Dictionary Entry
bring
bring is a 5-letter English word with 16 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 16 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To cause the accession or obtaining of; to procure; to make to come; to produce; to draw to.
- 3transitive verb
To convey; to move; to carry or conduct.
- 4transitive verb
To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
- 5transitive verb
To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch; as, what does coal bring per ton?
- 6verb
bring into a different state
"this may land you in jail"
Synonyms
- 7verb
induce or persuade
"The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well"
- 8verb
go or come after and bring or take back
"Get me those books over there, please"
"Could you bring the wine?"
- 9verb
be accompanied by
"Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?"
- 10verb
cause to come into a particular state or condition
"Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"
"bring water to the boiling point"
- 11verb
advance or set forth in court, "institute proceedings"
"bring charges"
Synonyms
- 12verb
cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
"I cannot work a miracle"
"wreak havoc"
- 13verb
attract the attention of
"The noise and the screaming brought the curious"
- 14verb
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
"Bring me the box from the other room"
"Take these letters to the boss"
- 15verb
be sold for a certain price
"The painting brought $10,000"
"The old print fetched a high price at the auction"
Synonyms
- 16verb
bestow a quality on
"Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"
"The music added a lot to the play"
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