bring

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsconveytake

   Broadertransport

   Narrowerfetchtransitferryreturntubewhiskimpartland
2. 2.

   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”

   Broaderchange
3. 3.

   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”

   Synonymsworkplaywreakmake for

   Broadermake
4. 4.

   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”

   Synonymsgetconveyfetch

   Antonymstake away

   Broadertransmit

   Narrowerretrievedeliver
5. 5.

   bring into a different state

   “this may land you in jail”

   Synonymsland

   Broaderchange
6. 6.

   be accompanied by

   “Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?”
7. 7.

   advance or set forth in court

   “bring charges”

   “institute proceedings”

   Synonymsinstitute

   Broadermake
8. 8.

   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”

   Synonymslendimpartbestowcontributeadd

   Broaderchange

   Narrowerfactorinstilltinselthrow in
9. 9.

   be sold for a certain price

   “The painting brought $10,000”

   “The old print fetched a high price at the auction”

   Synonymsfetchbring in
10. 10.

    attract the attention of

    “The noise and the screaming brought the curious”

    Broaderattract
11. 11.

    induce or persuade

    “The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well”

    Broaderinduce

Other forms of bring

past tense or participle

brought

present participle

bringing·

third person

brings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bring

What does bring mean?

bring means "take something or somebody with oneself somewhere". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bring?

bring has 1 syllable: bring. In IPA it is /ˈbɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for bring?

Close synonyms include convey, take, work, play, wreak. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of bring?

The recorded antonyms are take away.

Is bring a common word?

bring is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.