phrasal verb · academic
bring into being
UK/brɪŋ ˈɪntuː ˈbiːɪŋ/US/brɪŋ ˈɪntu ˈbiːɪŋ/BRING·in·to·BE·ING
task2speaking
to create or cause something to exist
Examples
“The new legislation was brought into being to regulate the industry.”
“Several programmes were brought into being to support small businesses.”
“Policies must be brought into being before they can have an effect.”
Band 8 sentence
“The reform was brought into being after years of consultation between policymakers and industry leaders.”
Collocations
- bring a system into being
- bring legislation into being
Word family
bring into being verbbringing into being verbbrought into being verb (past)
Common mistakes
bring into effect→bring into being
bring being into→bring into being
Say it for a higher band
5create→6establish→7+bring into being
Synonyms
create
Easily confused
bring into effect
“The new regulation was brought into effect on January 1st.”
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