bearings

Meaning of bearings

plural noun
  1. a person's way of standing or moving.
    a man of precise military bearing
  2. relation; relevance.
    the case has no direct bearing on the issues being considered
  3. the ability to tolerate something bad or to be tolerated.
    school was bad enough, but now it's past bearing
  4. a part of a machine that allows one part to rotate or move in contact with another part with as little friction as possible.
  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°
    there were no steeples or bridges from which to take a bearing
  6. a device or charge.
    armorial bearings

Information about bearings

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of bearings is: bearing.
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Hyphenation of bearings

bear-ings

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • bearings is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

bearings synonyms

Meaning the position in which someone holds their body when standing or sitting:

posture

Meaning behaviour; bearing:

comportment

Meaning a person's bearing or deportment:

carriage

Meaning a person's manner of walking:

gait

Meaning the way in which someone stands, especially when deliberately adopted (as in cricket, golf, and other sports); a person's posture:

stance

Meaning the way a person stands and walks, particularly as an element of etiquette:

deportment

Meaning the quality or state of being closely connected or appropriate:

relevance, relevancy

Meaning the quality of being worthy of attention; importance:

significance

Meaning a relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else:

connection

Meaning the way in which two or more people or things are connected; a thing's effect on or relevance to another:

relation

Meaning the quality of being appropriate or suitable:

aptness

Meaning the state or fact of being of great significance or value:

importance

Meaning a commodity, article, or service brought in from abroad for sale:

import

Meaning practical use or relevance:

application

Meaning the ability to endure an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way:

endurance

Meaning the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behaviour that one dislikes or disagrees with:

tolerance

Meaning the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered:

acceptance

Meaning the quality of being tolerated or allowed:

acceptability

Meaning absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration:

sufferance

Meaning the course which must be taken in order to reach a destination:

direction

Meaning the action of orienting someone or something relative to the points of a compass or other specified positions:

orientation

Meaning the route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river:

course

Meaning the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces:

trajectory

Meaning a title at the head of a page or section of a book:

heading

Meaning a boat's course relative to the direction of the wind:

tack

Meaning the course or direction in which a person or thing is moving:

path

Meaning a direct course:

line

Meaning an act or spell of running:

run

Anagrams of bearings

Basinger, sabering

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