Meaning of "bring up" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF BRING UP

bring up

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRING UP

Bring up is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bring up in English.

WHAT DOES BRING UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bring up in the English dictionary

The first definition of bring up in the dictionary is to care for and train ; rear. Other definition of bring up is to raise for discussion; mention. Bring up is also to vomit.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BRING UP

PRESENT

Present

I bring up

you bring up

he/she/it brings up

we bring up

you bring up

they bring up

Present continuous

I am bringing up

you are bringing up

he/she/it is bringing up

we are bringing up

you are bringing up

they are bringing up

Present perfect

I have brought up

you have brought up

he/she/it has brought up

we have brought up

you have brought up

they have brought up

Present perfect continuous

I have been bringing up

you have been bringing up

he/she/it has been bringing up

we have been bringing up

you have been bringing up

they have been bringing up

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I brought up

you brought up

he/she/it brought up

we brought up

you brought up

they brought up

Past continuous

I was bringing up

you were bringing up

he/she/it was bringing up

we were bringing up

you were bringing up

they were bringing up

Past perfect

I had brought up

you had brought up

he/she/it had brought up

we had brought up

you had brought up

they had brought up

Past perfect continuous

I had been bringing up

you had been bringing up

he/she/it had been bringing up

we had been bringing up

you had been bringing up

they had been bringing up

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will bring up

you will bring up

he/she/it will bring up

we will bring up

you will bring up

they will bring up

Future continuous

I will be bringing up

you will be bringing up

he/she/it will be bringing up

we will be bringing up

you will be bringing up

they will be bringing up

Future perfect

I will have brought up

you will have brought up

he/she/it will have brought up

we will have brought up

you will have brought up

they will have brought up

Future perfect continuous

I will have been bringing up

you will have been bringing up

he/she/it will have been bringing up

we will have been bringing up

you will have been bringing up

they will have been bringing up

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would bring up

you would bring up

he/she/it would bring up

we would bring up

you would bring up

they would bring up

Conditional continuous

I would be bringing up

you would be bringing up

he/she/it would be bringing up

we would be bringing up

you would be bringing up

they would be bringing up

Conditional perfect

I would have bring up

you would have bring up

he/she/it would have bring up

we would have bring up

you would have bring up

they would have bring up

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been bringing up

you would have been bringing up

he/she/it would have been bringing up

we would have been bringing up

you would have been bringing up

they would have been bringing up

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you bring up
we let´s bring up
you bring up

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to bring up

Past participle

brought up

Present Participle

bringing up

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF BRING UP

Find out the translation of bring up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bring up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bring up» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 培养
• Translator English - Spanish: criar
• English: bring up
• Translator English - Hindi: लाना
• Translator English - Arabic: يُرَبِّي
• Translator English - Russian: воспитывать
• Translator English - Portuguese: criar
• Translator English - Bengali: পাস কর
• Translator English - French: élever
• Translator English - Malay: Dalalah
• Translator English - German: großziehen
• Translator English - Japanese: 育てる
• Translator English - Korean: 키우다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngowahi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nuôi dưỡng
• Translator English - Tamil: கடந்து செல்லுங்கள்
• Translator English - Marathi: पास आणा
• Translator English - Turkish: Geçmek
• Translator English - Italian: educare
• Translator English - Polish: wychować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: виховувати
• Translator English - Romanian: a crește
• Translator English - Greek: ανατρέφω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bring
• Translator English - Swedish: ta up
• Translator English - Norwegian: ta opp

10 QUOTES WITH «BRING UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bring up.

1

Roger Ascham

In mine opinion, love is fitter than fear, gentleness better than beating, to bring up a child rightly in learning.

2

Vidya Balan

Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.

3

Honore de Balzac

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

4

Franz Beckenbauer

German football is like English football. The Germans and the English do not play like a Brazilian side. They have to improve, bring up their young players, who have character.

5

Sandra Bernhard

There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed.

6

David Chipperfield

Seeing architecture differently from the way you see the rest of life is a bit weird. I believe one should be consistent in all that one does, from the books you read to the way you bring up your children. Everything you do is connected.

7

John Cleese

Now most people do not want an ordinary life in which they do a job well, earn the respect of their collaborators and competitors, bring up a family and have friends. That's not enough any more, and I think that is absolutely tragic - and I'm not exaggerating - that people feel like a decent, ordinary, fun life is no longer enough.

8

Henry Ian Cusick

Hawaii is a beautiful place to bring up a family.

9

Tommy Davidson

I can personally feel the relief myself in my audiences when I bring up Obama because there was a lot of anti-Obama sentiment out there before the capture of bin Laden.

10

Rosa DeLauro

The Bush administration and Congressional Republicans have failed to bring up comprehensive energy reform or any piece of legislation for that matter that would lower gas prices, opting instead to give massive subsidies to the oil and gas industry.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRING UP»

Discover the use of bring up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bring up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Bring Up the Bodies: A Novel

Winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Award The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall ...

Hilary Mantel, 2012

Bring Up the Bodies

In Bring Up the Bodies, sequel to the Man Booker Prize– winning Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in English history: the destruction of Anne Boleyn.

Hilary Mantel, 2012

Bring Up the Bodies

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012, the 2012 Costa Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction. (Note that this ebook contains family trees, which are best viewed on a tablet.)

Hilary Mantel, 2012

Wolf Hall: A Novel

Assuming the power recently lost by the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell counsels a mercurial Henry VIII on the latter's efforts to marry Anne Boleyn against the wishes of Rome and many of his people, a successful endeavor that ...

Hilary Mantel, 2009

Can God Really Help You - Bring Up Your Children?

Today’s parents are at the mercy of lots of different parenting advice depending on the latest fad. This book goes back to basics and gives sound advice and sensible teaching based on biblical principles.

Andrea Webster, 2009

How to Bring Up Baby

A whimsical reference for clueless new fathers by a former senior editor at Mother Earth News defines key vocabulary terms, shares survival tips, and makes recommendations on everything from diapers and milk pumps to sleepless nights and ...

Sam Martin, 2009

Bringing Up Boys

Parents, teachers, and others involved in shaping the character of boys have lots of questions. In Bringing Up Boys, Dr. Dobson tackles these questions and offers advice and encouragement based on a firm foundation of biblical principles.

James C. Dobson, 2010

Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom ...

The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent.

Pamela Druckerman, 2012

How to Bring Up a Child:

Actually if you are going to bring up a child you should behave responsibly from well before the time of possible conception. You should be a nice, relaxed, fit, healthy person. Hence the advice given in Chapter 1 about diet etc. applies from the ...

Shyam Mehta, 2014

Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies: Two-Book Edition

A two-ebook edition of Hilary Mantel’s bestselling novels: Wolf Hall, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009, and Bring Up the Bodies, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012.

Hilary Mantel, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRING UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bring up is used in the context of the following news items.

Kenya protesters warn Obama not to bring up gay rights in visit

Kenyan anti-gay protesters marched in Nairobi Monday warning US President Barack Obama not to speak about gay rights when he visits the ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»

Royals bring up 3B Cheslor Cuthbert from Omaha

Infielder Cheslor Cuthbert hasn't been hitting particularly well at Triple-A Omaha, but that did not prevent the Royals from promoting him ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»

Your Office Coach: Don't bring up religious beliefs unless you have to

Q: Because of my religious beliefs, I am not allowed to celebrate holidays. This means I cannot attend office events related to Christmas, ... «Centre Daily Times, Jul 15»

Ben Carson: Trump Attacked Over Topic 'You're Not Supposed to …

"They want to make very clear that this is a topic you're not supposed to bring up." Carson's defense came as Trump issued his own statement ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»

Rays bring up Teaford, send down Riefenhauser

NEW YORK (AP) - Wanting to have a long reliever in the bullpen after a pair of extra-inning games, the Tampa Bay Rays selected the contract ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»

Letter: Not the time to bring up the flag

How uncaring, rude and thoughtless of some members in the media to bring up the Confederate battle flag in Columbia. This was not the time. «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»

Royals bring up INF Dusty Coleman, demote SS Christian Colon

Colon played sparingly after a stint as a starter in the wake of an injury to Alcides Escobar. A 3-for-22 slide has lowered his average from .286 ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»

Jays recall Tepera, bring up Doubront

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays selected the contract of left-hander Felix Doubront on Friday and recalled right-hander Ryan Tepera from ... «TSN, Jul 15»

New Sussex psychiatric hospital may bring up to 200 jobs

If a New Jersey company has its way, Sussex County residents might not need to leave the county or the state to get psychiatric care in a ... «The News Journal, Jul 15»

Sandy Alderson should stop fooling around bring up Michael …

It is a good thing the Mets don't play in the American League. For when it comes to designated hitters, right now they have none, certainly not ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»