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🗣️ To mention 👶 To raise ⛔ To stop suddenly 💻 To start (computer) 🪄 To summon ⬆️ To promote
to bring up

to bring up

14 5.5
Start a computer's operating system so it can run
  • phrasal verb
  • Specialized
translation icon : arrancar
  • So now you can bring up your Jupiter notebook if you don't have it up already.

It was a graphic, it was a database where you could, you could bring up charts of prices.

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Examples

  • Mountain Lion three-finger tap brings up the dictionary for the highlighted word.

    Blog text (23)

  • From your smartphone of choice, you bring up the systems management dashboard and identify the original problem.

    Blog text (5)

  • I, if I were to look right now, let me bring up my screen here.

  • And now if you have a look, it brings up this set in here.

  • So let's bring up a clock and press enter.

  • David, can you bring up the tournament records for the last ten years?

    Fiction book (1992)

  • So hit command T to bring up the the image size adjustments box.

  • You can do Windows Q, which will bring up search for apps, Windows F, which search for files.

  • OK, let's bring up MATLAB and compute a solution.

  • Next, type gpedit.msc and click OK to bring up the Local Group Policy Editor.

Synonyms

to start up
vsto bring up
38 3.0

To make a machine or system begin to work

refers specifically to loading the operating system and initial processes
to boot
vsto bring up
  • Specialized
28 4.5

To start a computer and load its operating system

is about causing that action rather than the machine doing it itself
to spin up
vsto bring up
  • Specialized
3 5.2

Start a computer system or service so it is ready to use

focuses specifically on loading the operating system and initial processes
to boot a computer
vsto bring up
  • Specialized
3.3

Start a computer by loading the program that runs it

causes the operating system to load and start initial processes

Antonyms

shutdown
136 4.1

A time when a business, system, or service stops working

How Ready

to come online
  • Specialized
24 3.7
to bring up
  • Specialized
14 5.5
to turn on
550 1.0
to initialize
  • Specialized
14 6.3

Surface Forms

bring up infinitive
bringing up present participle
brings up third person singular
brought up past
brought up past participle

Morphology

bring + up

There is a clear compositional link: 'bring' (move/cause to come) + 'up' (to a higher position) creates a spatial metaphor of raising someone, which can cue the idea of promotion. However, the occupational/promotion sense is a metaphorical extension rather than a literal motion, so a B1 learner might infer it in context but would not always predict this specific usage without exposure.

Etymology

Bring up in computing comes from the idea of lifting a machine into a working state: to bring a system up is to start it so its parts begin to work, so the phrase means 'to start the operating system'.