bring

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

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Definition

  1. verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
  2. verb cause to come into a particular state or condition
  3. verb cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

convey, take

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