bring
/briɳ/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To take or carry something or someone to a place: The core meaning involves moving an object or person to the location of the speaker or to a specified place.
- To cause something to happen or exist: To produce a particular effect, result, or condition.
- To cause someone or something to be in a particular state or condition: To lead or influence a person or thing to reach a specific situation.
- To make something available or provide something: To supply or contribute a particular quality or thing.
Examples of Usage
- Verb (Carry to a place):
- Could you bring me a glass of water? (You are asked to carry the water to the speaker's location.)
- Please bring your passport to the interview. (You are instructed to carry your passport to the interview location.)
- Verb (Cause to happen/be):
- The new policy brought many changes. (The policy caused changes to occur.)
- Her speech brought tears to my eyes. (The speech caused the state of having tears.)
- Verb (Cause to be in a state):
- The incident brought the negotiations to a halt. (The incident caused the negotiations to enter a stopped state.)
- He brought the water to a boil. (He caused the water to reach the boiling state.)
- Verb (Provide/Contribute):
- She brings a lot of experience to the team. (She contributes her experience to the team.)
- The flowers bring color to the room. (The flowers provide/add color.)
Advanced Usage
- "Bring something home to someone": To make someone fully understand or realize something, often something important or unpleasant.
- The documentary brought home to me the severity of the crisis. (It made me fully realize the crisis's severity.)
- "Bring something into play": To cause something to start being used or to have an effect.
- The new evidence brought several new theories into play. (The evidence caused new theories to be considered.)
- "Bring oneself to do something": To force or persuade yourself to do something you find difficult or unpleasant.
- I couldn't bring myself to tell her the bad news. (I was unable to force myself to tell her.)
Variants and Related Words
- Brought: The simple past tense and past participle form of "bring".
- He brought his sister to the party yesterday.
- Bringer (noun): One who brings something. Often used in compounds (e.g., ).
- She was the bringer of good news.
Synonyms
- Fetch: To go to a place and bring something or someone back. (Implies a round trip: go, get, and return.)
- Carry: To hold and move something from one place to another. (Focuses on the act of holding while moving.)
- Convey: To transport or carry something to a place. (More formal; can also mean to communicate an idea.)
- Cause: To make something happen. (A more general synonym for the "induce" sense.)
- Produce: To cause something to happen or exist. (Emphasizes the creation of a result.)
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Bring about: To cause something to happen.
- The invention of the internet brought about a communication revolution.
- Bring up:
- To raise a child.
- She was brought up in a small town.
- To mention or introduce a topic for discussion.
- He brought up an interesting point during the meeting.
- Bring out:
- To make a quality more noticeable.
- The blue dress brings out the color of your eyes.
- To publish or launch a product.
- The company is bringing out a new model next month.
- Bring back:
- To return something.
- Please bring back the book when you're finished.
- To cause something to be remembered.
- That song brings back memories of my childhood.
- Bring down:
- To cause to fall or collapse.
- The scandal brought down the government.
- To reduce (e.g., prices, temperature).
- They promised to bring down taxes.
Related Idioms
- Bring to light: To reveal or discover something previously hidden or unknown.
- The investigation brought to light evidence of corruption.
- Bring to bear: To apply influence, pressure, or force to achieve something.
- We must bring all our resources to bear on this problem.
- Bring the house down: To receive very enthusiastic applause or laughter from an audience.
- The comedian's joke brought the house down.
- Bring someone to book: To make someone explain their behavior and punish them if necessary.
- The corrupt officials were finally brought to book.
Verb
- induce or persuade
- The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well
- attract the attention of
- The noise and the screaming brought the curious
- be sold for a certain price
- The painting brought $10,000
- The old print fetched a high price at the auction
- 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
- advance or set forth in court
- bring charges, institute proceedings
- be accompanied by
- Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?
- bring into a different state
- this may land you in jail
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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