Bring | Mean of bring in English Dictionary

/ˈbrɪŋ/

• Verb
• to come with (something or someone) to a place
1. I'll bring a bottle of wine (with me) when I come to your party.
2. “Should I send you a check?” “Why not just bring me the money when you come?”
3. Have you brought the money with you from the bank?
4. She brought her boyfriend home to meet her parents.
5. You stay where you are and I'll bring you another drink. = I'll bring another drink to you.
• to cause (something or someone) to come
1. Her screams brought [=attracted] help.
2. Her screams brought the neighbors running. [=the neighbors ran to help her when they heard her screams]
3. Love of adventure brought her here before taking her to many other places.
4. This radio station brings you all the news as it happens.
• to cause (something) to exist, happen, or start
1. Can anything bring peace to this troubled region?
2. In this part of the country, winter brings snow (with it).
3. The tablets may bring (you) some relief.
4. Having a baby has brought great happiness into her life.
5. The sad story brought tears to our eyes [=made us cry] but its happy ending brought smiles to our lips. [=made us smile]

• to cause (something or someone) to reach a specified state, place, condition, etc.
1. The dancer brought his hands up to his face.
2. (US) Bring the water to a boil. = (Brit) Bring the water to the boil. [=heat the water so that it boils]
3. The pilot brought them safely out of danger.
4. Winter snow brought traffic to a stop.
5. A few steps brought us to the front door.
6. The thrilling climax brought the audience to its/their feet.
7. This history book brings us up to the present day.
• to have (a particular talent, quality, etc.) when you start to do something (such as a job)
1. She brings years of experience to the position. [=she comes to the position with years of experience]
2. He brings a rare talent for solving problems to his new job as company president.
• to start a case against someone in a court of law
1. They threatened to bring [=institute] legal action against him.
2. They are going to bring charges against him. [=they are going to charge him with a crime]
• to cause (something) to reach a total
1. Last week's sales figures brought our pretax profits for the year to just over $35,000,000.
2. The donation brought the fund to over a million dollars.
• to get (an amount of money) as a price
1. The painting ought to bring [=fetch] a high price.
• to cause (something)
1. “What brought about the crisis?” “It was brought about by many factors.”
• to cause (someone) to come around: such as
• to cause (someone) to accept and support something (such as an idea) after opposing it
1. She still says she won't support us, but we'll bring her around eventually. [=we'll convince/persuade her to support us eventually]
2. I'm sure we can bring her around to our way of thinking.
• to cause (someone) to become awake again after being unconscious
1. The boxer was knocked out and it took the doctor several minutes to bring him around. [=bring him to]
• to come with (someone) for a social visit
1. Why don't you bring your friend around (to my house) after work today?
• to cause (something, such as a conversation) to go to a desired subject or area
1. We gradually brought the conversation around to the subject of his unpaid bills.
• to come back with (something or someone)
1. What did you bring back (with you) from your vacation?
2. You promised to bring back a present for me. = You promised to bring me back a present.
• to cause (something or someone) to return
1. The death penalty was done away with in this area many years ago, but some people now want it to be brought back.
2. The movie is a fantasy about a man who is brought back (to life) from the dead.
3. The company is doing poorly, and its former president is being brought back to help solve its problems.
• to cause (something or someone) to return to a condition, subject, etc.
1. That question brings us back (again) to the fundamental problem of world peace.
2. We gradually brought the conversation back to the subject of his unpaid bills.
• to cause (something) to return to someone's memory
1. Seeing her again brought back a lot of happy memories.
2. I had almost forgotten about the time we spent together, but seeing her again brought it all back (to me).
• to cause (someone or something) to come to (someone or something) for an official decision or judgment
1. He was brought (up) before the judge on a charge of obstructing justice.
2. The case was finally brought before the Supreme Court.
• to cause (someone or something) to fall down onto the ground
1. The deer was brought down by a single shot.
2. The plane was brought down by enemy fire.
3. The government was brought down by a vote of no confidence.
4. a famous politician who was brought down by scandal
• to cause (something) to become lower
1. Will anything ever bring house prices down?
• to cause (someone) to become sad or depressed
1. All this rainy weather is really bringing me down. [=getting me down]
• to produce (something)
1. The rosebushes brought forth an abundance of flowers.
2. He was able to bring forth persuasive arguments in support of his position.
3. Her controversial comments brought forth [=provoked] strong reactions from the public.
• to talk about or show (something) so that it can be seen or discussed by others
1. The police have brought new evidence forward.
• to make the time of (something) earlier or sooner
1. We need to bring the meeting forward from Tuesday to Monday so that more people can attend.
• to cause (someone) to become involved in a process, activity, etc.
1. The company has decided to bring in outside experts to help on the project.
• to produce or earn (an amount of money)
1. Each sale brought in $5.
2. He works at a large company and brings in a good salary.
• to report (an official decision) to a court
1. The jury brought in [=returned] a verdict of not guilty. [=the jury said that the defendant was not guilty]
• to introduce (a new law, rule, etc.)
1. The government is going to bring in legislation to make such practices illegal.
• to cause (someone or something) to come to a place
1. The store is having a special sale in order to bring in [=attract] new customers/business.
2. The police brought him in (to the police station) for questioning.
• to do (something difficult)
1. It's a challenging role. She's the only actress I know with enough talent to bring it off.
• to cause (something) to appear or occur
1. The crisis was brought on by many factors.
• to cause (something bad) to happen to (someone)
1. You've brought nothing but shame on your family since the day you were born!
2. I can't help thinking you've brought some of this trouble on yourself.
• to show (something)
1. The debate brought out [=highlighted] the differences between the two candidates.
2. That blue sweater really brings out the color in your eyes.
3. Our school aims to bring out [=develop] the talents in each of our students.
4. A crisis brings out the best in some people and brings out the worst in others. [=a crisis causes some people to behave very well and other people to behave very badly]
• to produce (something, such as a book)
1. a writer who's expected to bring out a new novel next year
• to cause (someone) to begin to have (something, such as a rash) on the skin
1. Eating strawberries brings me out in spots. [=eating strawberries makes me break out in spots]
• to cause (people) to join or meet
1. She and her husband were brought together by a shared love of the natural world.
2. The conference has brought together some of the world's leading experts on laser technology.
• to take care of and teach (a child who is growing up)
1. I was born and brought up [=raised, reared] in Chicago.
2. My grandparents brought me up after my parents died.
3. My parents brought me up to respect authority. [=my parents taught me to respect authority when I was a child]
• to mention (something) when talking
1. We were waiting for a suitable moment to bring up [=introduce, raise] the subject of his unpaid bills.
2. I wasn't going to talk about money, but since you've brought it up, I guess it's something we should really discuss.
3. I'm glad you mentioned money. That brings up the question of how much we can afford to spend.
• to cause (something, such as a file or picture) to appear on a computer screen
1. The system makes it easy to bring up (on the screen) information about any customer.
• to cause (someone) to stop suddenly
1. He was just starting to argue when her scream brought him up short.
• to force yourself to do something that you do not want to do
1. He knew that he should apologize, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.