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Bringing

noun

1.

The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail). Synonym: delivery.

Bring

verb

(past & past part. brought; pres. part. bringing)

1.

Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere. Synonyms: convey, take. "Take these letters to the boss" , "This brings me to the main point"

2.

Cause to come into a particular state or condition. "Bring water to the boiling point"

3.

Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence. Synonyms: make for, play, work, wreak. "Wreak havoc" , "Bring comments" , "Play a joke" , "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

4.

Go or come after and bring or take back. Synonyms: convey, fetch, get. "Could you bring the wine?" , "The dog fetched the hat"

5.

Bring into a different state. Synonym: land.

6.

Be accompanied by.

7.

Advance or set forth in court. Synonym: institute. "Institute proceedings"

8.

Bestow a quality on. Synonyms: add, bestow, contribute, impart, lend. "The music added a lot to the play" , "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings" , "This adds a light note to the program"

9.

Be sold for a certain price. Synonyms: bring in, fetch. "The old print fetched a high price at the auction"

10.

Attract the attention of.

11.

Induce or persuade.

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"Bringing" Quotes from Famous Books

... chateau. I generally went down to the kennels at the end of the day, and it was a pretty sight when the party emerged from the woods, first the shooters, then a regiment of beaters (men who track the game), the game cart with a donkey bringing up the rear—the big game, chevreuil or boar, at the bottom of the cart, the hares and rabbits hanging from the sides. The sportsmen all came back to the keeper's lodge to have a drink before starting off ...

— Chateau and Country Life in France • Mary King Waddington

... not enough triumphed, lady, in thus bringing about your cruel purpose, to the sacrifice of two hearts—your child's no less than mine. Mine was nothing to you—but hers! what had she done that you should trample upon hers? This hast thou done! Thou ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 • Various

... endurance!" Mrs. Kate complained, burying two plump forearms in a dishpan of sudsy hot water, and bringing up a handful of silver. "It's because Ford had been fighting when he came here, and she knows he has been slightly addicted to liquor. She looks down on him, and I don't think it's fair. If a man wants to reform, I believe in helping ...

— The Uphill Climb • B. M. Bower

... the process stop here. On the same principle there would be a superior collective individuality for the humanity of the entire solar system, and finally we reach the conception of a supreme intelligence bringing together in itself the collective individualities of all the systems in the universe. This is by no means a merely fanciful notion. We find it as the law by which our own conscious individuality ...

— The Hidden Power - And Other Papers upon Mental Science • Thomas Troward

... Lodge No. 6, and after a full consultation with its principal officers and members, I reluctantly decided to exercise my prerogative as Grand Master and arrest the charter of the lodge as the only means of bringing to a close a grievous state of dissension. In justice to my own convictions of duty, I could not have adopted any milder remedy than the one ...

— The Discovery of Yellowstone Park • Nathaniel Pitt Langford

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