bearing upon
Having relevance to
Bearing upon means having relevance or influence on something: The witness testimony has no bearing upon the case.
It suggests a connection that affects how something is understood or decided.
The phrase often appears in formal or legal contexts where determining relevance matters: These facts have direct bearing upon the outcome.
- pertinenceQuality of being applicable
- effectResult of a cause
- ripple effectCascading secondary results
- applicabilityDegree of fitness
- coming into playBecoming a factor
reliance · interdependence · having a say · sway · weighing in · consequence · knock-on effect · association · correlation · impinging · congruence · germane · leverage · carrying weight · contingency · at stake · circumstances · in play
bearing uponbeside the point
Unrelated to the matter
off-topic · neither here nor there · wide of the mark · apart from
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