Bring together meaning
Bring together means to make people meet, work together or feel closer. It can also mean to put different things or ideas into one place.
bring somebody together
bring together · brought · bringing
The street party brought the whole neighbourhood together.
Bring together meanings and examples
2 meanings, each with its own CEFR level. A level marked ~ is our estimate: Oxford and Cambridge give none for that meaning.
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Make people meet, work together or feel closer
bring somebody together
- The street party brought the whole neighbourhood together.
- We were strangers, but the choir brought us together.
- Sadly, the crisis didn’t bring the family together.
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Put different things or ideas into one place
bring something together
- The app brings together all your bank accounts.
- This book brings together fifty short stories from Africa.
- Let’s bring everyone’s ideas together in one document.
Café orders
New friends
At the airport
Slova
Use bring together in real conversations
- Learn new words with picture cards
- Talk with Felix, an AI tutor, about the things you love
- Short lessons at your level, a few minutes a day
Is bring together separable?
Bring together is separable. With a short object, it usually goes in the middle: bring people together, bring them together. A long object often comes after: bring together artists from ten countries.
With a pronoun, it must go in the middle: bring us together, never bring together us.
Verb tenses for bring together
| Present | I bring together · she brings together |
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| Past | brought together |
| Present perfect | have brought together |
| -ing form | bringing together |
Common mistakes with bring together
What learners often say, and what to say instead.
Wrong: The holidays always bring together us.
Right: The holidays always bring us together.
A pronoun goes between bring and together.
Wrong: The festival brings together with people of all ages.
Right: The festival brings together people of all ages.
No with after bring together.
Wrong: We brought ourselves together for a coffee.
Right: We got together for a coffee.
When people meet by choice, say get together.
Synonyms and opposites of bring together
Words close to it, and words that mean the opposite.
Similar
- get togetherwhat the people do: meet in a group
- unitea stronger, more formal word for joining people
- put togetherbuild or make something from parts
Opposite
- drive apartmake people become less close
- dividemake people disagree and form separate groups
Bring together quiz
Three quick questions. Pick an answer to see if it is right and why.
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1Sport has a special power to ___ people ___.
Bring people together means make them feel closer or join.
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2Choose the right sentence.
The pronoun goes in the middle: brought them together.
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3“The website brings together reviews from many sites.” What does it do?
Bring things together means put them in one place.
More phrasal verbs with bring
All phrasal verbs with bring, by level, with an exercise
7 phrasal verbs start with bring. Test yourself on all of them in a few minutes.
- bring backB1return with something, or take something back to where it was
- bring upB2start talking about a subject
- bring aboutC1make something happen, usually a change
- bring inB2start using a new law, rule or system
- bring downB2make something lower, like prices, costs or a temperature
- bring outB2make a new product, book or album available to buy
Bring together FAQ
Questions people ask about bring together.
What is the difference between bring together and get together?
Bring together has a cause as the subject: The project brought us together. Get together has the people as the subject: We got together on Friday.
Is bring together formal?
It is neutral. It is very common in news and adverts: The event brings together experts from around the world.
What does food brings people together mean?
It means sharing a meal makes people talk and feel close, even if they are very different.
Use bring together in real conversations
In Slova you learn new words with picture cards, then use them when you talk about the things you love. A few minutes a day, at your level.