brought
past tense and past participle of bring
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brought
past tense and past participle of bring
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brought
past and past participle of bring
brought
verb
1
as in caused
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) in the end, the lawsuit brought distress to everyone, including the plaintiff Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- caused
- created
- generated
- prompted
- spawned
- produced
- worked
- yielded
- made
- induced
- did
- invoked
- wrought
- effected
- occasioned
- engendered
- catalyzed
- introduced
- brought on
- brought about
- brought forth
- drew on
- bred
- effectuated
- encouraged
- begot
- promoted
- begat
- inaugurated
- initiated
- launched
- founded
- developed
- pioneered
- decided
- gave rise to
- began
- fostered
- instituted
- started
- established
- determined
- forwarded
- resulted (in)
- cultivated
- rendered
- nurtured
- translated (into)
- enacted
- furthered
- set
- fathered
- set up
- innovated
- nourished
- turned out
- conduced (to)
- contributed (to)
- advanced
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- limited
- restricted
- impeded
- checked
- suppressed
- crushed
- squelched
- quashed
- smothered
- dampened
- squashed
- stifled
- quelled
- controlled
- arrested
- subdued
- killed
- repressed
- restrained
- inhibited
- curbed
- destroyed
- retarded
- put down
- stilled
- abolished
- reined (in)
- extinguished
- canned
- liquidated
- snuffed (out)
- clamped down (on)
- quenched
- cracked down (on)
- demolished
2
as in persuaded
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request nothing will ever bring her to admit she's wrong Synonyms & Similar Words
- persuaded
- convinced
- got
- induced
- moved
- urged
- gained
- converted
- attracted
- satisfied
- argued
- brought around
- coaxed
- prompted
- lured
- sold
- enticed
- seduced
- cajoled
- exhorted
- entreated
- tempted
- influenced
- wheedled
- prevailed (on or upon)
- discussed
- won (over)
- drew
- swayed
- allured
- snowed
- interested
- beguiled
- inclined
- talked (into)
- led on
- conversed
- brainwashed
- blarneyed
- debated
- blandished
- fast-talked
- disputed
- mooted
- overpersuaded
- chewed over
- hashed (over)
- reasoned (with)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- deterred
- dissuaded
- discouraged
- unsold
3
as in fetched
to have a price of the antique will probably bring at least $1000 at auction Synonyms & Similar Words
- fetched
- cost
- ran
- run
- demanded
- asked
- totaled
- sold (for)
- went (for)
- commanded
- exacted
- totalled
- came (to)
- listed (for)
- amounted (to)
- reverberates
- reverberating
- reverberation
- reverberation time
- reverberations
- reverberative
- reverberator
- reverberatories
- reverberators
- reverberatory
- reverberatory furnace
- reverbing
- reverbrate
- reverbs
- reverdi
- reverdie
- revere
- revered
- reveree
- reverence
- reverenced
- reverencer
- reverencers
- reverences
- reverencing