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Definition: Bring |
BringVerb1. Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; also metaphorical, as in "This brings me to the main point". 2. Cause to come into a particular state or condition: "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point". 3. Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle" "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area". 4. Go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat". 5. Bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail". 6. Be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?". 7. Of a quality, as in: "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program". 8. Avance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute proceedings". 9. Be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction". 10. : attract the attention of; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious". 11. : induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bring" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Bring \Bring\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Brought; present participle verb or noun Bringing.]. (references) |
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Tips from 1870 | Usage: Bring, Fetch, Carry. Bring implies motion from the object toward the person who issues the command or makes the request. Fetch implies two motions, first, toward the object; second, toward the person who wishes it. The gardener, who is in the garden, calls to his servant, who is at the barn, "John, bring me the rake. You will find it in the barn." And if John is with him in the garden, he would say, "John, fetch me the rake from the barn." The use of fetch is more common among English writers than with us. In fact, many speakers and writers in America rarely use the word. Carry is a more general term, and means to convey, without thought of the direction. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Synonyms: BringSynonyms: add (v), bestow (v), bring in (v), contribute (v), convey (v), fetch (v), get (v), impart (v), institute (v), land (v), lend (v), make for (v), play (v), take (v), work (v), wreak (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: take away (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Transference | Verb: transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote; port, import, export. |
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Crosswords: Bring |
| English words defined with "bring": bring about, bring around, bring back, bring forth, bring forward, bring in, bring on, bring oneself, bring out, bring outside, bring round, bring through, bring to, bring to bear, bring together, bring up ♦ To bring down, To bring forth, To bring forward, To bring grist to the maill, To bring home, To bring in, To bring on, To bring one to his bearings, To bring out, To bring suit, To bring to, To bring to book. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bring": Bring Down the House, Bring into Play, Bring to Book, Bring to Pass, Bring to the Hammer, Bring Under, bring X to its knees ♦ to bring to front. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "bring": Viviparous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bring" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (bring, fetch). |
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Screenplays | I'll bring everything you see here, plus, everything you don't (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts every time I bring a girlfriend home from school (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as if our hard work ain't been in vain for nothing (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) Only from me 007, unless you bring that car back in pristine order (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) Now get them out of here before she sees them! Look away, just look away, keep your eyes that way! You would think that in a fancy restaurant at these prices you could keep the snails off the food! There are so many snails there you can't even see the food! Now take those away and bring us those melted cheese sandwich appetizers you talked me out of (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.) | |
Lyrics | Oh baby, bring it all to me (Bring It All To Me; performing artist: Blaque) This world cannot bring me down (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down) How can a person like you bring me joy (The Sign; performing artist: Ace Of Base) So come on and bring your jukebox money (Love Shack; performing artist: B-52'S) Gonna bring the flavor (Everybody(Backstreet's Back); performing artist: BACKSTREET BOYS) | |
Clever | I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world. (references; author: Mark Twain) Don't let the littleness in others bring out the littleness in you. (references; author: unknown) Nothing seems to bring on an emergency as quickly as putting money aside in case of one. (references; author: unknown) This evening at 7 P.M., there will be a hymn sing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) Pearls Bring Tears (1937) Bring on the Girls (1937) You Bring the Ducks (1934) Bring 'Em Back a Wife (1933) | |
Song Titles | Bring The Boys Home (performing artist: Freda Payne) Bring It On Home To Me (performing artist: Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls) Lady (You Bring Me Up) (performing artist: The Commodores) | |
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This team went to homes in the area to bring patients with suspected VHF to the hospital and to remove corpses. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Viking 2 image of the region around the "Inca City". On a laterorbit (421), Viking 2 again imaged the region. This time, the Inca City isclearly visible. This image was taken through the red filter. It has beenenhanced to bring out the details (noise reduced and contrast enhanced). Theresolution of this image is 0.146 km/pixel and is centered at -81.82 degreeslatitude and 59.59 degrees longitude. Reproduced from volume 59 of theMission to Mars: Viking Orbiter Images of Mars CD-ROM set. Credit: NASA. | |
![]() | Using a stereoscope to bring images on adjacent photographs into coincidence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | V-fin served as underwater kite to bring sensor close to bottom Housed bottom penetration sonar Deployed off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | The net is now on board and the operation of collecting the fish has begun. The large basket in the upper left is dipped repeatedly into the water to bring the fish on to the boat. Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | Draft horses bring woody debris to add complexity to the stream to improve spawning habitat at the Glade Bekken restoration site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
![]() | Volunteers rush to bring an injured bird to the boat that will transport the pelican to wildlife rehabilitators who will attempt to resuscitate the bird. Successful rehabilitation depends upon a number of factors including the length of entanglement and exposure to the elements. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. | ![]() | The lights of the camera bring out the brilliant colors of the reef. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
![]() | Plate 3. Using the Hodges shock absorber in order to bring a dredge trawl back aboard H. M. S. PORCUPINE [after Sir Wyville Thomson, 1873.]. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | Lt. Col. Mark Milardo, a missile officer with the North American Aerospace Command tracks Santa's journey. The "NORAD Tracks Santa" program features a six-language live-tracking Web site designed to bring a touch of the season to eager Santa wat. |
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| "Prayer plant Leaf" by Eve Friday Commentary: "The pattern and structure of this leave is lovely - I thought the simplist presentation of it would bring it out in the best way." | "Baby's tombstone & doll" by Kenneth Love Commentary: "Image from local graveyard. i found it like this, i didn't bring the doll or set this up in any way." |
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| Vomit; regurgitate; regurgitating; barf; be seasick; be sick; belch; bring up; disgorge; dry heave; emit; expel; gag; heave; hurl; keck; lose it; puke; regurgitate; retch; ruminate; spew; spit up; throw up; upchuck. | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Eugene Ionesco | Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. |
Homer | Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment. |
| Not even Achilles will bring all his words to fulfillment. | |
Leonardo da Vinci | Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown. |
Ovid | Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. |
Richard Baxter | Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring. |
Virgil | Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts. |
William Blake | Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | All fines made with us unjustly and against the law of the land, and all amercements, imposed unjustly and against the law of the land, shall be entirely remitted, or else it shall be done concerning them according to the decision of the five and twenty barons whom mention is made below in the clause for securing the pease, or according to the judgment of the majority of the same, along with the aforesaid Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, if he can be present, and such others as he may wish to bring with him for this purpose, and if he cannot be present the business shall nevertheless proceed without him, provided always that if any one or more of the aforesaid five and twenty barons are in a similar suit, they shall be removed as far as concerns this particular judgment, others being substituted in their places after having been selected by the rest of the same five and twenty for this purpose only, and after having been sworn. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | But there are but few miscarriages which bring the matter to this state. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It has been the first to show what man's activity can bring about. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | When the whole or part of a debt is not admitted the two Clearing Offices will examine into the matter jointly and will endeavour to bring the parties to an agreement. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it--and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | We must bring her forward |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | And to the speaker himself it must surely bring the danger of loss of faith |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Go and buy it, and tell em to bring it here, that I may give them the direction where to take it. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Unscrupulous as it was, however, it could not bring them nearer than a circuit of several yards |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Let them bring her to me now, and I will just speak to her very gently |
The Fellowship of the Ring | J.R.R. Tolkien | One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Mother was sitting at the fire with Dante waiting for Brigid to bring in the tea. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Nothing but songs of death? [He strikes him] There, take thou that till thou bring better news |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Bring em out. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The modern cheap and fertile press, with all its translations, has done little to bring us nearer to the heroic writers of antiquity |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Bring a written list of symptoms to your doctor. (references) | |
If you use a peak flow meter, bring it to each visit. (references) | ||
Do not bring perishable seafood back to the United States. (references) | ||
Business | This is because importers bring new technology to the market. (references) | |
All of these projects will bring substantial opportunities to the machine tool industry. (references) | ||
Plaintiffs may bring complaints before the federal labor board at no cost to themselves. (references) | ||
Children | Ukraine | In May the Parliament passed a new Law on the Protection of the Child to bring the country into line with U.N.-mandated standards regarding children's safety and quality of life. (references) |
Korea | The Prevention of Domestic Violence and Victim Prevention Act of 1998, which defines domestic violence as a serious crime, allows a child to bring charges against a parent in cases of abuse. (references) | |
Jamaica | The Juvenile Act addresses several areas related to the protection of children, including the prevention of cruelty, a prohibition on causing or allowing juvenile begging, the power to bring juveniles in need of care or protection before a juvenile court, the treatment of juvenile offenders, the regulation and supervision of children's homes, and restrictions on employment of juveniles. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Israel and the occupied territories | Secular courts have primacy over questions of inheritance, but parties, by mutual agreement, may bring cases to religious courts. (references) |
Chile | She had to bring changes on a private basis because the State Defense Council is not one of the institutions covered against libel in the Penal Code. (references) | |
Kuwait | The Book House Company is the only bookstore that has an import license to bring in such materials, which also must be approved by government censors. (references) | |
Discrimination | Swaziland | The law reportedly has been used on occasion to bring moral suasion to bear against employers. (references) |
Economic History | Bolivia | Independence did not bring stability. (references) |
Burkina Faso | Efforts to bring about his release, directed by Capt. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkmenistan | Relatives may bring food once every 2 months. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | They also bring citizens to police for detention. (references) | |
Brunei | Family members also may visit prisoners and bring food. (references) | |
Minorities | United Kingdom | Noncompliance can bring criminal penalties and the loss of government contracts. (references) |
Political Economy | Israel | The Knesset can also bring down the government in a vote of no confidence. (references) |
HAITI | They are making efforts to bring their plants into conformity with such codes. (references) | |
Political Rights | Egypt | The law empowers the Government to bring felony charges against those who form a party without a license. (references) |
Swaziland | For example, chiefs have their own community police who may arrest a suspect and bring the suspect before an inner council within the chiefdom for a trial. (references) | |
Ethiopia | In 2000 the NEB agreed to bring charges against those suspected of the worst election abuses in the SNNPRS; however, no action had been taken by year's end. (references) | |
Trade | Costa Rica | Multinational companies typically bring their own financing from overseas. (references) |
Qatar | Other U.S. firms are encouraged to bring their financing matters to the Exim Bank. (references) | |
Cote D'ivoire | Many business travelers bring laptop computers into the country without difficulty. (references) | |
Travel | Argentina | So, be sure to bring an ATM card. (references) |
Thailand | Bring lots of your own as a general form of introduction. (references) | |
Ukraine | Bring adequate cash to cover hotel and incidental expenses. (references) | |
Women | Saint Lucia | If the victim chooses for any reason not to press charges, the Government cannot bring a case. (references) |
Pakistan | In cases where a woman wishes to bring rape charges, she will have trouble bringing her attacker to justice. (references) | |
Monaco | Marital violence is prohibited strictly, and any wife who is a victim may bring criminal charges against her husband. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Iceland | The clubs are allowed to bring in as many dancers as they want. (references) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Local officials have been slow to bring charges of intimidation. (references) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | A union also may bring a request for enforcement to the Industrial Court. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope. "Why have you halted?" roared the commander of a division and Chickamauga, who had ordered a charge; "move forward, sir, at once." "General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy." |
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Caroline Kennedy | Well, I think everybody just obviously was just horrified. And I think that, you know, the loss was so overwhelming. But I think it did bring people together and that was something that was really an extraordinary thing. |
Chris Matthews | I love it. I love New York, actually, and I love going there this time of year especially, and I usually bring my dad up here. I have to tell you that that ad works for me. |
Dennis Miller | Someone once told me if you're nervous about going to parties you should bring a prop. |
Gene Wilder | Yes! And I'm that little boy you used to bathe and tuck into bed and bring warm milk and cookies too, just before you kissed me good night. |
Judy Sheindlin | That's true. But you are supposed to bring with you to the bench, especially the bench in the family court, a life's experience. |
Patrick Leahy | My point is there were so many mistakes made in past years, I think that Arafat doesn't have the strength to lead. I really don't. I don't know who takes his place, but I don't think he can bring about peace. |
Rush Limbaugh | Perpetual negotiations, diplomatic half-measures, or land for peace deals will not bring peace to the Middle East. |
Tim McGraw | They're the best. They put a movie in three minutes. So far I haven't been able to bring myself to put myself on that level to put a song on record. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Permit me to bring to your remembrance the magnitude of your task. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Ill-considered remedies for our faults bring only penalties after them. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | That is the only way we can get the men and bring back our veterans. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | New forces and new nations stir and strive across the earth, with power to bring, by their fate, great good or great evil to the free world's future. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | For only with complete dedication by us all to the national interest can we bring our country through the troubled years that lie ahead. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Some say it will bring war to the heavens, but its purpose is to deter war in the heavens and on Earth. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | I am committed to bring the staggering costs of health care under control. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Let's bring excellence into every part of America. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | It would take one vial, one canister, one crate slipped into this country to bring a day of horror like none we have ever known. We will do everything in our power to make sure that that day never comes. |
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| "Bring" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 75.50% of the time. "Bring" is used about 15,439 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 75.5% | 11,657 | 791 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 24.5% | 3,782 | 2,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15,439 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bring" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bring | Last name | 300 | 25,761 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "bring": april showers bring may flowers ♦ bring a charge ♦ bring a charge against smb. ♦ bring a doctor ♦ bring a good account of oneself ♦ bring a hornet's nest about one's ears ♦ bring a hornets' nest about one's ears ♦ bring a lawsuit ♦ bring a patient through ♦ bring a quantity ♦ bring a quantity of ♦ bring a suit against ♦ bring a wasp's nest about one's ears ♦ bring about ♦ bring about a union ♦ bring about an accident ♦ bring again ♦ bring along ♦ bring an accusation against ♦ bring an accusation against smb. ♦ bring an action ♦ bring an action against ♦ bring an action against smb. ♦ bring around ♦ bring away ♦ bring back ♦ bring back to his senses ♦ bring back to life ♦ bring back to the memory ♦ bring bad luck ♦ bring before ♦ bring before court ♦ bring birth ♦ bring by nausea ♦ bring close ♦ bring closer ♦ bring clouds ♦ bring discredit ♦ bring discredit on ♦ bring discredit on smb. ♦ bring discredit upon smb. ♦ bring disgrace on one's family ♦ bring disgrace on smb. ♦ bring dishonor on smb. ♦ bring dishonour on smb. ♦ bring down ♦ bring down on ♦ bring down the house ♦ bring down the score ♦ bring down to earth ♦ bring down upon ♦ bring electricity to ♦ bring evidence to ♦ bring for ♦ bring formal charges against ♦ bring forth ♦ bring forth shoots ♦ bring forward ♦ bring good luck ♦ bring good news ♦ bring grist to smb.'s mill ♦ bring help ♦ bring here ♦ bring home ♦ bring home the bacon ♦ bring home to ♦ bring in ♦ bring in a bill ♦ bring in a lawsuit ♦ bring in a verdict of guilty ♦ bring in head and shoulders ♦ bring in question ♦ bring in the mire ♦ bring in the open ♦ bring into ♦ bring into a focus ♦ bring into account ♦ bring into action ♦ bring into being ♦ bring into contempt ♦ bring into derision ♦ bring into disrepute ♦ bring into existence ♦ bring into fashion ♦ bring into force ♦ bring into line ♦ bring into operation ♦ bring into play ♦ bring into position ♦ bring into question ♦ bring into safety ♦ bring into the open ♦ bring into the world ♦ bring into trouble ♦ bring low ♦ bring luck ♦ bring more ♦ bring more into line ♦ bring near ♦ bring near and touch ♦ bring nearer. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "bring": bring-and-buy, bring-back, bring-could, bring-them-down. | |
Ending with "bring": better-bring, day'-bring, hiatt-bring. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "bring"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bring (fetch). (various references) | |
Albanian | bind (assure, bring over, convince, expostulate, get, get round, induce, lead, make smb. listen to reason, outrun, persuade, prevail, prevail upon, reassure, remonstrate, rub in), bie (abate, attach, attack, bang out, bite, blow over, break down, burn down, chime, come a cropper, come down, crash, crash down, crumple, cut, decline, descend, devolve, drop, fall, fall off, fall on, finger, flake off, flop, give, go, go down, hoot, pitch, play, plunge, plunk, recede, sink, strike, subside, throw down, tumble), sjell (adduce, bear, beget, carry, cause, draw, engender, fetch, induce, inflict, return), sillni, shtyj (actuate, adjourn, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), shpie (carry, convey, drive, give a lift, keep, lead, lead up, send), shitem (go, keep, move, prostitute), parashtroj (commit, enunciate, expound, pose, posit, prefer, propound, put forward, submit), nxit (abet, actuate, arouse, begrime, dare, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incendiarism, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, arouse, begrime, challenge, dare, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), nis (begin, break, commence, despatch, dispatch, enter, enter on, get, get round, initiate, lead off, open, originate, rise, send, send on, start, take up), marr (accede, acquire, assume, catch, claim, collect, contract, draw, get, have, land, make, obtain, occupy, pick up, possess, realize, receive, score, take, take in, take out), çoj (conduce, deliver, drive, drop, give a lift, haul, haze, lead, lead off, lead up to, lift, pass, post, raise, rear, route, send, take off, take place, waft). (various references) | |
Arabic | قنع (get smb. to do smth., hide, incline, induce, mask, move, persuade, push through, sell, win over), واكب (bear, convoy, escort), حضر (assist, attend, call in, civilize, come, elaborate, fetch, make, prepare, present, report, send around, turn up), جلب (fetch, get), جضر, جاء (arrive, came, come, turn up), إجتذب (solicit), أغرى (addict, bait, beckon, entice, importune, induce, inveigle, invite, lead on, seduce, suborn, tempt, undo), أحضر, أحدث (breed, brew, bring forth, create, crop, effect, enact, engender, generate, give rise to, hatch, induce, inspire, make, mother, proceed, progress, provoke, send forth, supervene, wreck), أجبر (coerce, compel, constrain, drive, force, impress, make, oblige, overstrain, pressure, reduce, reset), أدى (bring about, conduct, do, execute, fulfil, fulfill, function, give rise to, go, perform, put on, result), رافق (accompany, bully, carry, chaperon, companion, company, escort, follow, join, pursue, see, see off, string, string along with, take, take along, take out). (various references) | |
Aymara | apaniña (to bring). (various references) | |
Basque | ekarriko (will bring). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | склонявам, сервирам (bring in, dish, help, serve, serve out, serve up, wait at table, wait on, wait upon), въвеждам (bring in, establish, herald, import, initiate, institute, introduce, naturalize, pioneer, prelude, premise, prologue, put in, set up, show, take in, usher in), вмъквам (bring in, inject, insert, inset, interject, interpolate, interpose, parenthesize, put in, run in, slip, throw in, weave, work, work in), нося (bear, bring forth, bring round, carry, float, give, pack, sweep along, take), завеждам (be head, conduct, induct, initiate, land, run, superintend, take, take over), предизвиквам (arouse, bring on, dare, defy, elicit, engender, fly in the face of, give birth, give rise to, give to rise, induce, instigate, invite, outbrave, pick, provoke, raise, rouse, set up, shape up, sow, stump, throw out a challenge, touch off, urge, work up), причинявам (bring about, bring forth, cause, create, do, effect, engender, generate, induce, inflict, make, procure, produce, putrefy, set off, set up, throw down, work, work up), докарвам до, докарвам (account, bring over, bring up, dress, dress up, drive, induce, land, lay, produce, reduce, return, send, set, smarten, work), довеждам (bring round, carry, fetch, immigrate, lead up to, produce), донасям (bring around, bring round, fetch, get it, inform, notify, report, return, work). (various references) | |
Catalan | portar (fetch). (various references) | |
Chinese | 帶 (and, area, band, belt, carry, consists of, girdle, lead, region, ribbon, show, wear, zone), 带来 (Bringing, Brought). (various references) | |
Czech | přinést (fetch, offer up, return, take in). (various references) | |
Danish | bringe (fetch). (various references) | |
Dutch | brengen (bear, carry, conduct, fetch, guide, lead, to bring, wear), bezorgen (fetch), aandragen (fetch). (various references) | |
Esperanto | alveturigi (convey, supply), alporti (fetch). (various references) | |
Estonian | tooge. (various references) | |
Faeroese | venja (breed, bring up, coach, educate, exercise, practise, raise, tame, train), læra (breed, bring up, educate, learn, raise, teach), hava við (bring along, comprise, contain, include, take along), ala upp (breed, bring up, coach, educate, raise, tutor). (various references) | |
Farsi | موجب شدن (Afford, Entail, Evince, Inbreed, Inure), اوردن (Fetch), رساندن به . (various references) | |
Finnish | viedä (carry, convey, deprive, lead, require, take), tuoda (carry, deliver, fetch, introduce), pakottaa (ache, beat, compel, constrain, emboss, force, make), noutaa (call for, fetch). (various references) | |
French | apporter (bring along, bring round), amener (bring about, bring round). (various references) | |
Frisian | tatôgje (fetch), oandrage (fetch), oanbringe (accommodate, accuse, adapt, adjust, attune, denounce, fetch, fit, fix, give an account, mount, place, recruit, report, tune). (various references) | |
Galician | trae-la (bring the). (various references) | |
German | bringen (broadcast, carry, cause, drive, earn, feature, fetch, get, give, induce, introduce, make, offer, present, print, produce, publish, put, put out, reach, take, take out, to bring, to remedy, yield), mitbringen (bring along, bring with one, take along, to bring along), überbringen (deliver, fetch). (various references) | |
Greek | φέρνω (fetch). (various references) | |
Guarani | agueraháta (I shall bring), agueraha (I bring). (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | pote. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | afroj (bring close together, bring near to). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לקחת (grasp, have, receive, seize, take), להביא (fetch, including), הביא. (various references) | |
Hungarian | rávesz (entice, get, got, prevail upon, to bring round, to get, to get around, to induce, to persuade, to tempt), odavisz (fetch), hoz (bore, born, borne, to bear, to bring in, to land, to release, to spawn, to tree, to warm). (various references) | |
Icelandic | ala upp (breed, bring up, educate, raise). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bawa, mengambilkan (get or fetch for), membawakan (portray, present, recite), membawa (bring about, carry, take along, transport), cokok (carry, take). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | qaivaa (to bring). (various references) | |
Irish | beir (catch, fetch), tabhair (fetch, give). (various references) | |
Italian | portare (adduce, bear, bring about, bring forth, carry, convey, drive, fetch, get, lead, move, nourish, produce, take, to bring, wear). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 導く (guide, lead). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あらいだす (to bring to light), いれる (to admit, to bring in, to cast, to commit, to comprehend, to employ, to include, to insert, to introduce, to let in, to listen to, to pay, to put in, to put into, to set, to take in, to tolerate, to usher in), もりたてる (to bring up, to rally, to support), もってくる (to bring), もたらす (to bring, to bring about, to take), やしないそだてる (to bring up, to foster, to rear), もちこむ (to bring in, to lodge, to take something into ..), むしかえす (to bring up again, to reheat, to steam over, to take up again a problem that has been dealt with), もちこみ (bring-your-own), あかるみにだす (to bring to light, to make public), あまやかしてそだてる (to bring up indulgently), わざわいをまねく (to bring calamity upon oneself), めしつれる (to accompany, to bring along), れいかんしょうほう, だきこむ (to bring over a person to one's side, to hold in one's arms, to involve), むにする (to bring to naught, to waste), はこびあげる (to carry or bring), ちかよせる (to associate with, to bring close to), ちかづける (to associate with, to bring near, to let come near, to put close), てあげ (all over, bring to knees, given in, given up hope), ていき (bring suit, file a claim, fixed term, raise a question), ともなう (to accompany, to be accompanied by, to be involved in, to bring with), もりあげる (to bring to a climax, to heap up, to pile up, to raise, to stir up), はんにゅう (bring in, take in), かもしだす (to bring about, to engender), はこびこむ (to bring in, to carry in), はこびいれる (to carry or bring in), はぐくむ (to bring up, to raise, to rear), よびいれる (to bring in, to call in, to invite), もちだす (to bring out from where it belongs, to carry out, to take out), もちはこぶ (to bring, to carry), とくになる (to bring profit, to dogood), きりいだす (to begin to talk, to break the ice, to bring down, to broach, to cut, to cut and carry off, to quarry), こうかてきめん (bring an immediate result on, have an instant effect on), ひきかえす (to bring back, to repeat, to retrace one's steps, to send back), そだてる (to bring up, to raise, to rear), しとめる (to bring down, to kill), 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), きりだす (to begin to talk, to break the ice, to bring down, to broach, to cut, to cut and carry off, to quarry), ぼけつをほる (to bring calamity upon oneself), きたす (to bring about, to cause, to induce, to produce), おてあげ (all over, bring to knees, given in, given up hope, giving up), すべあわせる (to bring together, to unite), たちおうじょう (bring to a standstill, stalling, standstill, stranding), たおす (to beat, to blow down, to bring down, to cheat, to defeat, to fell, to kill, to knock down, to leave unpaid, to overthrow, to ruin, to throw down, to trip up), たすけあげる (to bring safely to land, to help up, to pick up), しめくくりをつける (to bring to a finish, to complete), のぼす (to bring up, to raise, to record, to send some one out, to serve), かめいをはずかしめる (to bring disgrace upon one's family name), かおにどろをぬる (to bring disgraceon, to fling mud at). (various references) | |
Korean | 가져오십시요 (Fetch). (various references) | |
Lombard | portà (fetch). (various references) | |
Malay | ambil ... mengambil (fetch, get, pick up). (various references) | |
Manx | cur lesh (carry, fetch, tide). (various references) | |
Maya | kuhs (to bring). (various references) | |
Norwegian | bringe (fetch). (various references) | |
Papiamen | trese (fetch), hiba (bring away, carry away, fetch). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ingbray.(various references) | |
Polish | przynieść (fetch). (various references) | |
Portuguese | trazer (bring forward, carry, fetch, introduce, reflect, to bring), traga, provocar (abet, add fuel to, aggravate, arouse, bring on, cause, cause to take place, challenge, court, defy, egg, egg on, excite, gall, generate, incite, induce, infuse, instigate, invite, nettle, occasion, pick, provoke, raise, rattle, rouse, solicit, start, stimulate, stir up, waken), produzir (accustom, activate, beget, bring forth, cause, create, crop, engender, form, generate, give rise to, grate, grow, have, heave, induce, inure, make, manufacture, originate, procreate, produce, progress, spin, supply, turn out, vesicate, yield), persuadir (advise, cajole, coax, cog, convince, counsel, dispose, get around, induce, insinuate, lead, move, persuade, post, seduce, talk into, urge, woo), influenciar (actuate, bias, coax, dominate, have an affect on, induce, influence, prepossess, talk, weigh), conduzir (carry, conduce, conduct, drive, guide, head, lead, leading, manage, officer, run, steer, take, transmit, transport), alegar (adduce, allege, bring forward, cite, claim, object, plead, presume, pretend, say). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | trazer-me (to bring to me), trazer (to bring), traga-me (bring to me). (various references) | |
Quechua | apasuncheq (we will bring). (various references) | |
Romanian | aduce (accompany, adduce, afford, bear, bring in, cause, collect, convey, drive, fetch, furnish, gather, get, lead, produce, secure, supply, take, transport, yield). (various references) | |
Romansch | purtar (to bring). (various references) | |
Romany | anàv (to bring). (various references) | |
Russian | приводить (adduce, cite, conduce, recast, reduce). (various references) | |
Scottish | beir (bring forth, produce, take hold of), thoir (compel, fetch, get, give, lay hold of, persuade, pick up, take, take : thoir air), far (freight, upon, upon : far an d' fhàg mi e, where, where I left it, with). (various references) | |
Sepedi | tliaa (to bring). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | privesti (append), podneti (bear, endure, present, put in, render, submit, tender, turn in), nositi (bear, buffet, carry, have, hold, pack, take, tote, waft, wear), naneti (deposit, inflict, strike), dovoditi (drive), dovesti (bring about, lead, take), doneti (bring in, carry, enact, fetch, pass, retrieve). (various references) | |
Shona | -uyisa (to bring). (various references) | |
Sicilian | caggiunari (to bring). (various references) | |
Somali | keeni, keen. (various references) | |
Spanish | traer (bring along, bring around, bring forward, bring in, bring round, bringing, call up, carry, carry back, cover up, fetch, get, take along, wear, wheel out), llevar (bear, bear out, blow, bring along, bring around, bring round, carry, carry off, carry on, cart, convey, deliver, drive, encroach on, enter up, ferryboat, fetch, have, have on, heave, hump, hunch, keep, lead, live, live through, live up, lug, model, run, see, spend, sport, take, take along, take over, tote, transport, truck, trundle, tug, wash, wear, whip, whirl, whisk). (various references) | |
Sranan | tyari (bear, carry, fetch, wear). (various references) | |
Swahili | lete. (various references) | |
Swedish | ta med sig (take along), föra med sig (carry with one, entail), bringa (breast, brisket, carry, convey, drive). (various references) | |
Tagalog | dalhín (bear, carry, fetch, wear). (various references) | |
Tahitian | 'afa'i (to bring). (various references) | |
Turkish | vermek (accord, adduce, adjudge, administer, allow, assign, award, bear, bestow, bring in, cede, charter, come across with, confer, contribute, dedicate, deliver, deliver up, dispose of, distribute, donate, endow, extend, furnish, give, give away, give in, grant, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, impart, inflict, inoculate, insert, instate, lend, let, let out, offer, pass, pass in, place, present, produce, put up, reach, render, serve, tender, throw, yield), razı etmek (argue smb. into smth., bring over, cajole, cheat, fast-talk, persuade, prevail on, prevail upon), neden olmak (beget, bring about, bring along, call forth, cause, conduce, cost, create, determine, do, draw on, encompass, engender, excite, give rise to, incline, invite, originate, procure, produce, provoke, raise, touch off, trigger), kazandırmak (bring in, redound), ikna etmek (argue, argue smb. into smth., assure, bring over, bring round, cajole, coax, convince, convince smb. of smth., dispose, draw, entice, fast-talk, have a way with, induce, influence, interest, jolly, persuade, prevail on, prevail upon, satisfy, sell smb. on, wheedle, win, win smb. round), getirmek (bear, bring along, bring in, bring round, carry, convey, fetch, get, introduce, propose, return, take into, usher, work up), getírmek (fetch). (various references) | |
Turkmen | timarlamak (lead, result), rejelemek (lead, result in), getirmek (fetch), eltmek (deliver, hand), дklemek (deliver). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вводити (introduce), приводити, приносити (produce), примушувати (cause, coerce, compel, concuss, constrain, enforce, force, oblige, squeeze, urge, will), переконувати (admonish, argue, assure, certify, convince, expostulate, reason, satisfy, talk over, urge), доставляти (bring round, deliver, supply, take over). (various references) | |
Welsh | no+l (fetch), dyfod â (fetch), dwyn (bear, steal, take), dod â (fetch), dod a+, cyrchu (approach, attack, fetch, frequent, go, repair, resort). (various references) | |
Yucatec | taasik (fetch). (various references) | |
Zulu | -letha (fetch). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adaquabantur, adaquare, adaquato, addam, addant, addar, addara, addas, addat, addatur, addens, addent, addentes, addentur, addere, adderetis, adderetur, addes, addet, addetis, addetur, addi, addiderint, addiderunt, addideruntque, addidimus, addidit, addiditque, addit, additae, addite, additi, additis, addo, adduco, addunt, adportabat, adportaverant, adporto, adtuli, adtulimus, adtulit, aggerem, aggeres, collecta, collectae, collectam, collecti, collectis, collecto, collectos, collectum, collectus, collegerimus, collegeris, collegerunt, collegi, collegissent, collegisset, collegisti, collegit, colleximus, collexistis, colligam, colligant, colligas, colligat, colligatis, colligatur, colligebant, colligebat, colligendas, colligendi, colligendum, colligens, colligent, colligentem, colligentes, colligentur, colligere, colligerent, colligeret, colligeris, colliges, colligesque, colliget, colligetur, colligimus, colligit, colligite, colligitur, colligo, colligunt, colliguntur, confla, conflabimini, conflabitur, conflabo, conflandum, conflans, conflasti, conflata, conflatae, conflator, conflatur, conflatus, conflaverunt, conflavit, confletur, congesto, conligare, defer, deferant, deferat, deferebant, deferebat, deferebatur, deferens, deferent, deferentes, deferes, deferet, deferetur, deferre, deferrent, deferrentur, deferte, delatae, delatura, delaturam, delatus, deportabunt, deportandam, deportantur, deportaverant, detulerant, detulerat, detulerunt, detuli, detulissent, detulisset, detulisti, detulit, exorta, exortae, exorti, exortum, exortus, fer, feram, feramur, ferant, feras, ferat, ferebant, ferebantur, ferebanturque, ferebat, ferebatur, feremus, ferens, ferent, ferente, ferentem, ferentes, feret, feretis, fero tuli latum, ferque, ferre, ferrent, ferret, ferri, fers, fert, ferte, fertis, fertur, ferunt, iniungetur, inportabilia, introduc, introducam, introducamus, introducas, introducat, introducatur, introducebas, introducens, introducent, introducere, introducerent, introducerentur, introduceret, introduces, introducet, introducetis, introducit, introducti, introductio, introductis, introducturus, introduxeris, introduxerit, introduxerunt, introduxi, introduxisti, introduxistis, introduxit, introduxitque, introferrent, lata, latam, late, latum, latus, perfeci, perficio, perficio, perfeci, perfectum, porta, portabam, portabant, portabat, portabatur, portaberis, portabimini, portabis, portabisque, portabit, portabitis, portabitque, portabitur, portabo, portabunt, portamini, portanda, portandum, portans, portansque, portant, portante, portantem, portantes, portantibus, portantis, portantium, portantur, portare, portarent, portaret, portaretur, portari, portas, portassent, portasti, portastis, portat, portata, portate, portatos, portatur, portatus, portaverat, portaverit, portaverunt, portavi, portavimus, portavit, portem, portemus, portent, portes, portet, portetis, portetur, porto, subintroductos, tulerant, tulerat, tulere, tulerim, tuleris, tulerit, tuleritis, tulero, tulerunt, tuleruntque, tuli, tulimus, tulimusque, tulique, tulissent, tulisset, tulisti, tulistis, tulit, tulitque. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | beran, brengan, bringan, gebringan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 14, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de eipen ferete moi autouV wde |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui ait eis adferte illos mihi huc |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða cwæð se hælend. bringeð mehider. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he seide to hem, Brynge ye hem hidur to me. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he sayde: bringe the hyther to me. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He said, Bring them hither to me. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He said, Bring them hither to me. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he said, Give them to me. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 14, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Ug siya miingon, "Dad-a nganhi kanako." |
| Chinese | 耶 穌 說 、 拿 過 來 給 我 。 |
| Croatian | A on æe im: "Donesite mi ih ovamo." |
| Danish | Men han sagde: "Henter mig dem hid!" |
| Dutch | En Hij zeide: Brengt Mij dezelve hier. |
| Finnish | Mutta hän sanoi: "Tuokaa ne tänne minulle". |
| French | Et il dit: Apportez-les-moi. |
| German | Und er sprach: Bringet sie mir her. |
| Haitian Creole | Jezi di yo: Pote yo ban mwen. |
| Hungarian | Õ pedig monda: Hozzátok azokat ide hozzám. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Bawa itu kemari," kata Yesus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata-Nya, "Bawalah dia ke mari kepada-Ku." |
| Italian | Ed egli disse: «Portatemeli qua». |
| Manx Gaelic | Dooyrt eshyn, Cur-jee lhieu ad ayns shoh hym's. |
| Maori | Na ka mea ia, Mauria mai ki konei ki ahau. |
| Norwegian | Men han sa: Hent dem hit til mig! |
| Portuguese | E ele disse: trazei-mos aqui. |
| Rumanian | Wi El le -a zis: ,,Aduceyi -i aici la Mine.`` |
| Russian | пО УЛБЪБМ: РТЙОЕУЙФЕ ЙИ нОЕ УАДБ. |
| Shuar | Tuíniakui Jesus "Wats, nu itiartitiarum" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Él les dijo: --Traédmelos acá. |
| Swahili | Yesu akawaambia, "Nileteeni hapa." |
| Swedish | Då sade han: "Bären dem hit till mig." |
| Uma | Na'uli' Yesus: "Keni tumai." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bring": bringdown, bringdowns, bringer, bringers, bringing, brings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "bring": sabring, subring. (additional references) | |
Words containing "bring": subrings, upbringing, upbringings. (additional references) | |
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"Bring" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: berang, berign, bering, Beringia, Bhingi, bingy, bling, boing, Brang, Branig, breeng, bridg, briga, brigg, Brigo, brigy, brind, bringe, bringraj, Brini, brint, brng, brnign, broing, Bronagh, brung, bryn, bryng, brynge, bryns, brysg, buring, Buringh, hring, ibrin, mring, sbring, Sbrinz, ubring. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bring" (pronounced bri"ng) |
| 3 | -r i" ng | ring, spring, string, wring. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-n-r" | |
-1 letter: brig, brin, girn, grin, ring. | |
-2 letters: big, bin, gib, gin, nib, rib, rig, rin. | |
-3 letters: bi, in. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-n-r" | |
+1 letter: baring, binger, boring, brings, orbing, robing. | |
+2 letters: barbing, barding, barfing, bargain, barging, barking, barring, bearing, bighorn, bingers, birding, birling, birring, blaring, borings, bracing, braking, braving, braying, brazing, brewing, bribing, brigand, bringer, brining, broking, bruting, burking, burling, burning, burping, burring, burying, byrling, curbing, garbing, kerbing, probing, rebegin, ribbing, robbing, rubbing, rubying, sabring, sorbing, subring. | |
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