Definitions for brought
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Webster Dictionary(3.55 / 9 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brought

   of Bring

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brought

   brawt, pa.t. and pa.p. of Bring.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'brought' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #454

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'brought' in Written Corpus Frequency: #602

How to pronounce brought?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say brought in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brought in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brought in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of brought in a Sentence

1. Starving Artists ' No More:

   After visiting ... ‘household name’ centers, I was convinced that their curriculums were outdated, repetitive and didn’t offer the necessary strength to uphold advanced lessons, in 2007, I brought my four-year-old to Best in Class and have never doubted my decision since.

2. Amir Farshad Ebrahimi:

   They carry the coffin or perform, for the Islamic Republic, when a member of the Guard or Basij is killed in Syria that’s the beginning of the process. They are brought back for a martyrdom procession. It becomes an outlet for the propaganda of the Islamic Republic.

3. Jonathan Blake:

   There was this absolute fear about what was befalling seemingly healthy gay men, who would suddenly take ill for no apparent reason and die in appalling circumstances, your head is messed up, you have this killer virus coursing through your veins, you feel like a pariah... HIV was considered a gay plague that we (gay men) had brought upon ourselves - it was horrid.

4. Ibrahim Mughal:

   The surplus production has hit the farmers hard as it has brought down the price to 4,000 rupees ($39.50) per 120 kilograms against 6,000 rupees ($59.30) per 120 kilograms the last year.

5. Uwe Neumann:

   My father was a miner, my grandfather was a miner and they both told me: 'coal brought the Lausitz to life and without coal the Lausitz will die out'.

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