bridge
verb/brɪdʒ/
/brɪdʒ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they bridge | /brɪdʒ/ /brɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it bridges | /ˈbrɪdʒɪz/ /ˈbrɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple bridged | /brɪdʒd/ /brɪdʒd/ |
| past participle bridged | /brɪdʒd/ /brɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form bridging | /ˈbrɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈbrɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- bridge something to build or form a bridge over something
- The valley was originally bridged by the Romans.
- A plank of wood bridged the stream.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBridge is used with these nouns as the object:- chasm
- distance
- divide
- …
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build/form bridge
Word Originverb Old English brycg (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brug and German Brücke.
Idioms
See bridge in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee bridge in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbridge the gap/gulf/divide (between A and B)
- to reduce or get rid of the differences that exist between two things or groups of people
- The new degree course aims to bridge the gulf between education and industry.
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