bearing on
Relevant to this
Bearing on means having relevance or connection to something: The witness's testimony has no bearing on the case.
What bears on a matter affects or influences it.
The phrase often appears in discussions of whether evidence or arguments are pertinent: How does this bear on our decision?
- affectProduce change upon
- involveTo contain as part
- concernTroubled interest in something
- relevanceState of mattering here
- pertinenceQuality of being applicable
impactful · decisive · relation · germane · connection · significance · weight · consequence · critical · applicability · factor in · determinant · instrumental · touch · crucial · importance · sway · apposite
- Relatinglinking, connecting, pertaining, associating, correlating