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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/|a=UK}}
* {{enPR|bâr'ĭng|a=US}} {{IPA|en|/ˈbɛɹɪŋ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-bearing.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛəɹɪŋ|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|beringe}}, {{m|enm|berynge}}, {{m|enm|berende}}, {{m|enm|berande}}, {{m|enm|berand}}, from {{inh|en|ang|berende|t=bearing; fruitful}} (also as synonym {{cog|ang|bǣrende}}), from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*berandz}}, present participle of {{der|en|gem-pro|*beraną|t=to bear; carry}}, equivalent to {{suffix|en|bear|ing}}.

====Verb====
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|bear||ing-form}}

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|in combination}} That [[bear]]s (some specified thing).
#: ''a gift-'''bearing''' visitor''
# Of a [[beam]], [[column]], or other device, carrying [[weight]] or [[load]].
#: {{ux|en|That's a '''bearing''' wall.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|en|apple-bearing|armsbearing|casebearing|cupbearing|everbearing|furbearing|leafbearing|livebearing|metalbearing|nonbearing|omnibearing|pallbearing|plain bearing|rushbearing|seedbearing|sporebearing|torchbearing|unbearing
|childbearing
|child-bearing
|death-bearing
|fruit-bearing
|gold-bearing
|horn-bearing
|interest-bearing
|light-bearing
|load-bearing
|swordbearing
|thought-bearing
|wonder-bearing
|coal-bearing|flower-bearing|fur-bearing trout|life-bearing|tone-bearing unit}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|carrying weight or load}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|dragend}}
* French: {{t+|fr|porteur}}
* German: {{t+|de|tragend}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|несу́щий}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|soporte|alt=de soporte}}, {{t+|es|apoyo|alt=de apoyo}}, {{t+|es|gravitar|m}}, {{t+|es|soportar|m}}
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[[Image:Ball bearing.jpg|thumb|right|150 px|Ball bearing]]

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|bering}}, {{m|enm|beringe}}, {{m|enm|berynge}}, equivalent to {{suffix|en|bear|ing}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|mechanical engineering}} A [[mechanical]] [[device]] that [[support]]s another part and/or reduces [[friction]].
# {{lb|en|navigation|nautical}} The [[horizontal]] [[angle]] between the [[direction]] of an object and another object, or between it and that of [[true north]]; a [[heading]] or [[direction]].
#* {{RQ:Swift Gulliver|page=X|passage=This volume would have been at least twice as large, if I had not made bold to strike out innumerable passages relating to the winds and tides, as well as to the variations and '''bearings''' in the several voyages, together with the minute descriptions of the management of the ship in storms, in the style of sailors; likewise the account of longitudes and latitudes; [...]}}
# {{lb|en|in the plural|especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings'}} One's understanding of one's [[orientation]] or relative [[position]], literally or figuratively.
#: {{ux|en|Do we go left here or straight on? Hold on, let me just get my '''bearings'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|I started a new job last week, and I still haven't quite found my '''bearings'''.}}
# [[relevance|Relevance]]; a relationship or connection.
#: {{ux|en|That has no '''bearing''' on this issue.}}
#* {{RQ:Pope Essay on Man|passage=But of this frame, the '''bearings''' and the ties, / The strong connections, nice dependencies.}}
# One's [[posture]], [[demeanor]], or [[manner]].
#: {{ux|en|She walks with a confident, self-assured '''bearing'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing|II|i|passage=I know him by his '''bearing'''.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Steven Pifer| work=Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution| url=https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/news/five-years-after-crimea’s-illegal-annexation-issue-no-closer-resolution| publisher=The Center for International Security and Cooperation| date=18 March 2019| passage= The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their '''bearing''', carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.}}
# {{lb|en|architecture}} That part of any [[member]] of a [[building]] which rests upon its supports.
#: {{ux|en|A lintel or beam may have four inches of '''bearing''' upon the wall.}}
# {{lb|en|architecture}} The portion of a support on which anything rests.
# {{lb|en|architecture|proscribed}} The unsupported span.
#: {{ux|en|The beam has twenty feet of '''bearing''' between its supports.}}
# {{lb|en|heraldry}} Any single [[emblem]] or [[charge]] in an [[escutcheon]] or [[coat of arms]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1848|author=w:William Makepeace Thackeray|title=Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo
|passage=Jos Sedley's open carriage, with its magnificent armorial '''bearings'''.}}

=====Hyponyms=====
{{col4|en|ball bearing
|inline bearing
|inline hockey bearing
|inline skate bearing
|in-line skate bearing
|magnetic bearing
|quad roller bearing
|roller bearing
|rollerblade bearing
|skate bearing
|skateboard bearing
|true bearing| relative bearing
}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|find one's bearings|get one's bearings|lose one's bearings|air bearing|armorial bearing|back bearing|bearing rein|radial bearing|jewel bearing|journal bearing|muffler bearing|cutlass bearing|neck bearing|needle bearing|plain bearing|bearingless|bearinglike|sidebearing|talebearing}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|architecture}}
* German: {{t+|de|Auflager|n}}; {{t+|de|Spannweite|f}}, {{t+|de|Tragweite|f}}
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{{trans-top|mechanical device}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|առանցքակալ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|yastıq}}, {{t+|az|yataq}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|падшы́пнік|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ла́гер|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|coixinet|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|be̋-á-lèng-guh}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|軸承|tr=zhóuchéng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|ložisko|n}}
* Danish: {{t|da|leje}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lager}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|lagro}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laakeri}}
* French: {{t+|fr|roulement|m}}, {{t+|fr|coussinet|m}}, {{t+|fr|palier|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|საკისარი|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{t+|de|Lager|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ρουλεμάν|n}}, {{t|el|ρουλμάν|n}}, {{t+|el|έδρανο|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מֵסַב|m|tr=mesáv}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|बेयरिंग}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csapágy}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|soporto}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|bantalan}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|cuscinetto}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|軸受|tr=じくうけ, jikuuke}}, {{t|ja|ベアリング|tr=bearingu}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|мойынтірек}}
* Khmer: {{t-needed|km}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|베어링}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|подшипник}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|gultnis|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|лагер|m}}, {{t|mk|лежиште|n}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|lager|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|lager|n}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|یاتاقان|tr=yâtâqân}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|łożysko|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|rolamento|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|cuzinet|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подши́пник|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ле̏жа̄ј|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|lȅžāj|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|ložisko|n}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|ležaj|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|rodamiento|m}} {{gloss|rolling bearing}}, {{qualifier|Mexico}} {{t+|es|balero|m}}, {{t+|es|cojinete|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|lager|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|salo}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ลูกปืน}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yatak}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|підши́пник|m}}, {{t+|uk|вальни́ця|f}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|podshipnik}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|ổ đỡ trục}}, {{t|vi|ổ đỡ}}, {{t|vi|ổ trục}}
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{{trans-top|nautical sense}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|пе́ленг|m}}, {{t+|bg|а́зимут|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|demora|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|方位|tr=fāngwèi}}, {{t+|cmn|方向|tr=fāngxiàng}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|směrník|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|pejling|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|peiling}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|birilo}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|ýting|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kompassisuunta}}, {{t+|fi|suunta}}, {{t|fi|suuntima}}
* French: {{t+|fr|azimut|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Peilung|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|תַּכְוִין|m|tr=takhvín}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|方向|tr=ほうこう, hōkō}}, {{t+|ja|方位|tr=ほうい, hōi}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|방향(方向)}}, {{t+|ko|방위(方位)}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|raranga}}, {{t|mi|ahunga}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|azimut}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|namiar|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|rumo|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пе́ленг|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|курс|m}}, {{t|sh|азимут|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|kurs|m}}, {{t+|sh|azimut|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|rumbo|m}}, {{t+|es|acimut|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bäring|c}}, {{t+|sv|pejling|c}}
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{{trans-top|relevance}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|отноше́ние|n}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|關係|tr=guānxi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|merkitys}}
* French: {{t+|fr|portée}}
* German: {{t+|de|Relevanz|f}}, {{t+|de|Tragweite|f}}, {{t+|de|Verbindung|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|posizione|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|関係|tr=かんけい, kankei}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|관계(關係)}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|relevância}}, {{t+|pt|importância}}, {{t+|pt|valor}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отноше́ние|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|incumbencia|f}}, {{t+|es|importancia|f}}
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{{trans-top|posture}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|държа́ние|n}}, {{t+|bg|поведе́ние|n}}, {{t+|bg|обно́ски|p}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|舉止|tr=jǔzhǐ}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|houding}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|mieno}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|olemus}}
* German: {{t+|de|Haltung|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|méin|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|postura|f}}, {{t+|it|portamento|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|挙動|tr=きょどう, kyodō}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|거동(擧動)}}
* Latin: {{t|la|incessus|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|conduta|f}}, {{t+|pt|postura}}, {{t+|pt|atitude}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|поведе́ние|n}}, {{t|ru|мане́ра вести́ себя́|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|giùlan|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|conducta|f}}, {{t+|es|comportamiento|m}}, {{t+|es|porte}}, {{t+|es|proceder}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|hållning|c}}
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=====See also=====
* {{l|en|ABEC}}

===References===
* {{pedia}}
* {{R:OneLook}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=abeginr|Irengba|baregin|bangier|barge in|Binegar}}