BRING IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bring in mean? 

• BRING IN (verb)
  The verb BRING IN has 5 senses:

1. bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment

2. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

3. be sold for a certain price

4. submit (a verdict) to a court

5. transmit

  Familiarity information: BRING IN used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRING IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bring in; introduce

Context example:

The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor

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:

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in

Context example:

He clears $5,000 each month

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.)

bear; pay; yield (bring in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They bring in the money

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be sold for a certain price

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

bring; bring in; fetch

Context example:

The old print fetched a high price at the auction

"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:

Transmit

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine

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

 Context examples 

They therefore drew lots, and it fell to the sausage to bring in the wood, to the mouse to cook, and to the bird to fetch the water.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Here is why I think you will bring in a nice sum of cash this month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Nest boxes and perches may bring in predatory birds more effectively, for example, than providing food.

(American kestrels, most common predatory birds in U.S., can reduce need for pesticide use, National Science Foundation)

Then, Betsey, my dear, run into the kitchen and see if Rebecca has put the water on; and tell her to bring in the tea-things as soon as she can.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Bring in brother John, and let him hear the plaints which have been urged against him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Volunteers to go and bring in pork.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Very glad to see you back, Tregellis, but you must really be more careful what you bring in upon your skirts.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

How Beth laughed when she saw it, how Laurie ran up and down to bring in the gifts, and what ridiculous speeches Jo made as she presented them.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

We waited patiently as we saw the workman come out and bring in his bag.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The young gal was re-engaged; but on the stipulation that she should only bring in the dishes, and then withdraw to the landing-place, beyond the outer door; where a habit of sniffing she had contracted would be lost upon the guests, and where her retiring on the plates would be a physical impossibility.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)