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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb bring has 11 senses
- bring(v = verb.motion) convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" is one way to carry, transport
- bring(v = verb.contact) Array - cause to come into a particular state or condition; "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point" is one way to alter, change, modify
- bring(v = verb.creation) make for, play, work, wreak - cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" is one way to create, make
- bring(v = verb.contact) convey, fetch, get - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" is one way to channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport
- bring(v = verb.change) land - bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" is one way to alter, change, modify
- bring(v = verb.contact) Array - be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?" Sample sentence:
- bring(v = verb.creation) institute - advance or set forth in court; "bring charges"; "institute proceedings" is one way to create, make
- bring(v = verb.possession) add, bestow, contribute, impart, lend - bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" is one way to alter, change, modify
- bring(v = verb.possession) bring in, fetch - be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction" Sample sentence:
- bring(v = verb.emotion) Array - attract the attention of; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious" is one way to attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in
- bring(v = verb.communication) Array - induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" is one way to cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate
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They bring the food to the people
They bring the people the food
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym: take away
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s something
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Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Something ----s something
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Something ----s somebody
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They bring him to write the letter
CIDE DICTIONARY
bring, v. t. [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan.].
- To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch. [1913 Webster]"And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread." [1913 Webster]"To France shall we convey you safe,
And bring you back." [1913 Webster] - To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to make to come; to produce; to draw to. [1913 Webster]"There is nothing will bring you more honor . . . than to do what right in justice you may." [1913 Webster]
- To convey; to move; to carry or conduct. [1913 Webster]"In distillation, the water . . . brings over with it some part of the oil of vitriol." [1913 Webster]
- To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide. [1913 Webster]"It seems so preposterous a thing . . . that they do not easily bring themselves to it." [1913 Webster]"The nature of the things . . . would not suffer him to think otherwise, how, or whensoever, he is brought to reflect on them." [1913 Webster]
- To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what does coal bring per ton? [1913 Webster]"[
v. i. by dropping the reflexive pronoun]" [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To fetch; bear; carry; convey; transport; import; procure; produce; cause; adduce; induce.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bring, v.tr. (past and past part. brought)
1 a come conveying esp. by carrying or leading. b come with.
2 cause to come or be present (what brings you here?).
3 cause or result in (war brings misery).
4 be sold for; produce as income.
5 a prefer (a charge). b initiate (legal action).
6 cause to become or to reach a particular state (brings me alive; brought them to their senses; cannot bring myself to agree).
7 adduce (evidence, an argument, etc.).
1 a come conveying esp. by carrying or leading. b come with.
2 cause to come or be present (what brings you here?).
3 cause or result in (war brings misery).
4 be sold for; produce as income.
5 a prefer (a charge). b initiate (legal action).
6 cause to become or to reach a particular state (brings me alive; brought them to their senses; cannot bring myself to agree).
7 adduce (evidence, an argument, etc.).
Idiom
bring about
1 cause to happen.
2 turn (a ship) around. bring-and-buy sale Brit. a kind of charity sale at which participants bring items for sale and buy what is brought by others. bring back call to mind.
bring down
1 cause to fall.
2 lower (a price).
3 sl. make unhappy or less happy.
4 colloq. damage the reputation of; demean.
bring forth
1 give birth to.
2 produce, emit, cause.
bring forward
1 move to an earlier date or time.
2 transfer from the previous page or account.
3 draw attention to; adduce. bring home to cause to realize fully (brought home to me that I was wrong). bring the house down receive rapturous applause.
bring in
1 introduce (legislation, a custom, fashion, topic, etc.).
2 yield as income or profit. bring into play cause to operate; activate. bring low overcome. bring off achieve successfully. bring on 1 cause to happen or appear.
2 accelerate the progress of.
bring out
1 emphasize; make evident.
2 publish. bring over convert to one's own side.
bring round
1 restore to consciousness.
2 persuade. bring through aid (a person) through adversity, esp. illness.
bring to
1 restore to consciousness (brought him to).
2 check the motion of. bring to bear (usu. foll. by on) direct and concentrate (forces). bring to mind recall; cause one to remember. bring to pass cause to happen. bring under subdue.
bring up
1 rear (a child).
2 vomit, regurgitate.
3 call attention to.
4 (absol.) stop suddenly. bring upon oneself be responsible for (something one suffers).
1 cause to happen.
2 turn (a ship) around. bring-and-buy sale Brit. a kind of charity sale at which participants bring items for sale and buy what is brought by others. bring back call to mind.
bring down
1 cause to fall.
2 lower (a price).
3 sl. make unhappy or less happy.
4 colloq. damage the reputation of; demean.
bring forth
1 give birth to.
2 produce, emit, cause.
bring forward
1 move to an earlier date or time.
2 transfer from the previous page or account.
3 draw attention to; adduce. bring home to cause to realize fully (brought home to me that I was wrong). bring the house down receive rapturous applause.
bring in
1 introduce (legislation, a custom, fashion, topic, etc.).
2 yield as income or profit. bring into play cause to operate; activate. bring low overcome. bring off achieve successfully. bring on 1 cause to happen or appear.
2 accelerate the progress of.
bring out
1 emphasize; make evident.
2 publish. bring over convert to one's own side.
bring round
1 restore to consciousness.
2 persuade. bring through aid (a person) through adversity, esp. illness.
bring to
1 restore to consciousness (brought him to).
2 check the motion of. bring to bear (usu. foll. by on) direct and concentrate (forces). bring to mind recall; cause one to remember. bring to pass cause to happen. bring under subdue.
bring up
1 rear (a child).
2 vomit, regurgitate.
3 call attention to.
4 (absol.) stop suddenly. bring upon oneself be responsible for (something one suffers).
Derivative
bringer n.
Etymology
OE bringan f. Gmc
THESAURUS
bring
accompany, accomplish, achieve, advance, affect, afford, allure, amount to, assume, attend, attract, be sold, bear, breed, bring about, bring around, bring back, bring down, bring forth, bring in, bring off, bring on, bring out, bring round, bring to, bring up, bring upon, broach, call for, call forth, care for, carry, carry off, carry out, cause, chaperon, chase after, come to, come up to, companion, comprise, conduct, consort with, contain, contribute to, contrive, convey, convince, convoy, cost, create, cut back, cut down, decide, deliver, depose, determine, dethrone, develop, diminish, discuss, disgorge, display, dispose, do, do to, draw, draw down, draw on, earn, educate, effect, elevate, elicit, emphasize, engage, engender, enlist, entail, escort, evoke, feature, fetch, fetch and carry, focus on, get, get to do, give birth to, give rise to, go after, go and get, go fetch, go for, go get, go to get, illuminate, implicate, imply, incline, induce, inflict, influence, inspire, instigate, institute, interest in, introduce, invite, invoke, involve, issue, lead, lead to, lessen, look after, lure, make known, make public, mention, motivate, mount up to, move, nurture, obtain, occasion, offer, oust, overthrow, overturn, pen up, perform, persuade, pick up, present, presume, presuppose, procure, produce, prompt, provoke, publish, pull off, put on, put out, put over, raise, realize, rear, recall, reduce, regurgitate, release, report, require, restore, resuscitate, retrieve, return, revive, run after, run into, run to, secure, sell, sell for, set forth, set off, set one back, shag, stage, submit, subsume, succeed, succeed in, superinduce, sway, take, take in, talk about, teach, tempt, throw up, topple, total up to, touch on, train, tutor, unseat, visit upon, vomit, win over, wreak, yieldROGET THESAURUS
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Transference
VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.
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