BRING
What does "BRING" mean?
To carry or take something toward the speaker or a stated place.
Meanings
- To carry, lead, or take someone or something to a place or person. Please bring your laptop to the meeting.
- To cause something to happen or to result in a state or feeling. The news brought tears to her eyes.
- To start or put forward, as a legal action. She decided to bring a lawsuit against the company.
Word origin
From Old English 'bringan', from Proto-Germanic 'brengan'; the irregular past tense 'brought' descends directly from Old English 'brohte'.
Remember it
BRING vs TAKE: you bRING things heRE, you take them theRE.
A little poem
Come empty-handed, leave the same, or learn-
what you bring to a room is what you earn.
couplet
Wordplay
- I told the kids to bring whatever they wanted to dinner, so now we have three rocks and a frog.
What it teaches
You don't control the room you enter, only what you choose to bring into it.
Quick facts
What does BRING mean?
To carry or take something toward the speaker or a stated place.
Is BRING a valid word?
Yes — BRING is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BRING?
BRING has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BRING come from?
From Old English 'bringan', from Proto-Germanic 'brengan'; the irregular past tense 'brought' descends directly from Old English 'brohte'.
What can BRING teach us?
You don't control the room you enter, only what you choose to bring into it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.