phrasal verb · neutral
bring about
/brɪŋ əˈbaʊt/BRING·a·BOUT
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to cause something to happen, especially a change or result
Examples
“The new law brought about significant improvements in air quality.”
“Education reforms can bring about long-term social change.”
“Technological advances brought about shifts in the job market.”
Band 8 sentence
“Comprehensive public education campaigns can bring about behavioural changes that government regulations alone often fail to achieve.”
Collocations
- bring about change
- bring about reform
- bring about consequences
Word family
bring about / brings about / brought about / bringing about verbbrought-about (rare, adjective) adjective
Common mistakes
They brought the changes.→They brought about the changes.
This policy will bring change.→This policy will bring about change.
Say it for a higher band
5cause→6lead to→7+bring about
Synonyms
cause
lead to
Easily confused
cause
“The drought caused crop failures across the region.”
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