bring

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English bringen, from Old English bringan (“to bring, lead, bring forth, carry, adduce, produce, present, offer”), from Proto-Germanic *bringaną (“to bring”) (compare West Frisian bringe, Low German bringen, Dutch brengen, German bringen), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrenk (compare Welsh he-brwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Albanian brengë (“worry, anxiety, concern”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”)).

Verb[edit]

bring (third-person singular simple present brings, present participle bringing, simple past and past participle brought)

  1. (transitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
    Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
    • a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, ISBN 1163911380, published 1894, page 63:
      Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
    • 1893, Walter Besant, The Ivory Gate, chapterII:
      At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly […] on the floor.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, The China Governess[1]:
      A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
    • 2012 August 21, Pilkington, Ed, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, The Guardian:
      Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
    The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.
    • 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:
      “ […] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  3. (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
    • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8848: 
      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.
  4. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
    • John Locke (1632-1705)
      It seems so preposterous a thing […] that they do not easily bring themselves to it.
  5. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
    What does coal bring per ton?
  6. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
    The closer Jones can really bring it.
Usage notes[edit]

Past brang and past participle brung and broughten forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.

Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from "bring"
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Etymology 2[edit]

Onomatopeia

Interjection[edit]

bring

  1. The sound of a telephone ringing.

Statistics[edit]

Danish[edit]

Verb[edit]

bring

  1. imperative of bringe

German[edit]

Verb[edit]

bring

  1. imperative singular of bringen

North Frisian[edit]

Verb[edit]

bring

  1. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to bring

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of bring
infinitive I bring
infinitive II tu bringen
past participle broocht
imperative singular bring
imperative plural bring'em
  present past
1st-person singular ik bring ik broocht
2nd-person singular dü brangst dü broochst
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at brangt hi/hat/at broocht
1st-person dual wat bring wat broocht
2nd-person dual jat bring jat broocht
1st-person plural wi bring wi broocht
2nd-person plural jam bring jam broocht
3rd-person plural jo bring jo broocht
  perfect pluperfect
1st-person singular ik haa broocht ik hed broocht
2nd-person singular dü heest broocht dü hedst broocht
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at hee broocht hi/hat/at hed broocht
1st-person dual wat haa broocht wat hed broocht
2nd-person dual jat haa broocht jat hed broocht
1st-person plural wi haa broocht wi hed broocht
2nd-person plural jam haa broocht jam hed broocht
3rd-person plural jo haa broocht jo hed broocht
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st-person singular ik skal bring ik wal bring
2nd-person singular dü wääl bring dü skääl bring
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at skal bring hi/hat/at wal bring
1st-person dual wat skel bring wat wel bring
2nd-person dual jat skel bring jat wel bring
1st-person plural wi skel bring wi wel bring
2nd-person plural jam skel bring jam wel bring
3rd-person plural jo skel bring jo wel bring


Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

bring

  1. imperative of bringe

Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old English bringan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tae bring (third-person singular simple present brings, present participle bringin, simple past brocht, past participle brocht)

  1. To bring.
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