bear on

1. Be relevant to (synset 202681865)
   "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
   subtypes:

   • center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around - center upon
   • apply, go for, hold - be pertinent or relevant or applicable
   • affect, involve, regard - connect closely and often incriminatingly
   • interest, matter to - be of importance or consequence
   same as: come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on
   verb group: advert, allude, touch - make a more or less disguised reference to
2. Have an effect upon (synset 200137133)
   "Will the new rules affect me?"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • strike a blow - affect adversely
   • repercuss - cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect
   • tell on - produce an effect or strain on somebody
   • redound - have an effect for good or ill
   • excite, stimulate - act as a stimulant
   • process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
   • hydrolise, hydrolize - make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis
   • color, colour, distort, tinge - affect as in thought or feeling
   • endanger, expose, peril, queer, scupper - put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
   • hit, strike - affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
   • subject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
   • bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble - to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
   • act upon, influence, work - have and exert influence or effect
   • slam-dunk - make a forceful move against
   same as: affect, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on
3. Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action (synset 200768022)
   "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
   is a type of: exhort, press, urge, urge on - force or impel in an indicated direction
   subtypes:

   • nudge - push into action by pestering or annoying gently
   • bull, bull through - push or force
   same as: push
   verb group: drive, labor, labour, push, tug - strive and make an effort to reach a goal
4. Keep or maintain in unaltered condition;
   Cause to remain or last (synset 202685709)
   "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
   is a type of: hold, keep, maintain - cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., `keep clean'
   subtypes:

   • re-start, restart, resume - take up or begin anew
   • hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere, persist - be persistent, refuse to stop
   • perpetuate - cause to continue or prevail
   • keep up, prolong, sustain - lengthen or extend in duration or space
   • mummify - preserve while making lifeless
   same as: carry on, continue, preserve, uphold
   verb group:

   • continue, go forward, proceed - move ahead; travel onward in time or space
   • continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed - continue a certain state, condition, or activity

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