bring back
To fetch somethingTo fetch something.
» I'll bring the book back to you tomorrow.
Я верну тебе эту книгу завтра. — Hellerick
Я поверну тобі цю книгу завтра. — uaspeaker
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(ditransitive, transitive)To fetch something.
I brought back the groceries.
If you're going to the store, could you bring me back some chocolate?
(transitive)To cause someone to remember something from the past.
The smell of the magnolia brought back sweet memories of my childhood.
(transitive)To reenact an old rule or law.
In the UK it is customary to hold a vote every few years on whether to bring back the death penalty.
(transitive)To revive, to resurrect; to cause something dead to be alive once again.
- call to mind
- bring back to the point of departure
Examples
335 sentencesI'll bring the book back to you tomorrow.
Я поверну тобі цю книгу завтра. — uaspeaker
ruЯ верну тебе эту книгу завтра. — Hellerick
This place brings back many memories of my childhood.
Це місце викликає багато спогадів із мого дитинства. — deniko
deHier werden Kindheitserinnerungen wach. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This brings back so many memories.
Це викликає стільки спогадів... — deniko
ruЭто пробуждает столько воспоминаний. — marafon
deDas weckt so viele Erinnerungen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'll bring it back.
Я поверну його. — deniko
ruЯ принесу его обратно. — odexed
deIch werde es wieder herbringen. — brauchinet
I'll bring it back tomorrow.
Я поверну його завтра. — deniko
Translations
1 languagesForms
brings back, bringing back, brought back, brought back| Base form | bring back · to bring back |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | brings back |
| Present participle | bringing back |
| Past simple | brought back |
| Past participle | brought back |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- bring upвиховувати, виховатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
- bring offкерувати, управлятиTo succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult.
- bring outвипускатиTo elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
- bring onвиробляти, виробитиTo cause.
- bring inвнести, ввестиTo move something indoors, or into an area.
- bring downзвільнити, стрілятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, down.
- bring backповернутися, повертатисяTo fetch something.
- bring aboutрухатися, діятиTo cause to take place.
More 8
- bring roundштовхатиTo bring something when coming.
- bring forwardпросувати, просунутиTo call up for consideration.
- bring overUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, over.
- bring awayTo cause or perform an abortion.
- bring alongTo escort or carry an item or person to a destination.
- bring withUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, with.
- bring toTo restore consciousness.
- bring underTo subdue (something or someone).
Synonyms
5 synonyms- call to mind:bring tobring roundbring around
- bring back to the point of departure:returntake back
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.