bring about

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

bring about (third-person singular simple present brings about, present participle bringing about, simple past and past participle brought about)

1. (transitive) To cause to take place.

   Synonyms: effect, lead to, induce, incite, provoke, result in, encompass; see also Thesaurus:incite

   The collapse of the gold standard brought about much of the economic turmoil of that era.

   • 2022 January 26, John Crosse, “When the tide turned to a safer railway...”, in RAIL, number 949, page 53:

     The catalyst was the introduction of the Health & Safety at Work Act in 1974. While it applied to all workplaces, it gradually brought about a sea change in the attitude towards death and injury. Accidents were no longer accepted as 'inevitable'.

2. (transitive) To accomplish, achieve.

   Synonyms: carry out, complete, consummate, effectuate, fulfill, pull off, realize

   I hope to bring about a successful conclusion.

Related terms

• bring down
• bring forth
• bring forward
• bring on
• bring out

 

Translations

to cause to take place

• Azerbaijani: əmələ gətirmək
• Catalan: provocar (ca)
• Danish: tilvejebringe
• Dutch: teweegbrengen (nl), veroorzaken (nl)
• Esperanto: efektivigi
• Finnish: aiheuttaa (fi), saada aikaan
• French: provoquer (fr), causer (fr), occasionner (fr)
• German: bewirken (de), bedingen (de)
• Hungarian: okoz (hu), előidéz (hu), hoz (hu), létrehoz (hu)
• Latin: efficiō
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forårsake (no), foranledige, avstedkomme (no), bevirke, medføre (no)

• Polish: powodować (pl), wywoływać (pl)
• Portuguese: causar (pt), provocar (pt), ocasionar (pt)
• Romanian: provoca (ro), cauza (ro)
• Russian: вызыва́ть (ru) impf (vyzyvátʹ), влечь (ru) impf (vlečʹ), повле́чь (ru) pf (povléčʹ)
• Spanish: traer (es), provocar (es)
• Turkish: yerine getirmek (tr)

to accomplish

• Catalan: aconseguir (ca)
• Danish: tilvejebringe
• Dutch: bewerkstelligen (nl), verwezenlijken (nl), tot stand brengen
• Finnish: saavuttaa (fi), saada aikaan
• French: accomplir (fr), effectuer (fr), réaliser (fr)
• German: zustande bringen, bewerkstelligen (de)
• Hungarian: végrehajt (hu), véghez visz (hu), teljesít (hu), elvégez (hu), megvalósít (hu)
• Polish: dokonywać (pl)
• Russian: осуществля́ть (ru) impf (osuščestvljátʹ), осуществи́ть (ru) pf (osuščestvítʹ)
• Spanish: lograr (es)
• Turkish: başarmak (tr)