verb

bring

Translation

to bring, to fetch, to cause

Please bring me a glass of water.

Bring your friends to the party.

The new law will bring changes.

Can you bring the price down?

((sth./sb.)) to bring (sth./sb.) Please bring your book.

((sb.)) ((sth.)) to bring (sb.) (sth.) Bring me the file.

((sth.)) ((about)) to cause (sth.) to happen The invention brought about huge changes.

Synonyms: fetch, carry; Antonyms: take

From Proto-Germanic *bringaną, an ancient word for a basic action.

Remember the difference: you 'bring' something here (towards the speaker) and 'take' something there (away from the speaker).