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Learn to pronounce bear·ing

/ˈberiNG/
noun
  1. a person's way of standing or moving.
    "a man of precise military bearing"
    synonyms: posture, comportment, carriage, gait, stance, deportment
  2. relation; relevance.
    "the case has no direct bearing on the issues"
    synonyms: relevance, relevancy, significance, pertinence, connection, relation, aptness, appositeness, germaneness, importance, import, application
  3. the level to which something bad can be tolerated.
    "school was bad enough, but now it's past bearing"
    synonyms: endurance, endurability, tolerance, tolerability, acceptance, acceptability, sufferance, manageability
  4. a part of a machine that bears friction, especially between a rotating part and its housing.
  5. the direction or position of something, or the direction of movement, relative to a fixed point. It is usually measured in degrees, typically with magnetic north as zero.
    "the Point is on a bearing of 015°"
    synonyms: direction, orientation, course, trajectory, heading, tack, path, line, run
  6. a device or charge.
    "armorial bearings"
  7. a structural part that supports weight, such as a wall that supports a beam.

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