phrasal verb · neutral

bring together

UK/brɪŋ təˈɡɛðə(r)/US/brɪŋ təˈɡɛðər/bring to·GET·her

speakingtask2

cause people or groups to come into contact or to work together

Examples

A good moderator can bring together people with very different opinions.

The summit brought together leaders from across the region to discuss trade.

Community projects can bring together neighbours who rarely speak to each other.

Band 8 sentence

The conference successfully brought together policymakers, scientists and activists to produce a clear action plan.

Collocations

  • bring together + people/communities/stakeholders
  • bring together for + discussion/negotiation

Word family

bring together phrasal verbbringing together noun (phrase)brought together past participle

Common mistakes

make togetherbring together

join together the communitiesbring together the communities

Say it for a higher band

5join6unite7+bring together

Synonyms

unite

gather

Easily confused

get together

We should get together for coffee next week.

Related words

Learn this word with the rest of its set, and get reminded at the right time.

In bring …

Learn it with its set