bear with

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

bear with (third-person singular simple present bears with, present participle bearing with, simple past bore with, past participle borne with)

1. (idiomatic) To be patient with.

   Please bear with me a moment while I connect you to his office.

Usage notes

• This phrase is typically followed by me. In British colloquial usage the word me may be implied: Just bear with a second.
• Against the usual rules of English phrasal stress, the stressed word is with rather than bear.

Translations

be patient with

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: bære over med, have tålmodighed med
• Dutch: geduld hebben, uithouden (nl), verdragen (nl)
• Finnish: olla kärsivällinen (+ allative), koettaa kestää (+ partitive)
• German: Geduld haben mit, Nachsicht üben (ich bitte um Nachsicht ≈ please bear with me)
• Hungarian: elnéző (hu), türelmes (hu), türelemmel van
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bære over med (no)

• Russian: потерпеть (ru) pf (poterpetʹ), мириться с impf (miritʹsja s), терпеть (ru) impf (terpetʹ)

See also

• bear in with

Anagrams

• withbear