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bring to life

bring to life verb: to cause to regain consciousness, or return as if from death.

Verb

bring to life (third-person singular simple present brings to life, present participle bringing to life, simple past and past participle brought to life)

  1. To cause to regain consciousness, or return as if from death.
  2. To make active, lively, or interesting.
    • "Reet. Wot fort do? I'm off wom.". No, we're not speaking a foreign language, although the bulk of readers could be forgiven for thinking so. Rather, for those in the know, it is of course a typical example of 'Wiganese' dialect, which has been brought to life by an Avanti West Coast-funded mural...2022 January 12, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 948, page 70
    Synonyms:
    liven, invigorate
  3. To cause to be alive or real.
    • The teapot was brought to life in the animated movie.

Synonyms of bring to life

Forms of bring to life

third-person singular presentbrings to life
present participlebringing to life
past participlebrought to life
pastbrought to life
alternative formbring alive

Questions about bring to life

What does bring to life mean?
Bring to life means to cause to regain consciousness, or return as if from death.
What part of speech is bring to life?
Bring to life is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring to life?
The past tense of bring to life is brought to life.

Words near bring to life in the dictionary

  1. bring to bed
  2. bring to book
  3. bring to ground
  4. bring to heel
  5. bring to justice
  6. bring to life
  7. bring to light
  8. bring to mind
  9. bring to naught
  10. bring to nought
  11. bring to order

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