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BRING AROUND
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Return to consciousness
Example:
These pictures bring back sad memories
Synonyms:
bring around; bring back; bring round; bring to
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "bring around" is one way to...):
arouse; awaken; rouse; wake; wake up; waken (cause to become awake or conscious)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring around"):
resuscitate; revive (cause to regain consciousness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Provide a cure for, make healthy again
Example:
The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "bring around" is one way to...):
aid; help (improve the condition of)
"Bring around" entails doing...:
care for; treat (provide treatment for)
Domain category:
medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring around"):
recuperate (restore to good health or strength)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cause to adopt an opinion or course of action
Example:
His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school
Synonyms:
bring around; bring round
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "bring around" is one way to...):
persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
