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to bring

to bring

20 3.4
To sell for a certain amount of money
  • verb
  • /brɪŋ/
: alcanzar
  • The new smartphone model is expected to bring a retail price of $1,200.
  • bring big money
  • bring to market

Examples

  • The auction is anticipated to bring in over a million dollars for the rare painting.

  • It's a value that you then bring to everything that you sell.

  • You forgot late charges, which brings it up to, uh... one million space bucks.

  • All eyes now turn to New York City to see if martial law will bring the terror to an end.

  • Bring her to the audition.

  • However, these activities were still dependent on the teacher's willingness to bring students to the library.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Recently, the city has brought in truckloads of municipal compost almost every year.

    Academic text (2013)
  • We sneak back to the Legacy, disable the laser cannons... and bring back the map.

  • Meanwhile, bearings themselves had become commoditized, and offshore producers were bringing in cheaper substitutes.

    Academic text (2012)
  • If we market the product well, it could bring significant profits to the company.

Synonyms

to sell
vsto bring
∞ 1.0

To give something to someone for money

describes the item being offered to buyers at a specified price
to bring in
vsto bring
99 2.8

Earn money from a thing or activity

refers only to being sold for a specified price
to fetch
vsto bring
24 5.3

To sell for a particular price

has identical meaning but uses different phrasing

Antonyms

10 1.4

Not bought by anyone yet

Idioms

16 6.5

To make a person, company or system stop working

10 4.4

To earn money to support your family

To cause a group of people to stand and clap to show approval

3 5.5

To make an audience clap and cheer loudly

1 8.2

To take firm action to punish someone

Be badly prepared for a situation where others have much better tools

Give something unnecessary to people who already have enough

To be ready to face problems and manage alone

Hard times can lead to better things later

Phrasal Verbs

∞ 2.9

Introduce a new person or thing into a group

∞ 1.7

Return someone or something to the place they came from

752 2.6

To mention a subject for discussion

359 1.6

Take something out of a cupboard or closet

342 3.5

Cause something, often a sickness or a bad feeling, to start

267 3.3

Move something or someone from a higher to a lower place, for example land an aircraft

166 3.0

To make something happen

160 2.9

Help someone become more confident and show their abilities

to bring down
  • Informal
153 4.3

Cause a person or thing to be worse, for example making someone feel sad

142 2.5

Care for and teach a child until they become an adult

139 3.0

Make someone remember something from the past

123 3.0

Make an amount or level lower

99 2.8

Earn money from a thing or activity

98 3.7

To make someone remember or think of something

87 4.0

To make a person who broke the law be caught and punished

78 4.6

To make a leader or government lose power

To make someone remember the past, for example a song or photo

To make people and things alive or working again

To give useful ideas or skills to a group

51 3.7

Make secret information known to the public

48 2.3

To make someone feel happy

44 3.0

Make a quality or detail easier to notice

To produce or show something new for others to use

35 5.1

To use effort or knowledge to solve a problem

To show facts that were hidden before

22 3.3

To earn money regularly for your family

22 2.7

Make a product, book or film available to the public

To present an idea or plan for people to discuss

17 3.7

To make someone understand something clearly

To heat a liquid until it boils or make a situation very intense

To make a new product ready for people to buy

to bring up
  • Literature
10 5.7

Cause a spirit or magic thing to appear

To move something closer to the front, for example a chair

To be the last person or thing in a group that is moving

8 3.3

Move someone to a higher job or rank

8 3.3

Introduce a new product, show, or book to the public

to bring forth
  • Literature
7 8.1

To give birth to a child or young animal

to bring up
  • Specialized
7 5.5

Start a computer's operating system so it can run

to bring around
  • Informal
7 3.6

To cause someone to change their mind

to bring down
  • Informal
7 5.4

Make an audience clap or cheer loudly

Help someone survive or recover from a dangerous situation

5 6.5

Make a social event lively and fun

4 3.0

Cause someone or something to stop suddenly

to bring to heel
  • Informal
4 7.6

Make someone or something obey after they resist

3 6.1

To succeed in doing something difficult

To make a group feel part of the same community

3 6.0

Give an official decision in court

To use influence to persuade someone to do something

3 3.3

Allow a signal or sound to come into a place using equipment

To make someone conscious again after fainting or illness

Stop someone suddenly, often during speech or action

to bring the fun
  • Informal
1 5.3

To make a party or event lively and enjoyable for people

1 5.3

Cause a computer system, website, or service to stop working

1 4.4

To persuade someone to accept your idea or plan

1 3.6

To make people start having fun at a party or event

to bring about
  • Specialized
1 5.3

To turn a boat so it faces the other way

To force yourself to do something difficult or unpleasant

Offer something for sale at an auction

to bring it weak
  • Informal
9.9

To do badly because you lack energy or effort

Make red, itchy spots appear on the skin

How Expensive

to bring in
99 2.8
to bring
20 3.4
to fetch
24 5.3

Surface Forms

bring infinitive
bringing present participle
brings third person singular
brought past
brought past participle

Etymology

Bring in the sense 'be sold for a price' comes from the same old English bringan 'to carry', because people thought of an item as 'carrying' a certain sum to its seller, so it 'brings' that amount at auction.