BRING (brought)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bring mean? 

• BRING (verb)
  The verb BRING has 11 senses:

1. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

2. cause to come into a particular state or condition

3. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

4. go or come after and bring or take back

5. bring into a different state

6. be accompanied by

7. advance or set forth in court

8. bestow a quality on

9. be sold for a certain price

10. attract the attention of

11. induce or persuade

  Familiarity information: BRING used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRING (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bring; convey; take

Context example:

This brings me to the main point

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)

"Bring" entails doing...:

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Verb group:

bring; convey; fetch; get (go or come after and bring or take back)

bring (be accompanied by)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring"):

fetch (take away or remove)

transit (cause or enable to pass through)

ferry (transport from one place to another)

bring back; return; take back (bring back to the point of departure)

tube (convey in a tube)

whisk (move somewhere quickly)

carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)

land (bring ashore)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

They bring the food to the people
They bring the people the food

Also:

bring down (move something or somebody to a lower position)

bring down (cause to come to the ground)

bring forward (cause to move forward)

bring on; bring out (bring onto the market or release)

bring up (raise from a lower to a higher position)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to come into a particular state or condition

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

bring water to the boiling point

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Also:

bring out (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

bring; make for; play; work; wreak

Context example:

The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Verb group:

act; work (have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Also:

bring off (be successful; achieve a goal)

bring on (cause to arise)

bring up (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Go or come after and bring or take back

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bring; convey; fetch; get

Context example:

The dog fetched the hat

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport (send from one person or place to another)

"Bring" entails doing...:

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Verb group:

bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring"):

retrieve (run after, pick up, and bring to the master)

retrieve (go for and bring back)

deliver (bring to a destination, make a delivery)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

take away (remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Bring into a different state

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bring; land

Context example:

this may land you in jail

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Also:

bring down (cut down on; make a reduction in)

bring up (look after a child until it is an adult)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Be accompanied by

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?

"Bring" entails doing...:

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Verb group:

bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 7

Meaning:

Advance or set forth in court

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

bring; institute

Context example:

institute proceedings

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Bestow a quality on

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

add; bestow; bring; contribute; impart; lend

Context example:

This adds a light note to the program

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring"):

factor (be a contributing factor)

instill; transfuse (impart gradually)

tinsel (impart a cheap brightness to)

throw in (add as an extra or as a gratuity)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 9

Meaning:

Be sold for a certain price

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

bring; bring in; fetch

Context example:

The old print fetched a high price at the auction

"Bring" entails doing...:

change hands; change owners (be transferred to another owner)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 10

Meaning:

Attract the attention of

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

The noise and the screaming brought the curious

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes)

Verb group:

bring (induce or persuade)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sense 11

Meaning:

Induce or persuade

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

cause; get; have; induce; make; stimulate (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner)

Verb group:

bring (attract the attention of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They bring him to write the letter

 Context examples 

"I was loaded right to the neck. Oh, she was a daisy. Billy brought me home."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Whoever wrote that note was the man who brought William Kirwan out of his bed at that hour.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Besides, your supposition that I would bring the letters here in a notebook is entirely mistaken.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jupiter is known to bring big gifts, not little ones, so chances are good you will receive an exciting assignment and a decent fee for it, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

After this they sat down beside the Lion until he should awaken; and the Scarecrow brought Dorothy some fruit from a tree near by, which she ate for her dinner.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

His majesty desired I would take some other opportunity of bringing all the rest of his enemy’s ships into his ports.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Also, the three days’ rest brought the trouble I had foreseen.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"What brought you here?" I cried as our hands met.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The man had brought his gun halfway to his shoulder before he realized.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“I trust that I am not intruding. I fear that I have brought some traces of the storm and rain into your snug chamber.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)