brought
- 1Simple past and past participle of bring.
The witness brought new evidence to the trial.
By noon she had brought enough supplies for the whole crew.
Note
One irregular form does the work of two, so the tense is read from what surrounds it. Standing alone (she brought it), it is past. After had it forms the perfect, and after was it forms the passive. Every meaning of bring carries over: charges are brought against someone, change is brought about, and a painting can be said to have brought a good price, meaning it sold for that.
Charges were brought against the director last spring.
The painting brought a record price at auction.
brought is a form of bring
bring, verb: To carry or lead something toward the speaker, the hearer, or a place in view. Full entry
- Spelling
- bring → brought: irregular (no -ed)
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