Meaning of "bring" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRING

Old English bringan; related to Gothic briggan, Old High German bringan.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BRING

bring  [brɪŋ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRING

Bring is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bring in English.

WHAT DOES BRING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Definition of bring in the English dictionary

The first definition of bring in the dictionary is to carry, convey, or take to a designated place or person. Other definition of bring is to cause to happen or occur to. Bring is also to cause to happen as a consequence.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BRING

PRESENT

Present

I bring

you bring

he/she/it brings

we bring

you bring

they bring

Present continuous

I am bringing

you are bringing

he/she/it is bringing

we are bringing

you are bringing

they are bringing

Present perfect

I have brought

you have brought

he/she/it has brought

we have brought

you have brought

they have brought

Present perfect continuous

I have been bringing

you have been bringing

he/she/it has been bringing

we have been bringing

you have been bringing

they have been bringing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I brought

you brought

he/she/it brought

we brought

you brought

they brought

Past continuous

I was bringing

you were bringing

he/she/it was bringing

we were bringing

you were bringing

they were bringing

Past perfect

I had brought

you had brought

he/she/it had brought

we had brought

you had brought

they had brought

Past perfect continuous

I had been bringing

you had been bringing

he/she/it had been bringing

we had been bringing

you had been bringing

they had been bringing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will bring

you will bring

he/she/it will bring

we will bring

you will bring

they will bring

Future continuous

I will be bringing

you will be bringing

he/she/it will be bringing

we will be bringing

you will be bringing

they will be bringing

Future perfect

I will have brought

you will have brought

he/she/it will have brought

we will have brought

you will have brought

they will have brought

Future perfect continuous

I will have been bringing

you will have been bringing

he/she/it will have been bringing

we will have been bringing

you will have been bringing

they will have been bringing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would bring

you would bring

he/she/it would bring

we would bring

you would bring

they would bring

Conditional continuous

I would be bringing

you would be bringing

he/she/it would be bringing

we would be bringing

you would be bringing

they would be bringing

Conditional perfect

I would have bring

you would have bring

he/she/it would have bring

we would have bring

you would have bring

they would have bring

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been bringing

you would have been bringing

he/she/it would have been bringing

we would have been bringing

you would have been bringing

they would have been bringing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you bring
we let´s bring
you bring

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to bring

Past participle

brought

Present Participle

bringing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BRING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bring» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of bring

accompany · bear · carry · cause · command · compel · conduct · convey · convince · create · deliver · dispose · earn · effect · engender · escort · fetch · force · gross · guide · import · induce · inflict · influence · introduce · lead · make · move · net · occasion · persuade · produce · prompt · return · sway · take · transfer · transport · usher · wreak · yield

TRANSLATION OF BRING

Find out the translation of bring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bring» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 带来
• Translator English - Spanish: traer
• English: bring
• Translator English - Hindi: लाना
• Translator English - Arabic: يَجيء بِ
• Translator English - Russian: приносить
• Translator English - Portuguese: trazer
• Translator English - Bengali: briner
• Translator English - French: apporter
• Translator English - Malay: Briner
• Translator English - German: bringen
• Translator English - Japanese: 持ってくる
• Translator English - Korean: 가져오다
• Translator English - Javanese: Briner
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mang lại
• Translator English - Tamil: briner
• Translator English - Marathi: ब्रिनर
• Translator English - Turkish: Briner
• Translator English - Italian: portare
• Translator English - Polish: przynieść
• Translator English - Ukrainian: приносити
• Translator English - Romanian: a aduce
• Translator English - Greek: φέρνω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bring
• Translator English - Swedish: hämta
• Translator English - Norwegian: ta med

10 QUOTES WITH «BRING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bring.

1

Ralph Abernathy

Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards. But let the record show we ain't going to be turned around.

2

Moustapha Akkad

I made the film to bring the story of Islam, the story of 700 million of people, to the West.

3

Alan Autry

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

4

Fantasia Barrino

It's always good when you can bring two artists together who are totally different.

5

Todd Barry

I am the the type to have a personal experience with a celebrity, but I'm too classy to bring that up.

6

Joe Barton

I will use my position as chairman emeritus on the Energy and Commerce Committee to try to bring some common sense to EPA regulations.

7

Tomas Berdych

I can see that the tennis for the fans could be a bit boring, and these days you have these new modern things which you can do, and you have a lot of time, because you just play a match, and practise, and many times in between you can bring many things to the fans.

8

Ray Blanton

Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.

9

Ian Botham

You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives.

10

Tammy Bruce

One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRING»

Discover the use of bring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Bring on the Books for Everybody: How Literary Culture ...

DIVBring on the Books for Everybody is an engaging assessment of the robust popular literary culture that has developed in the United States during the past two decades.

Jim Collins, 2010

Bring 'em Back Alive: The Best of Frank Buck

The intrepid Texas jungle adventurer Frank Buck spent his life capturing alive every kind of animal, and enthralled generations of readers with the stories of danger and daring collected here.

Frank Buck, Steven Lehrer, 2006

Don't Bring Home a White Boy: And Other Notions that Keep ...

In Don’t Bring Home a White Boy, writer Karyn Langhorne Folan debunks the myths about interracial relationships.

Karyn Langhorne Folan, 2010

Bring Up the Bodies: A Novel

Winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Award The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall ...

Hilary Mantel, 2012

Bring It!: The Revolutionary Fitness Plan for All Levels ...

Creator of the best-selling P90Xª workout series, Tony Horton shows you how to attain the results you want.

Tony Horton, 2010

Bring Out Your Dead: The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in ...

Bring Out Your Dead is an absorbing account, form the original sources, of an infamous tragedy that left its mark on all it touched.

J. H. Powell, 1993

Bring Back Beatrice!: 1,108 Baby Names with Meaning, ...

Issuing a clarion to call to parents who want to give their newborn a quirky name, this collection of names includes 1,546 mostly classic examples, and makes a strong case for each, featuring the name's definition, its use in history, its ...

Jennifer Griffin, 2011

When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

In a collection of irreverent humor, the author presents his observations and opinions on the foibles and follies of modern life, taking on such topics as the media, the battle of the sexes, hygiene, evasive language, and politics.

George Carlin, 2004

Prayers That Bring Change: Power-Filled Prayers that Give ...

Use the authority God has given you to move to the next level in your prayer life with this collection of proclamation prayers by best-selling author Kimberly Daniels.

Kimberly Daniels, 2010

Bring Out Your Dead: The Past as Revelation

The work of the Renaissance humanists comes to life in Anthony Grafton’s exploration of the primary sources and modern scholarship, classical and modern elements in the world of European letters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth ...

Anthony Grafton, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bring is used in the context of the following news items.

For US Soccer Women, Success Won't Bring Compensation Equality

Carli Lloyd took a turn in the international spotlight Sunday, scoring three goals from all over the field as the U.S. women's soccer team routed ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»

Group wants Mayor Lenny Curry to bring back neighborhoods …

At the Infrastructure Subcommittee meeting Monday, members discussed how the neighborhoods department would bring back various ... «Florida Times-Union, Jul 15»

Are Bring Me The Horizon Releasing A New Song This Weekend?

You can catch Bring Me The Horizon live as direct support for the mighty Metallica at Reading and Leeds Festivals in August – check out the full ... «Kerrang!, Jul 15»

Phillies bring out the Jimmy Rollins of old

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers would be lying if they told you they were sure Jimmy Rollins was going to be a force in their lineup ... «ESPN, Jul 15»

Defiant Bill Shorten says 'bring it on' ahead of crunch royal …

A defiant Bill Shorten has dared Tony Abbott to "bring it on" and fight Labor head-to-head over worker's rights, declaring he "relishes" the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

Navas: Bring on De Gea

"De Gea is a great goalkeeper. He is excellent," Navas was quoted as saying by AS. "He's done really well at Manchester United and he is a ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»

Apple will bring back Home Sharing for music on iOS 9

It sucks that Home Sharing for music isn't available on iOS 8.4, but don't worry -- Apple isn't permanently getting rid of the feature to boost its ... «Engadget, Jul 15»

Cavaliers want to bring back J.R. Smith and Matthew Dellavedova …

The Cleveland Cavaliers intend to bring back J.R. Smith and ... If the Cavaliers do that and bring everyone back, their salary might reach record ... «SB Nation, Jul 15»

SC Senate votes to bring down confederate flag

The debate started when Americans saw the flag displayed in images of Dylan Roof in June. Roof is the man accused of killing the Charleston ... «WJCL News, Jul 15»

Help Bring the Village Green Project to Houston

Air Alliance Houston, in an effort to participate in the EPA program, which is known as the Village Green Project, has actively sought to bring ... «Houstonia Magazine, Jul 15»