bring

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See also: bRing

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English bryngen, 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 hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”)), possibly based on *bʰer-.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (transitive, ditransitive) 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, published 1894, →ISBN, 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.
    • 1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619:
      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, in 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?”, in 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.
    • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
      “ […] 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 occasion or bring about.
    The controversial TV broadcast brought a storm of complaints.
  4. (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
    • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in 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.
  5. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
  6. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
    What does coal bring per ton?
  7. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
    The closer Jones can really bring it.
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of bring
infinitive bring
present participle bringing
past participle brought
simple progressive perfect perfect progressive
present I bring we bring I am bringing we are bringing I have brought we have brought I have been bringing we have been bringing
you bring you bring you are bringing you are bringing you have brought you have brought you have been bringing you have been bringing
he brings they bring he is bringing they are bringing he has brought they have brought he has been bringing they have been bringing
past I brought we brought I was bringing we were bringing I had brought we had brought I had been bringing we had been bringing
you brought you brought you were bringing you were bringing you had brought you had brought you had been bringing you had been bringing
he brought they brought he was bringing they were bringing he had brought they had brought he had been bringing they had been bringing
future I will bring we will bring I will be bringing we will be bringing I will have brought we will have brought I will have been bringing we will have been bringing
you will bring you will bring you will be bringing you will be bringing you will have brought you will have brought you will have been bringing you will have been bringing
he will bring they will bring he will be bringing they will be bringing he will have brought they will have brought he will have been bringing they will have been bringing
conditional I would bring we would bring I would be bringing we would be bringing I would have brought we would have brought I would have been bringing we would have been bringing
you would bring you would bring you would be bringing you would be bringing you would have brought you would have brought you would have been bringing you would have been bringing
he would bring they would bring he would be bringing they would be bringing he would have brought they would have brought he would have been bringing they would have been bringing
imperative bring
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"
Translations[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]

Onomatopeia.

Interjection[edit]

bring

  1. The sound of a telephone ringing.

Afrikaans[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch bringen, a dialectal variant of standard brengen (“to bring”). Both forms were originally distinct, though related, verbs, but were early on conflated.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bring (present bring, present participle bringende, past participle gebring)

  1. (transitive) to bring; to deliver
  2. (transitive) to take; to lead (to another place)
    Bring asseblief hierdie borde kombuis toe.
    Please, take these dishes to the kitchen.

Derived terms[edit]

Danish[edit]

Verb[edit]

bring

  1. imperative of bringe

Garo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

bring

  1. jungle, forest

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bring

  1. imperative singular of bringen

Middle English[edit]

Verb[edit]

bring

  1. Alternative form of bryngen

North Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian bringa, which derives from Proto-Germanic *bringaną. Cognates include West Frisian bringe.

Verb[edit]

bring

  1. (Föhr-Amrum), (Heligoland) 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 skääl bring dü wääl 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]

From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. To bring.
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