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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Broughtparticiple passive of bring.

    The Turks, possessed with a needless fear, forsook the walls, and could not, by any persuasions or threats of the captains, be brought on again to the assault. Richard Knolles, History.

    The instances brought by our authour are but slender proofs. John Locke.

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  1. brought

    Brought is the past tense and past participle of the verb "bring." It refers to the action of carrying, leading, or delivering someone or something to a certain place.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Brought

    of Bring

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Brought

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

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BROUGHT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Brought is ranked #71678 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Brought surname appeared 272 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Brought.

    95.2% or 259 total occurrences were White.

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

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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. Tamara Gaffney:

    Bigger screen sizes are diminishing some of the value that tablets initially brought for consumers.

  2. John Byrd:

    We made sure we only brought in really mature experienced people.

  3. Bobbie Thomas:

    From the day we first met, Michael Marion and I enjoyed 12 wonderful years together, michael Marion brought so much compassion, patience, understanding and stability to my life, and taught me more about love than I could ever put to words. While I have always been more comfortable sharing my life with the public, Michael Marion was more private.

  4. Scott Morrison:

    ( Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP, File) Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Zhaos tweet was utterly outrageous and a terrible slur against Australias military. It is truly repugnant. It is deeply offensive to every Australian, every Australian who has served in that uniform, he told reporters in Canberra. The Chinese government should be totally ashamed of this post. The Chinese government diminishes them in the worlds eyes. CHINESE STUDENTS IN AUSTRALIA FALL VICTIM TO VIRTUAL KIDNAPPING SCAMS : Prime Minister Scott Morrison said The Chinese government had contacted Twitter asking it to take the post down. The post had a warning tag on it by Monday afternoon but could still be viewed. Zhaos account comes with a Twitter label stating that its a Chinese government account. Despite China blocking Twitter and other U.S. social media platforms within the county, Chinese diplomats and state media have established a strong presence on them. Zhao Lijian was criticized by the U.S. in March after tweeting a conspiracy theory that U.S. soldiers may have brought the coronavirus to China. Zhao Lijian is considered a leading representative of Chinas high-pitched new strain of assertive foreign relations. Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledged there were tensions between China and Australia. But this is not how you deal with them.

  5. Cassidy Hutchinson:

    I know that people had brought information forward to him that had indicated that there could be violence on the 6th, but, again, I'm not sure if Cassidy Hutchinson -- what Cassidy Hutchinson did with that information internally.

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