bring on

verb

brought on; bringing on; brings on

transitive verb

: to cause to appear or occur

Synonyms of bring on

• cause
• create
• bring
• generate
• prompt
• bring about
• do
• produce

Examples of bring on in a Sentence

this legislation will surely bring on some unintended consequences

Recent Examples on the Web

City were dominant at Wembley throughout, if not a little disjointed in attack — meaning Guardiola was forced to bring on Jeremy Doku, Savinho, Erling Haaland, Nico O’Reilly and Bernardo Silva in the second half to get them over the line and into next month’s final against Chelsea. —Mark Carey, New York Times, 1 May 2026

During the Braves’ recent trip to Philadelphia, Kyle Farmer came down with a nasty illness possibly brought on by norovirus. —Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 1 May 2026

Since the fallout with Anthropic, the Pentagon has accelerated its efforts to bring on other AI companies to agree to expanded usage terms for their models and infrastructure on secret and top-secret networks. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 1 May 2026

Small weather systems could bring on-and-off chances for rain showers and thunderstorms. —Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1558, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bring on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon