Meaning of brought about in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    brought about

    Definitions

    1. caused to exist

    Examples

    • « he applauded the good will brought about in the neighborhood »

    Synonyms

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  • « People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave. »
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  • « But while we all pray for peace, we do not always, as free citizens, support the policies that make for peace or reject those which do not. We want our own kind of peace, brought about in our own way. »
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  • « The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at. »
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  • « Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political, economic, and social structure. »
    John Boyd Orr

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