Dictionary

bring in en · VERB

Etymology

Analytic form of the earlier inbring.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To move something indoors, or into an area.
   • Unlike South Heath, where the tunnel segments are made on site, the ones used here are made off-site and brought in by road. 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:
   • Have a good-sized pitcher of water nearby, and bring the fire extinguisher in from the kitchen, just in case. 2004, Victoria Moran, “December 27: The Burning Bowl”, in Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit, [San Francisco, Calif.]: HarperSanFrancisco, →ISBN, page 428:
   • The causeways were laid as hard paths for heavily laden pack-animals bringing in wool from outlying hamlets and farms. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications, page 58:
   • Could you bring in the groceries?
   • The country brings in raw materials from overseas.
2. (transitive) To introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation.
3. (transitive) To introduce, add or initiate a person or group of people to an organisation or event; to give (someone) a share or portion of something.
   • Come, Missis, bustle about! here comes Master George, bringing in the Duke to breakfast! 1849, [Ellen Wallace], chapter XII, in King’s Cope. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 233:
   • I've brought him in on the plan.
4. (transitive) To earn money for a company or for the family.
   • BT shelled out almost £1bn for the Champions League over the same period, while the FA has just brought in around £820m over six seasons for the international rights to the FA Cup alone. 2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian, London:
5. (transitive) To return a verdict in a court of law.

Forms

Translations (32)

hu bevon (to introduce a person or group of people to an organisation) · uk ввести́ (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · pl wnieść (to move something indoors, or into an area) · eo enporti (to move something indoors, or into an area) · la intrōdūcō (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · hu életbe léptet (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · pl wwozić (to move something indoors, or into an area) · ru вноси́ть (to move something indoors, or into an area) · pl wwieźć (to move something indoors, or into an area) · uk ввезти́ (to move something indoors, or into an area) · it inserire (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · hu bevezet (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · uk запрова́дити (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · uk внести́ (to move something indoors, or into an area) · ru ввози́ть (to move something indoors, or into an area) · it introdurre (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · it aggiungere (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · uk вво́зити (to move something indoors, or into an area) · hu beavat (to introduce a person or group of people to an organisation) · hu meghonosít (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · ru вводи́ть (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · uk запрова́джувати (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · ru вноси́ть (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · ru внести́ (to move something indoors, or into an area) · uk вно́сити (to move something indoors, or into an area) · uk вво́дити (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · ru ввезти́ (to move something indoors, or into an area) · pl wprowadzać (to introduce a person or group of people to an organisation) · pl wnosić (to move something indoors, or into an area) · pl wprowadzić (to introduce a person or group of people to an organisation) · ru внести́ (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce) · ru ввести́ (to introduce a new rule, law, or system of organisation — see also introduce)

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