Bring definition
Bring is a verb meaning "take something or somebody with oneself somewhere." It has 11 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 5
- How common
- Everyday word
Bring as a verb
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
"Bring me the box from the other room"
Same sense: take, convey
cause to come into a particular state or condition
"bring water to the boiling point"
cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
"bring comments"
go or come after and bring or take back
"Could you bring the wine?"
Same sense: get, convey, fetch
bring into a different state
Same sense: land
be accompanied by
"Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?"
advance or set forth in court
"bring charges"
Same sense: institute
bestow a quality on
"She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"
Same sense: add, contribute, lend, impart, bestow
be sold for a certain price
Same sense: bring in, fetch
attract the attention of
induce or persuade
Synonyms and antonyms
- take definition
- convey
- make for
- work definition
- play definition
- wreak
- get definition
- fetch
- land definition
- institute
- add definition
- contribute
- lend
- impart
- bestow
- bring in
Opposite: take away.
How to say bring
Bring has 1 syllable and rhymes with thing. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with bring
- thing
- anything
- everything
- king
- spring
- ring
- wing
- sing
- string
- swing
- modeling
- sting
BRING in word games
- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Anagrams
- 0
Is BRING a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check BRING in the word checker, or unscramble BRING to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.