brought
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
An inflected form of bring · inflected form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 265 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 83,540 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.040% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere also: convey, take Bring me the box from the other roomTake these letters to the boss
- cause to come into a particular state or condition Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competencebring water to the boiling point
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence also: work, play, wreak, make for I cannot work a miraclewreak havoc
- go or come after and bring or take back also: get, convey, fetch Get me those books over there, pleaseCould you bring the wine?
- bring into a different state also: land this may land you in jail
- be accompanied by Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?
brought in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Eighteen men had been brought up alive, and Johnny McLean was one.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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I wondered what it was that had brought that singular expression to his face.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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She brought me up to royalties, and people with stars and garters, and elderly ladies with gigantic tiaras and parrot noses.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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The white man, however, brought suit, obtained judgment for the hundred dollars and Biscoe's farm was sold to pay the judgment.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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And when, after a good many childless years, she brought him a girl and boy, he became excessively fond of his children.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1