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brought

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /b???t/
  • (US) IPA(key): /b??t/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /b??t/
  • Rhymes: -??t

Verb

brought

  1. simple past tense and past participle of bring

Usage notes

It is somewhat common to hear native English speakers (particularly in Australia, New Zealand and Britain) using "brought" when in place of "bought" (and vice versa) despite the fact that the two words mean different things [1][2]. Sometimes this variation makes its way into print[3].

brought From the web:

  • what brought frosty the snowman to life
  • what brought an end to the system of serf labor
  • what brought the us into ww1
  • what brought an end to the qin dynasty
  • what brought an end to the dominance of the silk road
  • what brought an end to islam’s golden age
  • what brought the us into ww2
  • what brought frosty to life

brang

English

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Old English brang (also brong), alternative first and third person singular past indicative of bringan (“to bring”), although no Middle English intermediary is attested, and it may have been formed in more recent times by analogy with sing/sang instead, like its cognate Scots brang (“brought”) was.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b?æ?/
  • Rhymes: -æ?

Verb

brang

  1. (colloquial or dialectal, nonstandard) simple past tense of bring

Related terms

  • brought
  • brung

References

brang From the web:

  • what bring you here
  • i bring you
  • brang meaning
  • brang what does it mean
  • what is brangus cattle
  • what are brangus cattle known for
  • what are brangus cattle used for
  • what is brangelina called
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