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Meaning of "bring down" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRING DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRING DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bring down 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 down in English.

WHAT DOES BRING DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bring down in the English dictionary

The definition of bring down in the dictionary is to cause to fall. Other definition of bring down is to cause to be elated and then suddenly depressed, as from using drugs.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BRING DOWN

PRESENT

Present
I bring down
you bring down
he/she/it brings down
we bring down
you bring down
they bring down
Present continuous
I am bringing down
you are bringing down
he/she/it is bringing down
we are bringing down
you are bringing down
they are bringing down
Present perfect
I have brought down
you have brought down
he/she/it has brought down
we have brought down
you have brought down
they have brought down
Present perfect continuous
I have been bringing down
you have been bringing down
he/she/it has been bringing down
we have been bringing down
you have been bringing down
they have been bringing down
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 down
you brought down
he/she/it brought down
we brought down
you brought down
they brought down
Past continuous
I was bringing down
you were bringing down
he/she/it was bringing down
we were bringing down
you were bringing down
they were bringing down
Past perfect
I had brought down
you had brought down
he/she/it had brought down
we had brought down
you had brought down
they had brought down
Past perfect continuous
I had been bringing down
you had been bringing down
he/she/it had been bringing down
we had been bringing down
you had been bringing down
they had been bringing down
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bring down
you will bring down
he/she/it will bring down
we will bring down
you will bring down
they will bring down
Future continuous
I will be bringing down
you will be bringing down
he/she/it will be bringing down
we will be bringing down
you will be bringing down
they will be bringing down
Future perfect
I will have brought down
you will have brought down
he/she/it will have brought down
we will have brought down
you will have brought down
they will have brought down
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bringing down
you will have been bringing down
he/she/it will have been bringing down
we will have been bringing down
you will have been bringing down
they will have been bringing down
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bring down
you would bring down
he/she/it would bring down
we would bring down
you would bring down
they would bring down
Conditional continuous
I would be bringing down
you would be bringing down
he/she/it would be bringing down
we would be bringing down
you would be bringing down
they would be bringing down
Conditional perfect
I would have bring down
you would have bring down
he/she/it would have bring down
we would have bring down
you would have bring down
they would have bring down
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bringing down
you would have been bringing down
he/she/it would have been bringing down
we would have been bringing down
you would have been bringing down
they would have been bringing down
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bring down
we let´s bring down
you bring down
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bring down
Past participle
brought down
Present Participle
bringing down
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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRING DOWN

bring about
bring forth
bring forward
bring home the bacon
bring home to
bring in
bring into the open
bring into the world
bring off
bring on
bring out
bring out of one´s shell
bring over
bring round
bring someone to his knees
bring something to its knees
bring the house down
bring to
bring to bay
bring to bear

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRING DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
step down
take down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
wind down
write down

Synonyms and antonyms of bring down in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bring down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRING DOWN

Find out the translation of bring down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bring down 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 down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

打倒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

derribar
570 millions of speakers

English

bring down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे लाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اسقاط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сбить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

derrubar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire baisser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bawa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stürzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

倒す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아래로 가져
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggawa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hạ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொண்டு வா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घडवून आणण्यासाठी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Getirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ridurre
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obniżyć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

збити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aduce în jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να μειωθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

få ner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

få ned
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bring down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRING DOWN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRING DOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bring down

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10 QUOTES WITH «BRING DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bring down.
1
Marc Andreesen
If you want to bring down the prices of healthcare and education, the answer will be more innovation, more technology, which will then have the effect of freaking everybody out and saying, 'Oh, my God, you're going to kill all the jobs.'
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3
Art Bell
Fear is a great motivator. Look at what 9-11 has accomplished - My god. It's slammed the economy, It's - I can't even begin to detail all it's actually done, other than bring down the buildings and hit the Pentagon. It's stunned the entire nation.
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Michael Bloomberg
If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets - not to have a fair fight.
5
Chris Cannon
You know, if we're going to bring down the price of gas, you have to have three things. You have to have a big reserve, you have to have the ability to develop oil out of that reserve quickly, and you have to be able to produce oil at a relatively low cost.
6
Robert Dallek
Clinton's egregious act of self-indulgence was outdone by an impeachment based not on constitutionally required high crimes and misdemeanors but on a vindictive determination to bring down a president who had offended self-righteous moralists eager to put a different political agenda in place.
7
Alexis Denisof
The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system.
8
Denzil Douglas
Charles Miller cannot bring down my government.
9
Nigel Farage
If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been put upon those people.
10
Timothy Geithner
The world is likely to view any temporary extension of the income tax cuts for the top two percent as a prelude to a long-term or permanent extension, and that would hurt economic recovery as well by undermining confidence that we're prepared to make a commitment today to bring down our future deficits.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRING DOWN»

Discover the use of bring down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bring down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bring Down the Chandeliers: A Collection of Poetry
Tara Hardy is a father-daughter incest survivor.
Tara Hardy, 2011
2
Bring Down the Little Birds: On Mothering, Art, Work, and ...
GimŽnez Smith begins Bring Down the Little Birds by detailing the relationship with her own mother, from whom her own concept of motherhood originated, a conception the author continually reevaluates and questions over the course of the ...
Carmen GimŽnez Smith, 2010
3
Bring Down the Sun
Based on legends of ancient Greece and Macedonia, this romantic fantasy describes the life of Queen Olympias, who was a witch, the Priestess of the Great Goddess, the familiar of serpents, and ultimately the mother of Alexander the Great.
Judith Tarr, 2009
4
Bring Down the Walls: Lebanon's Post-War Challenge
Carole H. Dagher, a journalist for Lebanese media as well as a scholar, presents an insightful account of how Christian and Muslim communities emerged from the 16 year-old Lebanese war, what their points of friction and their common grounds ...
Carole H. Dagher, 2002
5
21: Bringing Down the House - Movie Tie-In: The Inside Story ...
Recounts the story of how a notorious gang of MIT blackjack savants devised and received backing for a system for winning at the world's most sophisticated casinos, an endeavor that earned them more than three million dollars.
Ben Mezrich, 2008
6
Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire
Uses intelligence reports to reconstruct the war conducted by Germany and Turkey against Britain
Peter Hopkirk, 1997
7
Uncontrolled Risk: Lessons of Lehman Brothers and How ...
This story is told through the eyes of an experienced risk manager and educator in a detailed and engaging way and provides the reader with a complete summary of how a savvy company with sophisticated employees and systems could have gotten ...
Mark Williams, 2010
8
Bring Down the Moon
Fleur's life takes an unexpected twist when in hearing the reflections of the old priest at the end of his life, she is brought back by an invisible moon to the start of her own. This is the Second Edition
Eva Le Bon, 2011
9
Cry Havoc!: The Great American Bring-down and How it Happened
"Cry Havoc is must-reading." -- William F. Buckley, Jr."Cry Havoc is not only well written, but absolutely right." -- Prof. Herbert London
Ralph de Toledano, 2006
10
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
Yuri Dolgopolov. bright-eyed and bushy-tailed - (US si.) alert and enthusiastic; ready for action: You look all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this morning. bring down the curtain on something draw the curtain on something bring down the curtain ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRING DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bring down is used in the context of the following news items.
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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»
2
Leftists bring down others to raise themselves
By junior high school age, children learn to prevent criticism of themselves by harping on the deficiencies of others. In casual cruelty, they join ... «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
3
Tyler investment advisor says Greek 'no' vote could bring down gas …
Tyler investment advisor says Greek 'no' vote could bring down gas prices. Posted: Jul 06, 2015 4:15 PM PDT. Monday, July 6, 2015 7:15 PM EDT. Updated: Jul ... «KPLC-TV, Jul 15»
4
Relying on guides to bring down trekkers was safest option in Sabah …
KOTA KINABALU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Allowing mountain guides to bring down trapped trekkers on Mount Kinabalu after the ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
5
Morning rains bring down mercury levels in Delhi
Monsoon showers for the past two days have helped in bringing down the mercury levels and providing the much needed respite for the ... «Merinews, Jul 15»
6
Reliance to bring down stake in Network 18 to 75%
Reliance Industries is likely to sell 3.25 crore shares of its subsidiary Network18 Media and Investments to bring down its promoter holding to ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
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It will take a coalition to bring down the caliphate
Sir, The proposal by David Gardner to bring down the “caliphate” (July 1) is interesting, and I agree that it will take a coalition to do it. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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Sheedy delighted after Longford 'dig very deep' to bring down Banner
Sheedy delighted after Longford 'dig very deep' to bring down Banner. Longford 2-12 Clare 1-12 All-Ireland SFC Qualifier Rd 2 ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
9
'Left, Right & Center': Bring Down the Confederate Flag
On a special Fourth of July episode, Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists debate the importance ... «Truthdig, Jul 15»
10
Scoppe: Bring down the flag, keep us together
WOrkers hang a banner from a business near the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. | David Goldman AP. Cindi Ross Scoppe. Associate ... «The State, Jul 15»

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