bring
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbɹɪŋ/
From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-, possibly based on *bʰer-.
Compare Western Frisian bringe, Low German bringen, Dutch brengen, German bringen; also Welsh hebrwng, Tocharian B pränk-, Latvian brankti, Lithuanian branktas.
Verbbring (brings, present participle bringing; simple past and past participle brought)
- (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
- Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
- 1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC ↗:
- At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly […] on the floor.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC ↗:
- A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
- (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
- The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:
- “ […] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- (transitive) To occasion or bring about.
- The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints.
- (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
- To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
- To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
- What does coal bring per ton?
- (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
- The closer Jones can really bring it.
Conjugation of bring
infinitive | (to) bring | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | bring | brought, brang*, bringed** | |
2nd-person singular | bring, bringest† | brought, brang*, bringed**, broughtest† | |
3rd-person singular | brings, bringeth† | brought, brang*, bringed** | |
plural | bring | ||
subjunctive | bring | brought, brang*, bringed** | |
imperative | bring | — | |
participles | bringing | brought, brung*, broughten*, bringed** |
†Archaic or obsolete. * Dialectal. ** Nonstandard.
- Past brang and past participle brung and broughten forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.
- French: apporter, amener
- German: bringen, holen
- Italian: portare
- Portuguese: trazer
- Russian: (a thing, on foot) приноси́ть
- Spanish: traer bringer is coming, llevar bringer is going
- The sound of a telephone ringing.
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