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bring under

bring under verb: to subdue (something or someone).

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To subdue (something or someone).
    • The king brought the native people under.
  2. To make (someone or something) subject to (something else); to place (someone) in a state of (something).
    • We should bring that department under HR.
    • Christ will bring you under a state of grace.

bring under meaning in Urdu and Kannada

bring under in Urdu

لانا

bring under in Kannada

ವಶಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು

Forms of bring under

third-person singular presentbrings under
present participlebringing under
past participlebrought under
pastbrought under

Questions about bring under

What does bring under mean?
Bring under means to subdue (something or someone).
What is bring under in Urdu?
Bring under in Urdu is لانا. See Bring under meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is bring under?
Bring under is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring under?
The past tense of bring under is brought under.

Words near bring under in the dictionary

  1. bring to pass
  2. bring to terms
  3. bring to the hammer
  4. bring to the table
  5. bring together
  6. bring under
  7. bring up
  8. bring up against
  9. bring up short
  10. bring up the rear
  11. bring up to

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bring under (page history and authors); bring under (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bring under (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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