bring > define

verb

• Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.
  • usage: "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
  • synonyms: convey, take
• Cause to come into a particular state or condition.
  • usage: "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point"
• Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
  • usage: "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"
  • synonyms: work, play, wreak, make for
• Go or come after and bring or take back.
  • usage: "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine"; "The dog fetched the hat"
  • synonyms: get, convey, fetch
• Bring into a different state.
  • usage: "this may land you in jail"
  • synonyms: land
• Be accompanied by.
  • usage: "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner"
• Advance or set forth in court.
  • usage: "bring charges, "institute proceedings"
  • synonyms: institute
• Bestow a quality on.
  • usage: "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
  • synonyms: lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add
• Be sold for a certain price.
  • usage: "The painting brought $10, 000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction"
  • synonyms: fetch, bring in
• Attract the attention of.
  • usage: "The noise and the screaming brought the curious"
• Induce or persuade.
  • usage: "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well"

• (v.t.) To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.
• (v.t.) To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.
• (v.t.) To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
• (v.t.) To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what does coal bring per ton?.
• (v.t.) To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to make to come; to produce; to draw to.