brought about
Led to occurring
Brought about means caused or made happen.
It describes producing a result or change through action or influence: The reforms brought about significant improvements in public health.
What brought about this sudden change of heart?
The phrase emphasizes that something was the cause or catalyst for an outcome.
- causedMade something occur
- inducedBrought about deliberately
- instigatedCaused to begin
- generatedBrought into being
- provokedCaused a reaction
stirred up · effected · initiated · created · engendered · engineered · triggered · wrought · precipitated · sparked · compassed · occasioned · called forth · kindled · fulfilled · enacted · consummated · set in motion
causation
brought aboutprevented
Stopped before occurrence
stopped · blocked · averted · forestalled · thwarted
temporal direction of effect
brought aboutundid
Reversed or loosened
reversed · nullified · negated · cancelled out · overturned