bring
/ˈbɹɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.27 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
Example Sentences
- "Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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.’"
- "Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time."
- "The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bryngen, bringan, *bringan, *bringaną, *bʰrenk-
Usage
Inflected Forms
brings (present, singular)
bringing (participle, present)
brought (past)
brang (colloquial, dialectal)
brought (participle, past)
brung (colloquial, dialectal)
broughten (dialectal, participle)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
brought (first person, past)
brang (dialectal, first person)
brung (first person, nonstandard)