brought

For the verb: "to bring"

Simple Past:	brought
Past Participle:	brought

Multiple Entries:
  brought    bring  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brought/brɔːt/

past and past participle of bring.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bring/brɪŋ/

▶verb (past and past part. brought)

• 1 carry or accompany to a place.

• 2 cause to move or to come into existence.

• 3 cause to be in a particular state or condition: take an aspirin to bring down your temperature.

• 4 cause someone to receive (money) as income or profit: five novels brought him £150,000.

• 5 [usu. with neg.] (bring oneself to do something) force oneself to do something unpleasant.

• 6 initiate (legal action).

– phrases
bring the house down make an audience laugh or applaud very enthusiastically.
bring it on informal used to express confidence in meeting a challenge.
bring something to bear exert influence or pressure.
bring something to pass chiefly literary cause something to happen.
bring something to the table see table.

– phrasal verbs
bring something about

• 1 cause something to happen.

• 2 cause a ship to head in a different direction.

bring someone down cause someone to lose power.
bring someone/thing forth archaic give birth to someone or something.
bring something forward

• 1 propose an idea for consideration.

• 2 (often as adj. brought forward) (in bookkeeping) transfer a total sum from the bottom of one page to the top of the next.

bring something off achieve something successfully.
bring someone on encourage someone who is learning to develop or improve.
bring something on

• 1 cause something unpleasant to occur.

  ■ (bring something on/upon) be responsible for something unpleasant that happens to (someone).

• 2 (of the weather) promote the growth of crops.

bring someone out encourage someone to feel more confident.
bring something out

• 1 produce and launch a new product or publication.

• 2 emphasize a feature.

bring someone round (or US around)

• 1 restore someone to consciousness.

• 2 persuade someone to agree to something.

bring someone to restore someone to consciousness.
bring something to cause a boat to stop, especially by turning into the wind.
bring up (chiefly of a ship) come to a stop.
bring someone up look after a child until it is an adult.
bring something up

• 1 vomit something.

• 2 raise a matter for discussion or consideration.

– derivatives
bringer noun.

– origin OE bringan, of Gmc origin.