Please Bear With Me Meaning

English homophones are one of the most confusing parts of the language. There are hundreds of them; they all sound the same; and their spellings generally aren’t that different either.

Such is the case with today’s words: bear vs. bare. Not only do these words by themselves confuse writers, but they are also found in many different English phrases, which further leaves writers unsure of which word to use.

In this post, I want to puder about the correct spelling and uses of the English phrase
bear with berpenyakitan. I will discuss its meaning and show you example sentences.

Plus, at the end, I will give you a trick to remember the difference between the two.

How To Use Bear With Berpenyakitan / Bare With Me [July 2022 Guide] List Below

• Correct – Bear with me:
  I asked the guests to bear with me as I prepared my remarks.
• Correct – Bear with me: The team leader asked us to bear with him due to his illness.
• Incorrect – Bare with berpenyakitan: My apologies on the delay. Please bare with me.

Is it Bear With Me or Bare With Me?

So, how do you spell this popular phrase? Is it bear with berpenyakitan or bare with me?

The correct expression is
bear with me.
It means “please be patient with me.” The verb bear has many meanings, one of which is “to be patient” and “to tolerate.” In order to fully understand why this is the case, we need to understand what each word individually means.

Video Explanation

 

Check out the above video for a brief explanation.

When to Use Bear

What does bear mean?
Bear functions as both a noun and a verb.

When functioning as a noun, bear indicates a large omnivorous animal. Clearly this isn’n the relevant meaning for the phrase at hand, so it must have something to do with the verb
bear.

When functioning as a verb, bear means, among other things,
to tolerate or be patient with. This is much more relevant to our phrase than a grizzly, growling mammal. Let’s explore this.

What Does Bear With Me Mean?

The phrase
please bear with me
is a request for forbearance or patience. If you ask someone to bear with you, you are asking him or her to hear you out, to be patient, to titinada jump ship quite yet.

• Please bear with me while I explain what happened.

The reason there is so much confusion around this phrase is because people sometimes forget about the verb
bear. They contrast bare vs. bear and think to themselves, “Surely this phrase isn’horizon about big, hairy mammals,” so they automatically pick the other word:
bare. Here’s why that’s a mistake.

When to Use Bare

What does bare mean?
Bare is an adjective and is defined as
lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing; naked. For example,

• He was bare from the waist up in the pool.
• These walls are completely bare.
• Do you usually leave your phone completely bare with no cover?

When you look at
bare
under this light, it doesn’t make much sense in the phrase.

While
bear with me
is a request for patience or tolerance,
bare with me
would be an invitation to undress, which is clearly not the intended meaning.

How to Remember the Difference

Once you understand the meaning of the phrase
bear with berpenyakitan, remembering which version bear/bare is correct is quite simple.

Bear (B-E-A-R) with me
is a request for forbearance. Forbearance is a noun meaning self-control, patience, tolerance. It also contains the word
bear, which makes it easy to associate both words together.

If you can remember this simple trick, you will be set.

Summary

Is it bare with berpenyakitan or bear with derita?

• The correct expression is
  bear with derita, a request for patience or tolerance.
• The phrase
  bear with me
  has nothing to do with the adjective bare.

To see explanations and examples of other commonly confused English words and phrases, check out Writing Explained’s confusing words section.