TO BRING TO

Definition: TO BRING TO

TO BRING TO

1. (a) To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or life, as a fainting person. (b) (Naut.) To check the course of, as of a ship, by dropping the anchor, or by counterbracing the sails so as to keep her nearly stationary (she is then said to lie to). (c) To cause (a vessel) to lie to, as by firing across her course. (d) To apply a rope to the capstan.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO BRING TO

O Almighty God, hear us, we beseech Thee, and bring succor and guidance to those we are about to bring to Your divine notice. (Drums Along the Mohawk; writing credit: Walter D. Edmonds; Sonya Levien)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

It is also declared to be the friendly right of each Member of the League to bring to the attention of the Assembly or of the Council any circumstance whatever affecting international relations which threatens to disturb international peace or the good understanding between nations upon which peace depends. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In addition, pre-visit questionnaires will guide patients in gathering appropriate information to bring to the clinic. (references)

Physicians are advised to take careful family histories of all their patients to bring to light any factors that might influence their recommendations about the timing of vaccinations. (references)

Business

The Internet promises to bring to already established franchises better communication, improved logistics (with the creation of the online tracking systems) and new markets, along with these improvements an assurance of reduced costs, new sales and efficiency. (references)

Civil Liberties

Greece

Many provisions of these laws are not applied in practice, but local police retain the authority to bring to court minority churches that operate or build places of worship without a permit. (references)

Economic History

Japan

A strong licensee will have something to bring to the partnership as well. (references)

Lebanon

Lebanese distributors are generally eager to find under-represented U.S. consumer products to bring to Lebanon. (references)

Human Rights

Albania

The AHC sought to bring to the attention of the authorities a number of cases in Gjirokaster, in which defense attorneys had failed several times to make contact with their clients. (references)

Sri Lanka

The hearing is scheduled to take place in 2002. The PA Government came to power in 1994 and promised to bring to justice the perpetrators of extrajudicial killings from previous years. (references)

Congo

In 1999 the Minister of Defense announced that military tribunals would be established to bring to justice soldiers responsible for abuses, and the Government introduced legislation to that end. (references)

Political Economy

Mauritania

The Government failed to bring to justice most officials who committed abuses. (references)

Nepal

Political Stability: With the general election of 1999, Nepal attempts to bring to a close an extended period of political instability that began in 1994 with the fall of the previous majority government. (references)

East Timor

During the year, significant efforts were made to bring to justice those persons responsible for the most serious abuses committed during 1999. In 2000 UNTAET established a Serious Crimes Investigation Unit (SCIU) to address abuses that were committed from January 1 to October 25, 1999 and concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of Indonesia regarding legal, judicial, and human rights cooperation. (references)

Trade

Philippines

External auditors are required to bring to the attention of the Bangko Sentral any adverse audit findings. (references)

Worker Rights

Suriname

Brothel owners often attempt to hold airline tickets for women whom they have paid to bring to the country, to be sure that the women complete their contracts. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "TO BRING TO": To bring to book ♦ to bring to front ♦ To bring to grass ♦ To bring to light ♦ To bring to pass ♦ To bring to terms ♦ To bring to the gangway ♦ To bring to the hammer. Additional references.

Danish

placere øverst (to bring to front). (various references)

Dutch

op de voorgrond plaatsen (to bring to front), in stationaire toestand brengen (to bring to a steady-state). (various references)

Finnish

tuoda eteen (to bring to front). (various references)

French

ramener � l'avant-plan (to bring to front), mettre en régime stabilisé (to bring to a steady-state). (various references)

German

veranlassen zu. (various references)

Greek 

φέρνω στην επιφάνεια (to bring to front), φέρνω μπροστά (bring forward), οδηγώ στις σταθερές συνθήκες λειτουργίας (to bring to a steady-state). (various references)

Hungarian

megáll (come to a halt, halt, pause, stop, to check, to come to a halt, to come to rest, to draw up, to fetch up, to pause, to pull up, to slacken, to stand still, to stay, to stint), magához térít (bring round, bring to mind, to bring round, to rally, to revive). (various references)

Italian

portare in primo piano (to bring to front), portare al regime costante (to bring to a steady-state). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

纏める (to bring to a conclusion, to collect, to put in order), � め括り�'つける (to bring to a finish, to complete), � め括る (to bind firmly, to bring to a finish, to superintend), 盛り上�'る (to bring to a climax, to heap up, to pile up, to raise, to stir up), 無にする (to bring to naught, to waste), 明るみに出す (to bring to light, to make public), 洗い出す (to bring to light). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しめくくり�'つける (to bring to a finish, to complete), しめくくる (to bind firmly, to bring to a finish, to superintend), まとめる (to bring to a conclusion, to collect, to put in order), あかるみに� す (to bring to light, to make public), あらい� す (to bring to light), むにする (to bring to naught, to waste), もりあ�'る (to bring to a climax, to heap up, to pile up, to raise, to stir up). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay ingbray otay

Portuguese

trazer-me (to bring to me), colocar em regime permanente (to bring to a steady-state). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

trazer-me (to bring to me). (various references)

Spanish

situar en régimen permanente (to bring to a steady-state), llevar a primer plano (to bring to front). (various references)

Swedish

flytta längst fram (to bring to front). (various references)

ava-baraiti. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: biotron, booting, rooting, rotting, tooting, tortoni.

-3 letters: bonito, booing, boring, grotto, intort, orbing, robing, toting, trigon, triton, trogon.

-4 letters: bigot, bingo, biont, boing, bongo, boron, bring, britt, giron, griot, groin, ingot, intro, nitro, orbit, robin, robot, tigon, torot, trigo.

-5 letters: bint, bitt, bong, boon, boor, boot, born, bort, bott, brig, brin, brio, brit, broo.

+3 letters: motorboating, outthrobbing.

+4 letters: bootstrapping, motorboatings, toothbrushing.

+5 letters: toothbrushings.

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