(~s, ~ing, brought)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
Remember to ~ an apron or an old shirt to protect your clothes...
Come to my party and ~ a girl with you...
Someone went upstairs and brought down a huge kettle...
My father brought home a book for me.
VERB: V n, V n, V n with adv, V n for n with adv, also V n n with adv, V n prep
2.
If you ~ something somewhere, you move it there.
Reaching into her pocket, she brought out a cigarette...
Her mother brought her hands up to her face.
VERB: V n with adv, V n with adv, also V n prep
3.
If you ~ something that someone wants or needs, you get it for them or carry it to them.
He went and poured a brandy for Dena and brought it to her...
The stewardess kindly brought me a blanket.
VERB: V n to/for n, V n n, also V n
4.
To ~ something or someone to a place or position means to cause them to come to the place or move into that position.
I told you about what brought me here...
Edna Leitch survived a gas blast which brought her home crashing down on top of her.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n -ing
5.
If you ~ something new to a place or group of people, you introduce it to that place or cause those people to hear or know about it.
...the drive to ~ art to the public.
VERB: V n to n
6.
To ~ someone or something into a particular state or condition means to cause them to be in that state or condition.
He brought the car to a stop in front of the square...
His work as a historian brought him into conflict with the political establishment...
They have brought down income taxes.
VERB: V n prep, V n prep, V n with adv
7.
If something ~s a particular feeling, situation, or quality, it makes people experience it or have it.
He called on the United States to play a more effective role in ~ing peace to the region...
Banks have brought trouble on themselves by lending rashly...
He brought to the job not just considerable experience but passionate enthusiasm...
Her three children brought her joy.
VERB: V n to/on/from n, V n to/on/from n, V to n n, V n n
8.
If a period of time ~s a particular thing, it happens during that time.
For Sandro, the new year brought disaster...
We don’t know what the future will ~.
VERB: V n, V n
9.
If you ~ a legal action against someone or ~ them to trial, you officially accuse them of doing something illegal.
He campaigned relentlessly to ~ charges of corruption against former members of the government...
The ship’s captain and crew may be brought to trial and even sent to prison.
VERB: V n against n, be V-ed to n
10.
If a television or radio programme is brought to you by an organization, they make it, broadcast it, or pay for it to be made or broadcast. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use sponsor )
You’re listening to Science in Action, brought to you by the BBC World Service...
We’ll be ~ing you all the details of the day’s events.
VERB: be V-ed to n by n, V n n
11.
When you are talking, you can say that something ~s you to a particular point in order to indicate that you have now reached that point and are going to talk about a new subject.
And that ~s us to the end of this special report from Germany.
VERB: V n to n
12.
If you cannot ~ yourself to do something, you cannot do it because you find it too upsetting, embarrassing, or disgusting.
It is all very tragic and I am afraid I just cannot ~ myself to talk about it at the moment.
VERB: with brd-neg, V pron-refl to-inf
13.
to ~ something alive: see alive
to ~ something to bear: see bear
to ~ the house down: see house
to ~ up the rear: see rear