"bring to bear" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bring to bear.ogg Forms: brings to bear [present, singular, third-person], bringing to bear [participle, present], brought to bear [participle, past], brought to bear [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought> to bear}} bring to bear (third-person singular simple present brings to bear, present participle bringing to bear, simple past and past participle brought to bear)
  1. (transitive) To aim a weapon at a target. Tags: transitive Translations (aim a weapon): 瞄準 (Chinese Mandarin), 瞄准 (miáozhǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), suunnata (Finnish), pointer (French), viser (French), richten (German), направлять (napravljatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bring_to_bear-en-verb-ehnGOS2f Disambiguation of 'aim a weapon': 93 7
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To apply; to employ something to achieve an intended effect. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (employ to achieve an effect): 施加 (shījiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 應用 (Chinese Mandarin), 应用 (yìngyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), ottaa käyttöön (Finnish), käyttää (Finnish), employer (French), appliquer (French), aufbringen (German), ausüben (German), εξασκώ (exaskó) (Greek), wykorzystywać [imperfective] (Polish), wykorzystać [perfective] (Polish), претворять в жизнь (pretvorjatʹ v žiznʹ) (Russian), applicera (Swedish), tillämpa (Swedish), ta till (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bring_to_bear-en-verb-p48y1rEz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'employ to achieve an effect': 4 96

Inflected forms

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          "word": "瞄準"
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      "word": "瞄準"
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      "sense": "aim a weapon",
      "word": "richten"
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      "word": "ottaa käyttöön"
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      "sense": "employ to achieve an effect",
      "word": "aufbringen"
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      "sense": "employ to achieve an effect",
      "word": "ausüben"
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      "sense": "employ to achieve an effect",
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