Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bring up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.24 in modern English

Syllables: bring up
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.

verb

verb

To raise or rear (children).

verb

To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory)

verb

To turn on power or start, as of a machine.

verb

To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors.

verb

verb

To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.

Example Sentences

"When you're in the basement, can you bring up the paints?"
""[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]""
"This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey."
"Don't bring up politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy."
"In the present writer's opinion there was no greater and more successful locomotive engineer in the country, during the first quarter-century, than George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This statement is made without prejudice, for I was brought up on the other line extending from Waterloo to Padstow, and between Swindon and Eastleigh there was a great gulf fixed."
"‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.[…]’."

Etymology

From Middle English bryngen up, dissimilated from Middle English upbryngen (“to bring up, raise”). Doublet of upbring.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bryngen up, upbryngen

Usage

Inflected Forms

brings up (present, singular) bringing up (participle, present) brought up (participle, past) brought up (past)

Phrases

bring up the rear bring up to

Frequently Paired Words

upbringing bring up the rear bring up to

Synonyms

bring back boot reboot mention advert cite name refer

Questions

What does bring up mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
Where does bring up come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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