BRING TOGETHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bring together mean? 

• BRING TOGETHER (verb)
  The verb BRING TOGETHER has 2 senses:

1. cause to become joined or linked
2. bring together in a common cause or emotion

  Familiarity information: BRING TOGETHER used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRING TOGETHER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to become joined or linked

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bring together; join

Context example:

join these two parts so that they fit together

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

connect; link; link up; tie (connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces)

Cause:

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

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

ancylose; ankylose (produce ankylosis by surgery)

scarf (unite by a scarf joint)

rebate (join with a rebate)

rabbet (join with a rabbet joint)

seam (put together with a seam)

bridge (make a bridge across)

close (bring together all the elements or parts of)

ligate (join letters in a ligature when writing)

assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)

fair (join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly)

cog (join pieces of wood with cogs)

mortice; mortise (join by a tenon and mortise)

connect (join for the purpose of communication)

connect (join by means of communication equipment)

miter (fit together in a miter joint)

ply (join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding)

close; close up (unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of)

anastomose; inosculate (cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis)

couple; match; mate; pair; twin (bring two objects, ideas, or people together)

match (give or join in marriage)

sovietise; sovietize (bring under Soviet control, of a country)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring together in a common cause or emotion

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

draw together; bring together; bond

Context example:

The death of their child had drawn them together

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

unify; unite (bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody