# bring

Pronunciation: say "BRING" /ˈbɹɪŋ/

## Verb

1. To carry or lead something toward the speaker, the hearer, or a place in view.
   - Simple: To carry or take something or someone with you to a place or person.
   - _Could you bring the car around to the front?_
   - _They brought gifts for the children._
2. To cause or occasion a result, often one that arrives unbidden.
   - Simple: To cause something to happen or to come, such as trouble or tears.
   - _The new road brought heavy traffic to the village._
   - _Spring will bring longer days._
3. To supply or contribute a quality or resource to a situation.
   - Simple: To add something useful, like skill or a new way of thinking, to a group or a job.
   - _She brings energy to everything she does._
   - _Can you bring anything new to the discussion?_
4. To raise a lawsuit, a charge, or a complaint formally against someone.
   - Simple: To start a legal case or make a formal charge against someone.
   - _Prosecutors brought three counts of fraud._
   - _Anyone can bring a complaint to the ombudsman._
5. To lead or induce someone, most often oneself, to a course or a belief.
   - Simple: To lead or persuade someone, often yourself, to do or accept something.
   - _He could never bring himself to sell the house._
   - _They were brought to see reason at last._
6. Of a thing being sold, to fetch a price or produce a sum of money.
   - Simple: To be sold for a certain price, to fetch.
   - _A good hide brings forty dollars._
   - _The cattle didn't bring much at market._

## Other meanings

- (verb) In baseball, to pitch, usually a hard fastball, mostly with 'it' as the object.
- (interjection) Used to imitate a telephone's ring, nearly always doubled.

## Origin

From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan, tracing back through Proto-Germanic *bringaną to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-, possibly based on *bʰer-. It is related to Dutch brengen and German bringen.

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