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BRING

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Irregular inflected form: brought   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring into a different state

Example:

this may land you in jail

Synonyms:

bring; land

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Also:

bring down (cut down on; make a reduction in)

bring up (look after a child until it is an adult)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Induce or persuade

Example:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

cause; get; have; induce; make; stimulate (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner)

Verb group:

bring (attract the attention of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They bring him to write the letter

Sense 3

Meaning:

Go or come after and bring or take back

Example:

The dog fetched the hat

Synonyms:

bring; convey; fetch; get

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport (send from one person or place to another)

"Bring" entails doing...:

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Verb group:

bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring"):

retrieve (run after, pick up, and bring to the master)

retrieve (go for and bring back)

deliver (bring to a destination, make a delivery)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

take away (remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be accompanied by

Example:

Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

"Bring" entails doing...:

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Verb group:

bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 5

Meaning:

Cause to come into a particular state or condition

Example:

bring water to the boiling point

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Also:

bring out (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Advance or set forth in court

Example:

institute proceedings

Synonyms:

bring; institute

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

Example:

The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area

Synonyms:

bring; make for; play; work; wreak

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Verb group:

act; work (have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Also:

bring off (be successful; achieve a goal)

bring on (cause to arise)

bring up (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Attract the attention of

Example:

The noise and the screaming brought the curious

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes)

Verb group:

bring (induce or persuade)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sense 9

Meaning:

Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

Example:

This brings me to the main point

Synonyms:

bring; convey; take

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)

"Bring" entails doing...:

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Verb group:

bring (be accompanied by)

bring; convey; fetch; get (go or come after and bring or take back)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring"):

fetch (take away or remove)

transit (cause or enable to pass through)

ferry (transport from one place to another)

bring back; return; take back (bring back to the point of departure)

tube (convey in a tube)

whisk (move somewhere quickly)

carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)

land (bring ashore)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

They bring the food to the people

They bring the people the food

Also:

bring down (move something or somebody to a lower position)

bring down (cause to come to the ground)

bring forward (cause to move forward)

bring on; bring out (bring onto the market or release)

bring up (raise from a lower to a higher position)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Be sold for a certain price

Example:

The old print fetched a high price at the auction

Synonyms:

bring; bring in; fetch

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

"Bring" entails doing...:

change hands; change owners (be transferred to another owner)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Bestow a quality on

Example:

This adds a light note to the program

Synonyms:

add; bestow; bring; contribute; impart; lend

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "bring" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring"):

factor (be a contributing factor)

instill; transfuse (impart gradually)

tinsel (impart a cheap brightness to)

throw in (add as an extra or as a gratuity)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Credits

 Context examples: 

He prowled about with this equipment himself, but it was a poor show of plants which he would bring back of an evening.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was no mirror, at that date, in my room; that which stands beside me as I write, was brought there later on and for the very purpose of these transformations.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

If some go, you mark my words, sir, Silver'll bring 'em aboard again as mild as lambs.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The craving was all the stronger because I durst not speak openly about it, for the least hint of it brought the tears into my mother’s eyes.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The path over yonder, betwixt the oak and the thorn, should bring you out into his nether field.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

New instruments bring more sensitivity and new techniques, and the story becomes clearer with each new generation of observatories.

(Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History, NASA)

The influence of a third black hole, as in SDSS J0849+1114, could finally bring them together.

(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)

It was noticed that symptoms remain even after the infection in the mice was brought under control, and that the virus replicated and had a replication peak that lasted for days.

(Zika virus found to harm adults’ memory and motor system, Agência Brasil/EBC)

Researchers have developed soft robotic devices driven by neuromuscular tissue that triggers when stimulated by light — bringing scientists one step closer to autonomous biobots.

(Researchers build microscopic biohybrid robots propelled by muscles, nerves, National Science Foundation)

This ‘super-solar’ abundance is thought to have originated when the planets were being formed, and large amounts of ice, rocks and other particles were brought into the planet in a process called accretion.

(Water common – yet scarce – in exoplanets, University of Cambridge)