BRING ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bring on mean? 

• BRING ON (verb)
  The verb BRING ON has 3 senses:

1. cause to arise

2. bring onto the market or release

3. cause to appear

  Familiarity information: BRING ON used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRING ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to arise

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

bring on; induce

Context example:

induce a crisis

Hypernyms (to "bring on" is one way to...):

bring forth; generate (bring into existence)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring onto the market or release

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

bring on; bring out; produce

Context example:

produce a new play

Cause:

appear (come into sight or view)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring on"):

offer (produce or introduce on the stage)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to appear

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

bring on the birthday cake

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Uranus can bring on a lot of nervous tension, so do what you can to find ways to relax after work.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I should not wonder if it were to bring on the declaration.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Everything that one does seems, no matter how right it may be, to bring on the very thing which is most to be deplored.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But you are not aware of the consequences; it will involve you in a very cruel embarrassment, and certainly bring on a disagreement between us.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Pregnancy, certain foods, alcohol, and some medications can bring on heartburn.

(Heartburn, NIH)

He was not used to fighting with that kind of dog, and he was waiting for them to bring on the real dog.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

We found that the news of the arrival of the packet—for her illness dated from that time—had such an effect upon her as to bring on brain fever.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Anne was shewn some letters of his on the occasion, answers to urgent applications from Mrs Smith, which all breathed the same stern resolution of not engaging in a fruitless trouble, and, under a cold civility, the same hard-hearted indifference to any of the evils it might bring on her.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

As you get closer to month’s end, circle March 27, when Jupiter and Venus will be in perfect sync and could bring on a great trip for fun.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I thought that the longer this went on the wilder he would get, and so would bring on a fit; so I took him by the hand and raised him up.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)