bring about

British  

verb

1. to cause to happen

   to bring about a change in the law

2. to turn (a ship) around

---

bring about Idioms  

1. Also, bring to pass. Make something happen, accomplish or result in something. For example, The revised tax code brought about considerable changes in accounting. The first term dates from the 1400s, and the variant, today considered rather formal, from the first half of the 1500s. Also see bring on, def. 1.

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bring about

While everyone argues about whether AI will eventually bring about the apocalypse, hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent building the infrastructure underneath it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

I hope that my story, along with others, can help bring about the safe New York we all deserve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Teng, who produced the 2019 Oscar-nominated documentary short “St. Louis Superman,” a portrait of a local Black activist, once again ponders how much any one person can do to bring about change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

El-Sayed argues that the way she’s earning those votes, though, will never bring about real change.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

Could I, after going without pork and smoking no cigarettes for a while, claim some physical trouble that could bring about my release?

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Related Words

• accomplish
• achieve
• create
• engender
• generate
• produce
• realize