BRING ABOUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to happen, occur or exist

Example:

the new President must bring about a change in the health care system

Synonyms:

bring about; give rise; produce

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "bring about" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring about"):

induce; induct (produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes)

lead; leave; result (produce as a result or residue)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to move into the opposite direction

Example:

they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bring about" is one way to...):

turn (cause to move along an axis or into a new direction)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

Context examples:

They appreciated or sneered at the morning editorials, jumped from labor conditions in New Zealand to Henry James and Brander Matthews, passed on to the German designs in the Far East and the economic aspect of the Yellow Peril, wrangled over the German elections and Bebel's last speech, and settled down to local politics, the latest plans and scandals in the union labor party administration, and the wires that were pulled to bring about the Coast Seamen's strike.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This finding could ultimately lead to new ways to bring about the death of the tumor, as therapies may be able to reach these deadly cells at an earlier time point than was previously thought possible.