Bear Definition
(finance, investments) Characterized by or believing to benefit of declining prices in securities markets.
A surname.
- To have an association with or relevance to:
That remark bears no relation to the matter at hand.
- To be similar to; appear or function like.
- To move rapidly toward:
The ship bore down on the abandoned vessel.
- To affect in a harmful or adverse way:
Financial pressures are bearing down on them.
- To come to a satisfactory conclusion or to fruition.
- To hold in one's mind; remember:
Bear in mind that bridges freeze before roads.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bear
- bear a relation
- bear a resemblance
- bear down on
- bear fruit
- bear in mind
- bear a hand
- bear down
- bear down on
- bear out
- bear up
- bring to bear on
- be a bear for punishment
- the Bear
Origin of Bear
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From Middle English beren (“carry, bring forth”), from Old English beran (“to carry, bear, bring”), from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, *bʰére-. Akin to Old High German beran (“carry”), Dutch baren, Gothic (baíran), Latin ferre, and Ancient Greek φέρειν (pherein), Albanian bie (“to bring, to bear”), Russian брать (brat', “to take”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English bere from Old English bera bher-2 in Indo-European roots Sense 3, probably from the proverb to sell the bear's skin before catching the bear
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-Germanic *berô (compare West Frisian bear, Dutch beer, German Bär, Danish bjørn).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English beren from Old English beran bher-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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