bring on

verb

brought on; bringing on; brings on

transitive verb

: to cause to appear or occur

Synonyms

• beget
• breed
• bring
• bring about
• catalyze
• cause
• create
• do
• draw on
• effect
• effectuate
• engender
• generate
• induce
• invoke
• make
• occasion
• produce
• prompt
• result (in)
• spawn
• translate (into)
• work
• yield

Examples of bring on in a Sentence

this legislation will surely bring on some unintended consequences

Recent Examples on the Web

His limited minutes were compounded by Nuno dropping Morgan Gibbs-White, a No 10, into a deeper role in the latter stages of games instead of bringing on Ward-Prowse. —Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025

If not, workers can be dismissed; if so, they are brought on as full-time employees with protections. —Brian Witte, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025

Atlas, who was brought on as a special government employee, was not an infectious disease expert and clashed with other public health officials over his views on the coronavirus. —Joe Hernandez, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025

The reason whooping cough can bring on such a gnarly, well, cough in the first place is because of how B. pertussis wreaks havoc: These bugs latch on to the cilia (a.k.a. tiny hairlike protrusions) on cells in your respiratory tract and ooze toxins, triggering inflammation and swelling. —Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined above