use a very large variable block size, on the order of 213 to 223 bits or more. ...