bring
[ bring ]
/ brɪŋ /
verb (used with object), brought, bring·ing.
Verb Phrases
Origin of bring
before 950; Middle English
bringen, Old English
bringan; cognate with Dutch
brengen, German
bringen, Gothic
briggan
synonym study for bring
1.
Bring,
fetch,
take imply conveying or conducting in relation to the place where the speaker is. To
bring is simply to convey or conduct:
Bring it to me. I'm permitted to bring my dog here with me. It is the opposite of
take, which means to convey or conduct away from the place where the speaker is:
Bring it back here. Take it back there.
Fetch means to go, get, and bring back:
Fetch me that bottle.
OTHER WORDS FROM bring
bring·er, noun out·bring, verb (used with object), out·brought, out·bring·ing.Words nearby bring
British Dictionary definitions for bring about (1 of 2)
bring about
verb (tr, adverb)
to cause to happen
to bring about a change in the law
to turn (a ship) around
British Dictionary definitions for bring about (2 of 2)
bring
/ (brɪŋ) /
verb brings, bringing or brought (tr)
See also
bring about,
bring down,
bring forward,
bring in,
bring off,
bring on,
bring out,
bring over,
bring round,
bring to,
bring up
Derived forms of bring
bringer, nounWord Origin for bring
Old English
bringan; related to Gothic
briggan, Old High German
bringan
Idioms and Phrases with bring about
bring about
Also, bring to pass. Make something happen, accomplish or result in something. For example, The revised tax code brought about considerable changes in accounting. The first term dates from the 1400s, and the variant, today considered rather formal, from the first half of the 1500s. Also see bring on, def. 1.