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Definition of 'bring up' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
"raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

2. (verb) rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent
bring up
"raise a family"; "bring up children"

3. (verb) bring up
promote from a lower position or rank
"This player was brought up to the major league"

4. (verb) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
raise from a lower to a higher position
"Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

5. (verb) bring up
cause to come to a sudden stop
"The noise brought her up in shock"

6. (verb) raise, bring up
put forward for consideration or discussion
"raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"

7. (verb) mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
make reference to
"His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

8. (verb) boot, reboot, bring up
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
"boot your computer"


Definition of 'bring up' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) bring up
to care for a child as they grow up
***We were brought up to be polite.

2.  bring up
to mention or introduce a subject
***to bring up the issue/problem/question of money


Translation of 'bring up' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to rear or educate
Her parents brought her up to be polite.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: grootmaak, opvoed Arabic flag Arabic: يُرَبّي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отглеждам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: educar Czech flag Czech: vychovat German flag German: erziehen
Danish flag Danish: opdrage Greek flag Greek: ανατρέφω Spanish flag Spanish: educar
Estonian flag Estonian: üles kasvatama Farsi flag Farsi: پرورش دادن Finnish flag Finnish: kasvattaa
French flag French: élever Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְגָדֵל, לְחָנֵך Hindi flag Hindi: पालन-पोषण करना, पढ़ाना-लि
Croatian flag Croatian: odgojiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: felnevel Indonesian flag Indonesian: mendidik
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ala upp Italian flag Italian: educare, allevare Japanese flag Japanese: 育てる
Korean flag Korean: 양육하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: išauginti, išauklėti Latvian flag Latvian: []audzināt
Malay flag Malay: mengajar Dutch flag Dutch: grootbrengen, opvoeden Norwegian flag Norwegian: oppdra, ale opp
Polish flag Polish: wychowywać Persian flag Persian: پرورش دادن Pashto flag Pashto: روزنه ورکول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: educar Romanian flag Romanian: a creşte, a educa Russian flag Russian: воспитывать
Slovak flag Slovak: vychovať Slovenian flag Slovenian: vzgojiti Serbian flag Serbian: vaspitati
Swedish flag Swedish: uppfostra, utbilda Thai flag Thai: เลี้ยงดู Turkish flag Turkish: yetiştirmek, eğitmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 養育,教育 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: виховувати Urdu flag Urdu: پرورش کرنا ، پالنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: giáo dục Chinese flag Chinese: 养育,教育

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