Bring

//ˈbɹɪŋ// intj, name, verb

intj, name, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To transport toward somebody/somewhere. ditransitive, transitive

    "Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey."

  2. 2
    bring into a different state wordnet
  3. 3
    To supply or contribute. figuratively, transitive

    "The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing."

  4. 4
    induce or persuade wordnet
  5. 5
    To occasion or bring about. transitive

    "Let's bring our differences to an issue."

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  1. 6
    go or come after and bring or take back wordnet
  2. 7
    To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody. transitive

    "It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits."

  3. 8
    be accompanied by wordnet
  4. 9
    To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.

    "It seems so preposterous a thing[…]that they do not easily bring themselves to it."

  5. 10
    cause to come into a particular state or condition wordnet
  6. 11
    To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.

    "What does coal bring per ton?"

  7. 12
    advance or set forth in court wordnet
  8. 13
    To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.

    "The closer Jones can really bring it."

  9. 14
    cause to happen or to occur as a consequence wordnet
  10. 15
    To move a piece into a more active position, esp. to initially develop it.

    "You want to bring the rook and then start pushing your pawns."

  11. 16
    attract the attention of wordnet
  12. 17
    take something or somebody with oneself somewhere wordnet
  13. 18
    be sold for a certain price wordnet
  14. 19
    bestow a quality on wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    The sound of a telephone ringing.

    "Near-synonyms: ring-a-ding, ding-a-ling"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German or Swedish.

Synonyms

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fetchinstituteaccompanyaccomplishachieveadd

Example

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"I'll bring you the bill immediately."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną (“to bring”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-, possibly based on *bʰer-. Compare Scots bring, West Frisian bringe, Low German brengen, Dutch brengen, Afrikaans bring, German bringen; also Welsh hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”).

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia.

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