Noun bringing up has 1 sense
- breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing - raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
--1 is a kind of socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
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Verb bring up has 8 senses
- raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth - evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
--1 is one way to make, create
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- rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent - bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
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- bring up - promote from a lower position or rank; "This player was brought up to the major league"
--3 is one way to promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
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- raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
--4 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
The men bring up the chairs
- bring up - cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock"
--5 is one way to stop
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- raise, bring up - put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
--6 is one way to mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
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- mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer - make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
--7 is one way to think of, have in mind, mean
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- boot, reboot, bring up - cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"
--8 is one way to resuscitate, revive
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