bearings
pronunciation
How to pronounce bearings in British English:
UK ['beərɪŋz]
How to pronounce bearings in American English:
US ['beərɪŋz]
Word Origin
- bearings (n.)
- "parts of a machine which 'bear' the friction," 1791, from present participle of bear (v.). Meaning "direction from a point of reference" is from 1630s; to take (one's) bearings is from 1711.
Example
- 1. Yet , china also has a burgeoning counterfeit bearings industry .
- 2. Wanxiang sells joint bearings , midea sells electric fans , and so on .
- 3. Britain has lost its political bearings too .
- 4. If your company makes steel ball bearings or sells groceries , I wouldn 't even consider him .
- 5. Schaeffler , a family-owned firm that makes bearings , was almost felled by the loans it took on to take over continental , a car-parts company three times its size .