bring (br ng)tr.v. brought (brôt), bring·ing, brings Phrasal Verbs: 1. To carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place: brought enough money with me. 2. To carry as an attribute or contribution: You bring many years of experience to your new post. 3. To lead or force into a specified state, situation, or location: bring the water to a boil; brought the meeting to a close. 4. a. To persuade; induce: The defendant's testimony brought others to confess. b. To get the attention of; attract: Smoke and flames brought the neighbors. 5. To cause to occur as a consequence or concomitant: Floods brought destruction to the valley. For many, the fall brings hayfever. 6. To cause to become apparent to the mind; recall: This music brings back memories. 7. Law To advance or set forth (charges) in a court. 8. To sell for: a portrait that brought a million dollars. bring around/round 1. To cause to adopt an opinion or take a certain course of action. 2. To cause to recover consciousness. bring down 1. To cause to fall or collapse. 2. To kill. bring forth 1. To give rise to; produce: plants bringing forth fruit. 2. To give birth to (young). bring forward 1. To present; produce: bring forward proof. 2. Accounting To carry (a sum) from one page or column to another. bring in 1. Law To give or submit (a verdict) to a court. 2. To produce, yield, or earn (profits or income). bring off To accomplish: bring off a successful advertising campaign. bring on To cause to appear: brought on the dessert. bring out 1. a. To reveal or expose: brought out the facts. b. To introduce (a debutante) to society. 2. To produce or publish: bring out a new book. 3. To nurture and develop (a quality, for example) to best advantage: You bring out the best in me. bring to 1. To cause to recover consciousness. 2. Nautical To cause (a ship) to turn into the wind or come to a stop. bring up Idioms: 1. To take care of and educate (a child); rear. 2. To introduce into discussion; mention. 3. To vomit. 4. To cause to come to a sudden stop. bring down the house To win overwhelming approval from an audience. bring home To make perfectly clear: a lecture that brought home several important points. bring home the bacon 1. To earn a living, especially for a family. 2. To achieve desired results; have success. bring to bear 1. To exert; apply: bring pressure to bear on the student's parents. 2. To put (something) to good use: "All of one's faculties are brought to bear in an effort to become fully incorporated into the landscape" (Barry Lopez). bring to light To reveal or disclose: brought the real facts to light. bring to mind To cause to be remembered: Thoughts of fishing brought to mind our youth. bring to (one's) knees To reduce to a position of subservience or submission. bring to terms To force (another) to agree. bring up the rear To be the last in a line or sequence. [Middle English bringen, from Old English bringan; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.] bring  er n.Usage Note: In most dialects of American English bring is used to denote motion toward the place of speaking or the place from which the action is regarded: Bring it over here. The prime minister brought a large retinue to Washington with her. Take is used to denote motion away from such a place: Take it over there. The President will take several advisers with him when he goes to Moscow. When the relevant point of focus is not the place of speaking itself, the difference obviously depends on the context. We can say either The labor leaders brought or took their requests to the mayor's office, depending on whether we want to describe things from the point of view of the labor leaders or the mayor. Perhaps for this reason, the distinction between bring and take has been blurred in some areas; a parent may say of a child, for example, She always takes a pile of books home with her from school. This usage may sound curious to those who are accustomed to observe the distinction more strictly, but it bears no particular stigma of incorrectness or illiteracy. · The form brung is common in colloquial use in many areas, even among educated speakers, but it is not standard in formal writing. |
bring
Verb
[bringing, brought]
1. to carry, convey, or take (something or someone) to a designated place or person
2. to cause to happen: responsibility brings maturity
3. to cause to come to mind: it brought back memories
4. to cause to be in a certain state, position, etc.: the punch brought him to his knees
5. to make (oneself): she couldn't bring herself to do it
6. to sell for: the painting brought a large sum
7. Law
a. to institute (proceedings, charges, etc.)
b. to put (evidence, etc.) before a tribunal
See also bring about, bring down, etc. [Old English bringan]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. | bring - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" fetch, bring, get, convey - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" fetch - take away or remove; "The devil will fetch you!" bring - be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?" carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" transit - cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" ferry - transport from one place to another tube - convey in a tube; "inside Paris, they used to tube mail" whisk - move somewhere quickly; "The President was whisked away in his limo" channel, transmit, carry, impart, conduct, convey - transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" land - bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island" land, put down, bring down - cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" bring down, let down, lower, take down, get down - move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf" lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" bring forward, advance - cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?" |
| 2. | bring - cause to come into a particular state or condition; "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" issue, publish, bring out, release, put out - prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper" bring together, join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together" | |
| 3. | bring - cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" work, act - have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water" bring off, carry off, manage, negociate, pull off - be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs" bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise - summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" | |
| 4. | bring - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" retrieve - run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve" retrieve - go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking garage" channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer - send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" deliver - bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers" bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" bear away, bear off, carry away, take away, carry off - remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry" | |
| 5. | bring - bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" | |
| 6. | bring - be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?" | |
| 7. | bring - advance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute proceedings" | |
| 8. | bring - bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" factor - be a contributing factor; "make things factor into a company's profitability" instill, transfuse - impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" tinsel - impart a cheap brightness to; "his tinseled image of Hollywood" throw in - add as an extra or as a gratuity | |
| 9. | bring - be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction" | |
| 10. | bring - attract the attention of; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious" bring - induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" attract, pull in, draw in, pull, draw - direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" | |
| 11. | bring - induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" cause, induce, stimulate, make, get, have - cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" bring - attract the attention of; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious" |
bring
verb 3. cause, produce, create, effect, occasion, result in, contribute to, inflict, wreak, engender
verb 4. make, force, influence, convince, persuade, prompt, compel, induce, move, dispose, sway, prevail on or upon
bring someone up rear, raise, support, train, develop, teach, nurse, breed, foster, educate, care for, nurture
bring something about cause, produce, create, effect, manage, achieve, occasion, realize, generate, accomplish, give rise to, make happen, effectuate, bring to pass
bring something down
4. demolish, level, destroy, dismantle, flatten, knock down, pull down, tear down, bulldoze, raze, kennet Austral. (slang) jeff Austral. (slang)
bring something in
1. introduce, start, found, launch, establish, set up, institute, organize, pioneer, initiate, usher in, inaugurate
bring something off accomplish, achieve, perform, carry out, succeed, execute, discharge, pull off, carry off, bring to pass
bring something up
Translations
bring [pt, pp brought] [brɪŋ, brɔːt] vt [+ thing] → traer [+ person]; conducir;
bring forward vt → adelantar;
(POL) [+ bill, law]; presentar;
bring [brought , pt, pp ] [brɪŋ, brɔːt] vt [+ thing] → apporter [+ person]; amener;
bring forward vt → avancer;
(Book-Keeping) → reporter
(object) → rentrer;
(Pol) [+ legislation]; introduire;
bring round, bring to vt [+ unconscious person] → ranimer
bring [brɪŋ] [brought , pt, pp ] vt → bringen;
(with you) → mitbringen;
bring about vt → herbeiführen
bring back vt (restore) → wiedereinführen;
(return) → zurückbringen
(plane) → herunterholen;
(price) → senken
bring forward vt (meeting) → vorverlegen;
(proposal) → vorbringen;
(Bookkeeping) → übertragen
bring in vt (money) → (ein)bringen;
(include) → einbeziehen;
(person) → einschalten;
(legislation) → einbringen;
(verdict) → fällen
bring off vt (plan) → durchführen;
bring out vt → herausholen;
(meaning, book, album) → herausbringen
bring round vt (after faint) → wieder zu Bewusstsein bringen
bring up vt → heraufbringen;
(educate) → erziehen;
(food) → erbrechen
bring [pt brought, pp ] [brɪŋ, brɔːt] vt → portare;
I can't bring myself to sack him → non so risolvermi a licenziarlo
bring about vt → causare
bring back vt → riportare
(in time) → anticipare;
(BOOK-KEEPING) → riportare
(POL) [+ bill]; presentare: [+ legislation]; introdurre;
bring off vt [+ task, plan] → portare a compimento [+ deal]; concludere
bring out vt [+ meaning] → mettere in evidenza [+ new product]; lanciare [+ book]; pubblicare, fare uscire
bring up vt → allevare [+ question]; introdurre
v bring [briŋ]
1 to make (something or someone) come (to or towards a place) I'll bring plenty of food with me; Bring him to me! bring يَجْلِبُ،يُخْضِرُ донасям přinést, přivést bringe; føre bringen φέρνω traer, llevar tooma آوردن tuoda apporter (qqch.); amener (qqn) לְהָבִיא लाना donijeti hoz mendatangkan, membawa koma með, færa, flytja portare 持ってくる 가져오다, 데려오다 atnešti, atvesti atnest; atvest membawa brengen hente, bringe, ta med (seg) przynieść, przyprowadzić trazer a aduce приносить; приводить priniesť, priviesť prinesti (kaj); pripeljati (koga) doneti, dovesti komma med, ha med sig, ta med [], hämta, ta hit (dit) พา getirmek 帶來 приносити لانا mang lại 带来
2 to result in This medicine will bring you relief. bring يَنْتُجُ عَنْهُ предизвиквам přinést medføre; give; skaffe bringen έχω ως αποτέλεσμα, προκαλώ, επιφέρω proporcionar, provocar, dar, causar tooma موجب شدن tuoda, tuottaa apporter לִגרוֹם पहुंचाना dovesti do eredményez mengakibatkan færa dare, procurare ～をもたらす 초래하다 atnešti, sukelti panākt (rezultātu); novest līdz (rezultātam) membuatkan brengen medføre, skaffe spowodować, przywieść dar a aduce, a produce приносить; вызывать priniesť povzročiti doneti skänka, ge นำไปสู่ getirmek 導致 призводити کا نتیجہ ہونا làm cho 导致
bring about
to cause His disregard for danger brought about his death. veroorsaak يُسَبِّبُ причинявам způsobit medføre zustande bringen προξενώ provocar, causar, ocasionar põhjustama به بار آوردن؛ موجب شدن aiheuttaa entraîner לְהָבִיא לִידֵי उत्पन्न करना uzrokovati előidéz menyebabkan orsaka, valda causare 引き起こす 야기하다 būti priežastimi, sukelti radīt; izraisīt menyebabkan teweegbrengen bringe, medføre spowodować provocar a cauza быть причиной spôsobiť povzročiti izazvati förorsaka, vålla ทำให้เกิด neden olmak 引起 викликати باعث بننا ldẫn đến 引起
bring back
to (cause to) return She brought back the umbrella she borrowed; Her singing brings back memories of my mother. terugbring, herinner aan iets يُعيدُ، يُرْجِعُ връщам vrátit; připomenout bringe tilbage; minde om zurückbringen γυρίζω κτ. πίσω, επαναφέρω devolver; traer (a la memoria), recordar tagasi tooma برگرداندن؛ به یاد آوردن palauttaa rapporter, rappeler לְהַחֲזִיר लौटना या लौटाना podsjetiti visszahoz mengembalikan koma með aftur, skila riportare, richiamare 戻す 돌려주다, 생각나게 하다 grąžinti, priminti atnest atpakaļ; atsaukt atmiņā kembalikan terugbrengen bringe tilbake; gjenkalle, minne om przynieść z powrotem restituir a readuce, a reînvia возвращать vrátiť; pripomenúť vrniti, spomniti vratiti ha (ta) med sig, lämna tillbaka, påminna om, väcka [] เอาไปคืน geri getirmek; anımsatmak 帶回來 повертати واپس کرنا ، واپس لانا đem trả lại; làm nhớ lại 带回来
bring down
to cause to fall The storm brought all the trees down. laat omval يُسقِـط събарям porazit, srazit vælte; fælde stürzen ρίχνω κάτω derribar, tirar abajo maha murdma موجب سقوط شدن؛ انداختن kaataa abattre לְהַפִּיל गिराना, नीचे उतारना snijeti ledönt merobohkan fella abbattere 倒す 넘어뜨리다 nuversti, numušti notriekt; pazemināt (cenas) menumbangkan neerhalen velte; felle, skyte ned zwalić, przewrócić deitar abaixo a doborî свалить zvaliť, pováľať zrušiti srušiti fälla, slå (riva) ner ทำให้ร่วงลงมา devirmek 打倒 повалити گرانا làm gục 打倒
bring home to
to prove or show (something) clearly to (someone) His illness brought home to her how much she depended on him. laat insink يُقنع، يبيّـن له доказвам přivést, objasnit, přesvědčit gøre klar for en klar machen jemandem etwas αποδεικνύω κτ. σε κπ. hacer ver, abrir los ojos, mostrar con claridad veenma به خوبی نشان دادن؛ ثابت کردن saada joku oivaltamaan (bien) faire comprendre (à) לְהוֹכִיח בְּבֵרוּר कायल करना, विवश करना uvjeriti nekoga ráébreszt membuktikan færa heim sanninn, sÿna greinilega far comprendere 痛切に感じさせる 명확히 깨닫게 하다 aiškiai parodyti ieskaidrot (kādam); likt saprast (kādam) menunjukkn dengan jelas doen beseffen overbevise om, få til å oppfatte przekonać kogoś, uświadomić fazer ver a dovedi (limpede) заставить понять presvedčiť dopovedati, razkriti pokazati få att inse klart พิสูจน์หรือแสดงอย่างชัดเจนต่อ göstermek, ortaya koymak 使某人深切地感到 переконати кого у чомусь ثابت کرنا ، واضح کرنا làm cho hiểu 使某人深切地感到
bring off
to achieve (something attempted) They brought off an unexpected victory. iets regkry, iets uitvoer يَنْجَحُ في مُهِمَّةٍ، يُحَقِّقُ постигам dosáhnout gennemføre; udføre schaffen καταφέρνω, φέρνω σε πέρας κτ. που επιχειρώ lograr, conseguir, obtener hakkama saama با موفقیت انجام دادن؛ نایل شدن به saada aikaan réussir, remporter לְהָשִׂיג बचा ले जाना otpremiti sikerre visz mencapai takast e-ð riuscire 成就する 성취하다 sėkmingai užbaigti/pasiekti paveikt; izpildīt mencapai voor elkaar krijgen lykkes przeprowadzić szczęśliwie obter a realiza успешно завершать dosiahnuť doseči ostvariti klara [], gå i land med ประสบความสำเร็จในสิ่งที่ทำยาก başarmak 完成 досягти حاصل کرنا đạt được 完成
bring round
to bring back from unconsciousness Fresh air brought him round. bybring يُعيدُ إلى الوَعْي възстановявам přivést k vědomí få til at komme til bevidsthed; komme til bevidsthed wieder zu sich bringen συνεφέρω, επαναφέρω τις αισθήσεις κπ. reanimar, volver en sí hacer meelemärkusele tooma به هوش آوردن saada virkoamaan ranimer לְהָשִיב לְהַכָּרָה होश में लाना osvijestiti magához térít membuat siuman vekja til meðvitundar far rinvenire 正気づかせる atgaivinti atdzīvināt menyedarkan weer bij bewustzijn brengen bringe til seg selv igjen ocucić voltar a si fazer приводить в сознание priviesť k vedomiu k zavesti spraviti osvestiti se väcka till medvetande igen, få att kvickna till ทำให้ฟื้น kendine getirmek, ayıltmak 使恢復知覺 приводити до тями واپس پہلی حالت میں لانا làm cho tỉnh lại 使恢复知觉
bring up
1 to rear or educate Her parents brought her up to be polite. grootmaak, opvoed يُرَبّي отглеждам vychovat opdrage erziehen ανατρέφω educar üles kasvatama پرورش دادن kasvattaa élever לְגָדֵל, לְחָנֵך पालन-पोषण करना, पढ़ाना-लिखाना odgojiti felnevel mendidik ala upp educare, allevare 育てる 양육하다 išauginti, išauklėti []audzināt mengajar grootbrengen, opvoeden oppdra, ale opp wychowywać educar a creşte, a educa воспитывать vychovať vzgojiti vaspitati uppfostra, utbilda เลี้ยงดู yetiştirmek, eğitmek 教育 виховувати پرورش کرنا ، پالنا giáo dục 教育
2 to introduce (a matter) for discussion Bring the matter up at the next meeting. iets aanroer/opper يقدم يُقَدِّمُ مَوْضوعا لِلْبَحْث поставям předložit, nadhodit tage op; bringe på bane zur Sprache bringen εισάγω ένα θέμα στη συζήτηση sacar a colación, sacar a relucir, presentar kõne alla võtma مطرح کردن ottaa esille soulever לְהַעֲלוֹת נוֹשֵא לְדִיוּן चर्चा के लिए पेश करना staviti na dnevni red előhoz mengemukakan vdkß máls á{{E10}} proporre 持ち出す 제기하다 iškelti, pateikti ierosināt kemukakan ter sprake brengen bringe på bane poruszyć introduzir a aduce în discuţie выносить на обсуждение uviesť, nadhodiť sprožiti pomenuti ta upp, föra fram เอ่ยถึง ortaya sürmek, söz etmek 提出(供討論) поставити на обговорення بحث کے لئے پیش کرنا nêu vấn đề 提出（供讨论）
bring towards the speaker: Mary, bring me some coffee .
take away from the speaker: Take these cups away .
fetch from somewhere else and bring to the speaker: Fetch me my book from the bedroom .
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