bringing

Transporting to someone

Bringing is the present participle of bring—to carry or convey something toward the speaker or a specified place.

It appears in continuous tenses She's bringing the car around and as a modifier the bringing together of former rivals.

To bring often implies movement toward rather than away: you bring something here but take it there.

introducing

presenting

Displaying to an audience

contributing · adding · injecting · importing · ushering · inaugurating · initiating · launching · proposing · submitting

legal

prosecuting

Pursuing criminal charges

  • chargingRestoring electrical power
  • filingStoring documents systematically
  • suingBringing legal action

petitioning · alleging · indicting · litigating · summoning · subpoenaing · arraigning

transporting

carrying

Holding and moving

toting · hauling · lugging · delivering · escorting · schlepping · carting · hefting · shuttling · towing

causing

inducing

Causing or bringing about

generating · creating · eliciting · evoking · occasioning · sparking · inciting · provoking · yielding · effecting

returning

restoring

Returning to original condition

repatriating · reinstating · reviving · renewing · resurrecting · reuniting · reconciling · reestablishing

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Opposites
direction of movement

bringingtaking

Act of acquiring

taking away · removing · carrying away · sending · dispatching

retention vs. removal

bringingleaving behind

Departing without something

abandoning · discarding · dropping off · depositing · leaving

presence vs. absence

bringingleaving behind

Departing without something

abandoning · deporting · expelling · removing · banishing

Phrases
Family

upbringing

Familiarity
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