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👤 To introduce 💵 To earn ⚖️ To announce decision 📡 To receive
to bring in

to bring in

15 6.0
Give an official decision in court
  • phrasal verb
  • /brɪŋ ɪn/
translation icon : emitir un veredicto
  • At the time, his practice was costing a lot more money than it was bringing in.

Examples

  • After deliberation, the jurors will bring in their verdict at noon.

  • We waited anxiously as the jury prepared to bring in their decision after hours of discussion.

  • I brought in the evidence as you told me.

    Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

  • At 9:00 this morning, the first witnesses were brought in... to testify before a grand jury.

    New Jersey Drive (1995)

  • The judge instructed the deputy sheriff who acted as his bailiff to bring in the jury.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • I do not believe I have to plead, or even demand, that you bring in a verdict to punish the defendant for the crime that he has committed against society.

    Tell Your Children (1938)

  • The judge instructed the bailiff to bring in the jury to announce their decision.

Synonyms

to find
vsto bring in
  • Jargon
∞ 6.5

To decide whether someone is guilty or not guilty

is about announcing or delivering that verdict to others
to call
vsto bring in
675 3.4

To make an official decision in a sports game

is used for formally announcing a courtroom decision, not sports calls
to hold
vsto bring in
  • Formal
310 6.7

To decide something in a court case

is specifically about announcing a jury or judge decision in court
to return
vsto bring in
  • Formal
32 5.6

Formally announce a decision in a legal or official context

is narrower, used mainly for announcing a courtroom verdict rather than other results
to adjudge
vsto bring in
  • Formal
2 8.1

Officially decide something, often in a court

focuses on making the verdict known publicly rather than the legal judgment

Surface Forms

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

Morphology

bring + in

There is a clear compositional link: 'bring' (to cause something to come) + 'in' (into, towards a bounded domain) suggests introducing or bringing something into view, so a learner could plausibly infer 'announce' or 'present'. However, the specific institutionalized legal sense 'to deliver a verdict' is a specialized, conventionalized usage of the phrasal verb that may not be fully predictable to a B1 learner without exposure, and phrasal verbs often show cross-linguistic variation.

Etymology

Bring in comes from the picture of jurors or a judge walking into court with a paper that shows their choice: they bring in the verdict for everyone to hear. So it means 'to announce' or 'to deliver' an official decision.