What does 'bring together' mean in a work context?

'Bring together' means to gather different people, ideas, or pieces of work for a shared goal. Teams use it when they need to combine efforts or get multiple groups to collaborate.

Can I use 'bring together' for things, not just people?

Yes. 'Bring together' works for people, data, documents, ideas, or code changes. For example: 'This document brings together all the API specs.'

What's the difference between 'bring together' and 'combine'?

'Bring together' emphasizes gathering from different sources with a purpose. 'Combine' focuses more on merging items into one. 'Bring together' is often used for people; 'combine' is more common for data or files.

Is 'bring together' formal or casual?

'Bring together' is neutral. It works in standups, Slack, emails, and formal documents. It's professional but not stiff.

How do I use 'bring together' in past tense?

Use 'brought together.' Example: 'The project brought together three different teams.'

Can I say 'bring all together' instead of 'bring together all'?

It's possible but less natural. Usually, keep 'bring together' as a unit: 'bring together all the data' sounds better than 'bring all the data together.'

What Does "Bring Together" Mean at Work?

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Say it like this

✓This project brings together frontend and backend teams.

✓We need to bring together all the stakeholders before launch.

✓The workshop brought together engineers from three different offices.

✓Let's bring together the research findings in one doc.

✓The integration brings together data from multiple APIs.

Real examples

Standup

"Today I'm bringing together the specs from design and backend so we can finalize the feature."

Slack message

"Can we bring together the relevant people for a quick sync this afternoon?"

GitHub PR

"This PR brings together the auth changes and the new user flow."

Jira ticket

"Goal: Bring together all API documentation into a single source of truth."

Retrospective

"We did a good job bringing together feedback from QA and support this sprint."

Sprint planning

"This epic brings together work from mobile, web, and infrastructure teams."

Pair programming

"Let's bring together your refactor and my fix — they touch the same files."

Don't say this

✕I will bring all data together.

✓I will bring together all the data.— The phrase 'bring together' usually stays together as a unit, with the object after.

✕We brought together the meeting.

✓We brought together the team for the meeting.— You bring together people or things, not the event itself.

✕Let's bring together about the issue.

✓Let's bring together everyone to discuss the issue.— 'Bring together' needs a direct object (who or what you are gathering).

Other forms

base form

bring together

"We need to bring together the teams."

past simple

brought together

"The hackathon brought together developers and designers."

present continuous

bringing together

"I'm bringing together all the requirements now."

past participle

brought together

"The resources have been brought together in one folder."

Often used with

bring together stakeholdersCommon when organizing meetings with decision-makers.

bring together teamsUsed for cross-functional collaboration.

bring together dataMeans consolidating information from multiple sources.

bring together ideasCombining different suggestions or concepts.

bring together resourcesPooling assets like docs, tools, or people.

Similar words

gatherMore casual, often for collecting things or people quickly.

assembleMore formal, often used for structured groups or components.

combineFocuses on merging items rather than gathering people.

uniteStronger emotional connotation, often for teams or causes.

consolidateMore formal, often used for data or documentation.

Opposites

split upseparatedividedispersescatter

Practice

Try it

4 quick exercises

Choose the most natural option

1. We need to ___ all the user feedback before the meeting.

bring togetherbring all togethertogether bring

Find the error

2. The workshop brought together about new features.

brought together aboutworkshop broughtnew features

Fill in the blank

3. This PR ___ ___ changes from three different branches.

Rewrite naturally

4. We collected all the documents in one place. (Use 'bring together')

More words

sync up align consolidate collaborate coordinate cross-functional stakeholder integrate

Questions

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