bring
verb/brɪŋ/
/brɪŋ/
bring somebody/somethingVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bring | /brɪŋ/ /brɪŋ/ |
| he / she / it brings | /brɪŋz/ /brɪŋz/ |
| past simple brought | /brɔːt/ /brɔːt/ |
| past participle brought | /brɔːt/ /brɔːt/ |
| -ing form bringing | /ˈbrɪŋɪŋ/ /ˈbrɪŋɪŋ/ |
- to come to a place with somebody/something
- bring somebody/something (with you) Don't forget to bring your books with you.
- Can we bring the children?
- bring somebody/something to something She brought her boyfriend to the party.
- bring something for somebody Bring a present for Helen.
- bring somebody something Bring Helen a present.
Extra Examples- Did you bring anything back with you?
- I brought a couple of things from home to brighten the place up.
- I've brought something to show you.
- Remember to bring your books with you.
- The ferries brought tourists in their hundreds.
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- to give or provide somebody/something with something
- bring somebody/something sth They brought us some good news.
- We'll bring you the election results as soon as we have them.
- His writing brings him $10 000 a year.
- bring something to somebody/something The team's new manager brings ten years' experience to the job.
Extra Examples- The novel took her eight years to write and brought her instant fame.
- We're itching to bring you stories that will intrigue, inspire and stimulate you.
- to cause something
- bring something The revolution brought many changes.
- bring something to something The news brought tears to his eyes (= made him cry).
- bring something with it Retirement often brings with it a massive drop in income.
- to cause somebody/something to be in a particular condition or place
- bring somebody/something to something to bring a meeting to an end
- to bring an end to the conflict
- No one has worked harder to bring peace to the region.
- Bring the water to the boil.
- They have taken on six more staff, bringing the total to 45.
- The issue was only brought to my attention this morning.
- Mismanagement had brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.
- bring somebody/something into something His travels brought him into contact with many famous artists.
- Publication of the article brought her into conflict with the authorities.
- bring somebody/something + adv.prep. Hello Simon! What brings you here?
- bring somebody/something to something used to move a speech or piece of writing on from one point to the next
- This brings me to the second point I'd like to make:…
- to make somebody/something move in a particular direction or way
- bring somebody/something + adv./prep. The judge brought her hammer down on the table.
- bring somebody/something running His cries brought the neighbours running (= made them run to him).
- to start legal action against somebody/something; to make somebody/something answer a case in court
- bring something against somebody to bring charges/legal action/proceedings against somebody
- bring something The decision comes in a case brought by the residents of a small town in Alabama.
- bring yourself to do something to force yourself to do something
- She could not bring herself to tell him the news.
come with somebody/something
give/provide
cause
make somebody/something move
legal action
force yourself
Word OriginOld English bringan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brengen and German bringen.
Idioms Most idioms containing bring are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example bring somebody/something to heel is at heel.
See bring in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee bring in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbring it (informal)
- to make a great effort and perform well
- We'll show you how Canada brings it!
bring it on!
(also bring it!)
- (informal) used to express confidence about a challenge
- We've trained hard and we're ready. Bring it on!
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