Word.ws English Dictionary

brought to the table

brought to the table is the simple past and past participle of bring to the table.

Meaning of bring to the table

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To contribute (something) to a joint effort or discussion.
    • I don’t have time for a man unless he can bring something big to the table, like a huge amount of money.2017 April 1, Ruth Huntman, quoting Chaka Khan, “Chaka Khan: ‘A man needs to bring something big to the table’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2023

Questions about brought to the table

What is brought to the table the simple past and past participle of?
Brought to the table is the simple past and past participle of bring to the table.

Words near brought to the table in the dictionary

  1. brought to one's knees
  2. brought to order
  3. brought to pass
  4. brought to terms
  5. brought to the hammer
  6. brought to the table
  7. brought together
  8. brought under
  9. brought up
  10. brought up against
  11. brought up short

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: brought to the table (page history and authors); bring to the table (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “brought to the table.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/brought_to_the_table. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.