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[brɪŋ]

(past tense and past participle brought [brɔːt] ) verb [T]

1) to take someone or something with you from one place to another

Bring a coat in case it turns cold.[/ex]

I brought that book for you.[/ex]

Could you bring me a plate from the kitchen?[/ex]

Don't get up – I'll bring your tea to you.[/ex]

2) to move something somewhere

She reached up to the shelf and brought down a box.[/ex]

3) to make someone or something come to a place

Government investment has brought thousands of new jobs to the area.[/ex]

What brought you to Chicago in the first place?[/ex]

4) to be the cause of a state, situation, or feeling

efforts to bring peace to the region[/ex]

My work brings me into contact with all kinds of people.[/ex]

The baby has brought them great joy.[/ex]

5) to make a number reach a particular total

He scored 10 points, bringing the team's total to 85.[/ex]

6) to start a legal case against someone

The authorities are expected to bring charges.[/ex]

7) to come to a particular point as you are talking or writing

This brings us to the end of this part of the discussion.[/ex]

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bring sth to an end/a close — to make something stop[/ex]

can't bring yourself to do sth — to be unable to do something because it is too unpleasant, embarrassing, or sad[/ex]

He can't even bring himself to talk to me.[/ex]

See:

boil II

- bring sth about

- bring sb/sth along

- bring sth back

- bring sth down

- bring sth forward

- bring sth in

- bring sth on

- bring sth out

- bring sb round

- bring sb/sth round

- bring sb up

- bring sth up

If you bring, take, or fetch something, you hold it and go with it to another place. But which word you choose depends on the situation. ■ Bring describes movement to another place when the speaker or listener is already there: Bring the photos when you come to visit me. ♦ I'll bring the photos to your house tonight. ■ Take describes movement to another place when the speaker or listener is NOT already there: Take the photos when you go to visit her tonight. ♦ I'll take the photos to her house. ■ Fetch describes movement to another place AND back again, bringing someone or something with you: Fetch the photos from the kitchen, will you.