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How to spell bear

What it means: A large, furry animal.

In a sentence: The fluffy bear hugged its friend. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as bare or beare.

Sounds like, but is not: bare. Same sound, different spelling and meaning.

Same family: bearing, bore, borne, endure, tolerate. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "bear" comes from Old English "beran," meaning "to carry" or "to bring," which is why it still keeps the sense of carrying a burden or hardship. Over time, this idea of carrying something heavy shifted to the more abstract meaning of enduring or putting up with something difficult.

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