to bring
- verb
- /brɪŋ/
- Please remember to bring your homework to class tomorrow.
- bring back
- bring home
- bring students
If the mind wanders away, bring it back to that point.
- If the mind wanders away, bring it back to that point.
- And Phil, our friend Phil brought over a pen.
- And so, guys, we brought in the big guns for this.
- If I just bring what I bring, I'm ahead.
- It's the brain they brought into the trauma.
- Mark and Craig brought some pills off him.
- He would come on there and bring bags of pills.
Examples
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Way to take care of them, way to bring them to school.
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Is my daddy going to bring me a Christmas present?
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And that we're going to bring someone else in.
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Your mom asked me to check up on you, so I thought I would bring over a little treat like old time.
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We can speed this up if we bring in the string.
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Perhaps you could arrange to bring me a television.
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I'll bring them over later.
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Throughout, I will provide ideas on how to bring these concepts into the music room.
Academic text (2015) -
We are the intermediaries who bring this wonderful experience to our students and our audiences.
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Faculty members conduct research on these issues and bring their findings into the classroom, equipping students.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
To move away from a place or leave it
Move someone or something to another place
Go with a person to bring them to a place
To bring letters or goods to a person, a place
To move people or goods from one place to another, often by vehicle
To go and bring back something or someone
To move people or things away, sometimes because of strong feeling
To take people or things from one place to another
Allow a signal or sound to come into a place using equipment
Antonyms
To remove something from a place or reduce something important, for example a right
Idioms
- Informal
Be badly prepared for a situation where others have much better tools
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Cause a person or thing to be worse, for example making someone feel sad
Move something or someone from a higher to a lower place, for example land an aircraft
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bring comes from the old English bringan, which meant 'to carry' or 'move toward'. So to bring someone or something is to take or have them with you to a place.