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bring up

bring up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bring uhp]
    • /brɪŋ ʌp/
    • /brɪŋ ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bring uhp]
    • /brɪŋ ʌp/

Definitions of bring up words

  • phrasal verb bring up When someone brings up a child, they look after it until it is an adult. If someone has been brought up in a certain place or with certain attitudes, they grew up in that place or were taught those attitudes when they were growing up. 3
  • phrasal verb bring up If you bring up a particular subject, you introduce it into a discussion or conversation. 3
  • phrasal verb bring up If someone brings up food or wind, food or air is forced up from their stomach through their mouth. 3
  • verb bring up to care for and train (a child); rear 3
  • verb bring up to raise (a subject) for discussion; mention 3
  • verb bring up to vomit (food) 3

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Origin of bring up

First appearance:

before 950
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English bringen, Old English bringan; cognate with Dutch brengen, German bringen, Gothic briggan

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Bring up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bring up popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for bring up

verb bring up

  • educate — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
  • teach — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • rear — the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
  • breed — A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.
  • cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.

Antonyms for bring up

verb bring up

  • learn — to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
  • finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
  • close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.

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