bring

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to be accompanied by

   Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?

2. 2
   verb

   to advance or set forth in court

   The charges were brought today.

3. 3
   verb

   to take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

   I hope they bring extra dessert to the party.

4. 4
   verb

   to be sold for a certain price

   These tomatoes will bring 3 dollars a pound at the market.

5. 5
   verb

   To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

   Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.

6. 6
   verb

   To supply or contribute.

   The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.

7. 7
   verb

   To occasion or bring about.

   Let's bring our differences to an issue.

8. 8
   verb

   To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.

   It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

Etymology

From Middle English bryngen, from Old English bringan, from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, from Proto-Germanic *bringaną (“to bring”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenk-, possibly based on *bʰer-. Compare Scots bring, West Frisian bringe, Low German brengen, Dutch brengen, Afrikaans bring, German bringen; also Welsh hebrwng (“to bring, lead”), Tocharian B pränk- (“to take away; restrain oneself, hold back”), Latvian brankti (“lying close”), Lithuanian branktas (“whiffletree”).