- 1to come to a place with someone or something bring somebody/something (with you) Don't forget to bring your books with you. 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. provide
- 2to provide someone or something with something bring somebody/something sth His writing brings him $10,000 a year. bring something to somebody/something The team's new manager brings ten years of experience to the job.
- 3bring something to cause something The revolution brought many changes. The news brought tears to his eyes (= made him cry). Retirement usually brings with it a huge drop in income.
- 4bring somebody/something + adv./prep. to cause someone or something to be in a particular condition or place to bring a meeting to an end Bring the water to a boil. Mismanagement had brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy. The article brought her into conflict with the authorities. Hello, Sam! What brings you here? make someone or something move
- 5to make someone or something move in a particular direction or way bring somebody/something + adv./prep. The judge brought his hammer down on the table. bring somebody/something running Her cries brought the neighbors running (= made them run to her). accusation
- 6bring something (against somebody) to officially accuse someone of a crime to bring a charge/a legal action/an accusation against someone force yourself
- 7bring yourself to do something to force yourself to do something She could not bring herself to tell him the news. Phrasal Verbsbring A and B togetherbring aboutbring aroundbring around tobring backbring beforebring downbring forthbring forwardbring inbring offbring onbring outbring out of , , etc.bring throughbring tobring upbring up against
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NAmE//brɪŋ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bring he / she / it brings
past simple brought
-ing form bringing
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