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brought under

brought under is the simple past and past participle of bring under.

Meaning of bring under

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.

Questions about brought under

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

Words near brought under in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brought under (page history and authors); bring under (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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