Meaning of bring in English

bring

verb [ T ]

/brɪŋ/ us

/brɪŋ/

brought | brought

bring verb [T] (TOWARDS PLACE)

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to take or carry someone or something to a place or a person, or in the direction of the person speaking:

"Shall I bring anything to the party?" "Oh, just a bottle."

[ + two objects ] Bring me that knife.

Bring that knife to me.

Can you help me bring in the shopping (= take it into the house)?

bring someone in for questioning The police brought several men in for questioning (= took them to the police station because they might have been involved in a crime).

When they visit us they always bring their dog with them.

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to take something somewhere

takeAre you allowed to take your phone to school?
bringCould someone bring me a cup of coffee?
takeSomeone's taken my pen.
removeCan someone please remove this ugly plant?
take awayWhen you've finished your meal, the waiter takes the plates away.
take outShe opened her bag and took out a small notebook.

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I'll see if Louisa will bring her guitar to the party.
Please remember to bring a mat and a towel with you to the next aerobics class.
Is it okay if I bring a friend to the party?
The waiter brought the menu and the wine list.
I brought him some sandwiches because I thought he might be hungry.

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Transferring and transporting objects

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bring verb [T] (CAUSE)

to cause, result in, or produce a state or condition:

[ + two objects ] She's brought us so much happiness over the years.

[ + -ing verb ] The explosion brought the whole building crashing to the ground.

The closure of the factory brought poverty to the town (= resulted in it becoming poor).

bring something to the boil UK Bring the water to the boil (= make it start boiling).

bring something to a boil Bring the water to a boil (= make it start boiling).

bring something to an end She suddenly brought the interview to an end.

bring tears to someone's eyes Her tragic story brought tears to my eyes (= made me cry).

What will the future bring for these refugees?

Synonyms

cause 
inflict
visit something on/upon someone old use or formal
wreak formal

bring someone to something

to cause someone to come to a particular place or thing:

what brings someonesomewhere What brings you (= why have you come) to Miami?

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It took them two hours to bring the fire under control.
Diplomacy has so far failed to bring an end to the fighting.
Few observers believe that the treaty will bring a lasting peace to the region.
It's nice to be able to bring a smile to people's faces .
December brought some seasonable snow showers.

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Causing things to happen

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bring verb [T] (LAW)

to make or begin as part of an official legal process:

bring charges He was arrested for fighting, but the police have decided not to bring charges.

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to accuse someone of something

accuseHe was accused of statutory rape.
make an accusation againstShe was arrested for making false accusations against her former employer.
level an accusation againstFerguson was furious at the accusations levelled against his player.
level a charge againstShe denied all the charges levelled against her.
hurl accusations atShe hurled accusations at her ex-husband across the courtroom.
charge someone withHe was charged with three counts of fraud.

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Taking legal action

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Grammar

Bring, take and fetch

Bring means moving something or someone. The movement is either from where the listener is to where the speaker is, or from the speaker to the listener. …

Bring

Bring means moving something or someone. The movement is either from where the listener is to where the speaker is, or from the speaker to the listener. …

Take

Take means movement with something or someone from where the speaker or listener is to a different place: …

Bring or take?

seen from the viewpoint of the doer – she …

Fetch

Fetch means to go to another place to get something or someone and return with the thing or the person. We use it for people and things that are not here but that we need or are due to be here. We can usually use get instead of fetch: …

Bring, take and fetch: typical errors

We don’t use take when something is seen from the receiver’s viewpoint: …

Idioms

bring someone to book
bring someone up short
bring home the bacon
bring the house down
bring up the rear
not bring yourself to do something

Phrasal verbs

bring something about
bring someone/something along
bring someone around
bring something back
bring someone down
bring something down
bring something forward
bring something in
bring someone in
bring something off

More phrasal verbs

bring someone on
bring something on
bring someone out
bring something out
bring someone out in something
bring someone round
bring someone to
bring someone/something together
bring someone up
bring something up

(Definition of bring from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

bring | American Dictionary

bring

verb [ T ]

/brɪŋ/

past tense and past participle brought us/brɔt/

bring verb [T] (TAKE)

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to take or carry someone or something to a place or a person, or in the direction of the person speaking:

Bring me that book./Bring that book to me.

I brought my daughter to the office.

[ M ] Next time you come, bring your boyfriend along.

[ M ] It started raining, so I brought in the laundry.

This broadcast was brought to you (= paid for) by Powdermilk Biscuits.

bring verb [T] (CAUSE)

to cause, result in, or produce a state:

The rain brought some relief from this heat.

The explosion brought the building crashing to the ground.

What brings you here?

Prosecutors brought charges against the program’s director.

Funding cuts brought an end to the project.

Wicks brought her to the attention of a movie producer.

bring verb [T] (FORCE)

to make yourself do something that you do not want to do:

I couldn’t bring myself to disappoint her.

Idioms

bring someone/something into line (with someone/something)
bring to light
bring to mind
bring something to the table

Phrasal verbs

bring about something
bring someone around
bring someone around
bring back something
bring back something
bring down someone
bring down something
bring forth something
bring forward something
bring forward something

More phrasal verbs

bring in something
bring off something
bring on something
bring out something
bring out something
bring up someone
bring up something

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bring | Business English

bring

verb [ T ]

/brɪŋ/ us

brought | brought

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to make something come to a particular place, point, or level:

Producers need to bring oil production to levels that create more stable and more sustainable oil prices.

to create or produce a particular state or condition:

bring sth to an end/close Without warning, she suddenly brought the interview to an end.

LAW

to make or begin something as part of an official legal process:

bring a case/lawsuit/charge against sb Detectives believe they have enough evidence to bring charges against the chief financial officer.

Phrasal verbs

bring sth about
bring sth back
bring sth before sb/sth
bring sb/sth down
bring sth down
bring sth forward
bring sb in
bring sb/sth in
bring sth in
bring sth off

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bring sth out

bring sth up

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Examples of bring

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Under these plans, convicts were granted access to land and encouraged to bring their families from the mainland.

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The players effectively brought out the essentially lyrical nature of the piece.

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What sort of disputes did ordinary people bring to court?

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That to me represents lack of understanding of the very special knowledge that is brought to bear.

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The potential for such liability claims will provide private parties with an added incentive to bring cases.

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The large numbers of small parties have only rarely brought about a crisis of governability, however.

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Memories were recovered through flashbacks that brought with them a return of the original experience, to curative or revelatory effect.

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As a matter of principle, it was the spouses who were supposed to bring forward the witnesses to their nuptials.

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This brings me to my second, more theoretical point.

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Alternatively, a manualized and structured therapy may have brought about more improvement or a therapy using a different theoretical orientation.

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The several chapters on verb meanings are not collected together, which means that related themes are not brought together.

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You have to treat it, do all kinds of things to it, theme it in order to bring it to people.

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The editors are to be congratulated for having succeeded in bringing together what are ostensibly ten very different studies into a well-integrated, coherent whole.

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Both strands are brought together in looking beyond individual responsibility or culpability to the structural and lifecourse causes of the problems.

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The disappearance of these members brings party and constituency preferences into better alignment, thus allowing for the repolarization of congressional parties.

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What is the pronunciation of bring?

Translations of bring

in Chinese (Traditional)

向某處來, 拿來，帶來, 帶到…

in Chinese (Simplified)

向某处来, 拿来，带来, 带到…

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traer, dar, producir…

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trazer, levar…

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बोलावून आणणे, स्थिती निर्माण करणे, परिणाम करणे किंवा निर्माण करणे…

～を連れて行く（来る）, 持って行く（来る）, 持（も）ってくる…

götürmek/getirmek, getirmek…

amener, apporter, faire venir…

portar…

brengen…

யாராவது அல்லது எதையாவது ஒரு இடத்திற்கு அல்லது ஒரு நபருக்கு அல்லது பேசும் நபரின் திசையில் எடுத்துச் செல்ல அல்லது கொண்டுச் செல்ல, ஒரு நிலை அல்லது நிலையை ஏற்படுத்த, அல்லது உருவாக்க…

(किसी को या कुछ) लाना, लाना, किसी अवस्था या स्थिति का कारण बनना…

લાવવું, દોરવું…

bringe, føre, medføre…

komma med, ha med sig, ta med [sig]…

membawa, membuatkan…

bringen…