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单词 brought about
释义

bring about

verb

brought about; bringing about; brings about

transitive verb

: to cause to take place : effect

Synonyms

  • beget
  • breed
  • bring
  • bring on
  • catalyze
  • cause
  • create
  • do
  • draw on
  • effect
  • effectuate
  • engender
  • generate
  • induce
  • invoke
  • make
  • occasion
  • produce
  • prompt
  • result (in)
  • spawn
  • translate (into)
  • work
  • yield
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Example Sentences

I promise: making one mistake will not bring about the apocalypse.

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

brought about

verb

past tense of bring about
as in created
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) I promise: making one mistake will not bring about the apocalypse

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • created
  • caused
  • brought
  • generated
  • prompted
  • brought on
  • brought forth
  • spawned
  • drew on
  • produced
  • worked
  • did
  • induced
  • yielded
  • invoked
  • wrought
  • made
  • effected
  • gave rise to
  • catalyzed
  • engendered
  • translated (into)
  • bred
  • resulted (in)
  • occasioned
  • begot
  • effectuated
  • introduced
  • contributed (to)
  • conduced (to)
  • encouraged
  • begat
  • promoted
  • turned out
  • inaugurated
  • founded
  • set up
  • established
  • initiated
  • launched
  • determined
  • began
  • pioneered
  • developed
  • started
  • instituted
  • decided
  • cultivated
  • fostered
  • fathered
  • rendered
  • enacted
  • forwarded
  • set
  • nurtured
  • advanced
  • furthered
  • nourished
  • innovated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • limited
  • restricted
  • put down
  • impeded
  • suppressed
  • controlled
  • reined (in)
  • crushed
  • checked
  • squashed
  • smothered
  • repressed
  • stifled
  • dampened
  • subdued
  • quashed
  • arrested
  • clamped down (on)
  • inhibited
  • squelched
  • retarded
  • restrained
  • quelled
  • killed
  • cracked down (on)
  • curbed
  • snuffed (out)
  • destroyed
  • canned
  • stilled
  • abolished
  • extinguished
  • liquidated
  • quenched
  • demolished
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