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bring¹

  • /ˈbɹɪŋ/
  • /ˈbɹɪŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną (“to bring”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-, possibly based on *bʰer-.

Compare Scots bring, West Frisian bringe, Low German brengen, Dutch brengen, Afrikaans bring, German bringen; also Welsh hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”).

verb brings · bringing · brought · brang · brung

  1. ditransitive, transitive To transport toward somebody/somewhere. Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
  2. figuratively, transitive To supply or contribute. The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.
  3. transitive To occasion or bring about. Let's bring our differences to an issue.
  4. transitive To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody. 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. It seems so preposterous a thing[…]that they do not easily bring themselves to it.
  6. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch. What does coal bring per ton?
  7. To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball. The closer Jones can really bring it.
  8. To move a piece into a more active position, esp. to initially develop it. You want to bring the rook and then start pushing your pawns.

bring²

  • /ʙɹɪŋ/
  • /ˈbɹɪŋ/
  • /ˈbɹɪŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

Where it comes from

Onomatopoeia.

interjection

  1. The sound of a telephone ringing. Near-synonyms: ring-a-ding, ding-a-ling

    Similar: ringaling, tingaling, ring-a-ding, ding-a-ling

Bring³

proper noun

  1. A surname from German or Swedish.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bring in, get, contribute, fetch, impart, make for, work, take, convey, add, bestow, institute, lend, play, wreak, land

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verb to transport toward somebody/somewhere

Españoltraer
한국어가져오다 gajeooda, 가져다주다 gajeodajuda, 갖다주다 gatdajuda
日本語持って来る motte-kuru, 持って行く motte-iku
中文帶來 /带来 dàilái, 帶去 /带去 dàiqu
हिन्दीलाना lānā
Kiswahilikuleta, kuletea
Portuguêstrazer
Françaisapporter, amener
Deutschbringen, holen
Italianoportare
Ελληνικάφέρνω férno
Românăaduce
Русскийприноси́ть prinosítʹ, принести́ prinestí, приводи́ть privodítʹ, привести́ privestí, привози́ть privozítʹ, привезти́ priveztí
Tiếng Việtmang
العربيةأَحْضَرَ ʔaḥḍara, جَاءَ بِـ jāʔa bi-, أَتَى بِـ ʔatā bi-, جَلَبَ jalaba
עבריתהֵבִיא heví

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@misc{bring_2026,
  title = {bring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}