Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for.

    bear someone out on something

    It was a promising idea, but the evidence did not bear out their theory.

    bestätigen

    support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

  2. To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last.

  3. (intransitive)To move quickly and sharply in an outward direction during a race; to veer out.

    That horse always bears out on the turns.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. The facts bear out this hypothesis.

    ruФакты подтверждают эту гипотезу.

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  2. The data doesn't bear this out.

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  3. These facts will bear out his story.

    ruЭти факты подтвердят его рассказ.

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  4. These facts bear out my hypothesis.

    ruЭти факты подтверждают мою гипотезу.

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  5. The bears came out of hibernation.

    ruМедведи вышли из спячки.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
corroborate, prove, or confirm:

Origin

From Middle English beren out, dissimilated from earlier Middle English outberen, equivale

From Middle English beren out, dissimilated from earlier Middle English outberen, equivalent to bear + out.

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Forms

bears out, bearing out, bore out, borne out
Base formbear out · to bear out
3rd person singularbears out
Present participlebearing out
Past simplebore out
Past participleborne out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybear out
he, she, itbears out

Past simpleLesson

all personsbore out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave borne out
he, she, ithas borne out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bear out

Phrasal verbs

9 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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