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BRING IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment
Example:
The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor
Synonyms:
bring in; introduce
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring in"):
immigrate (introduce or send as immigrants)
track (carry on the feet and deposit)
insinuate (introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Transmit
Example:
The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "bring in" is one way to...):
carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Be sold for a certain price
Example:
The old print fetched a high price at the auction
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
"Bring in" entails doing...:
change hands; change owners (be transferred to another owner)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Submit (a verdict) to a court
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bring in" is one way to...):
present; submit (hand over formally)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Example:
He clears $5,000 each month
Synonyms:
bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bring in" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Verb group:
make (act in a certain way so as to acquire)
clear; net; sack; sack up (make as a net profit)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring in"):
eke out; squeeze out (make by laborious and precarious means)
profit; turn a profit (make a profit; gain money or materially)
rake off (take money from an illegal transaction)
bring home; take home (earn as a salary or wage)
rake in; shovel in (earn large sums of money)
gross (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They bring in the money
Context examples:
The foresail and fore-topsail, emptied of the wind by the manœuvre, and with no one to bring in the sheet in time, were thundering into ribbons, the heavy boom threshing and splintering from rail to rail.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
That bit of gold meant food, life, and light in his body and brain, power to go on writing, and—who was to say? —maybe to write something that would bring in many pieces of gold.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The great emphasis on marriage and partnership that Mars will bring in December suggests that a number of Taurus will become engaged or married this month.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The bird’s duty was to fly daily into the wood and bring in fuel; the mouse fetched the water, and the sausage saw to the cooking.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Bring in wine while the food is dressing.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Of old the Hospadars would not repair them, lest the Turk should think that they were preparing to bring in foreign troops, and so hasten the war which was always really at loading point.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
You might bring in the workmen to give a room a new coat of paint, institute needed repairs, or do a thorough cleaning of your apartment.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Influenced by those remarks, the bird next morning refused to bring in the wood, telling the others that he had been their servant long enough, and had been a fool into the bargain, and that it was now time to make a change, and to try some other way of arranging the work.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
You may be offered a job, or if you are self-employed, you may bring in a new assignment from an ongoing or new client.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It might be you are interviewing or negotiating for a new position, or perhaps you are about to sell a large order to bring in a new client.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
