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bringing up

bringing up

1 3.5
Caring for a child and teaching them how to behave
  • noun
: crianza
  • Phoebe and Patricia were fifteen and thirteen, and had been brought up in San Diego, where Jacob's first wife lived.
  • bringing up a child

as far as bringing up, bringing up children and having this, this discipline

Examples

  • Some woman bringing up three children in West Belfast shouldn't care about civilian clothing or whatever they call these clown outfits.

    Hunger (2009)

  • The book offers practical advice on bringing up toddlers and setting boundaries.

  • You know, "Am I bringing up my kid the right way?"

    Get Him to the Greek (2010)

  • It's good for bringing up kids and it's good for getting confessions out of victims.

  • It was about how she was training and bringing up students.

  • Now, I realised you'll have had to tighten your belt a bit over the years, bringing up Sophie on your own, and I just wanted to make a small contribution to the wedding.

    Mamma Mia! (2008)

  • Many parents struggle with the challenges of bringing up children in today's society.

  • His experiences bringing up his daughter have taught him valuable lessons about patience.

Synonyms

parenting
vsbringing up
210 3.0

To raise and care for children

focuses more on teaching social behavior and fitting into society
upbringing
vsbringing up
73 3.2

The care, teaching, and values a child gets from parents

is the same idea but used as a phrase form rather than single noun
nurture
vsbringing up
21 3.5

Care and encouragement for a child to help them grow

emphasizes teaching behavior and social duties rather than gentle support
rearing
vsbringing up
17 3.2

Care for children or young animals

is specific to human children and teaching social conduct
raising
vsbringing up
13 2.5

The care and teaching of a child as they grow

is the same concept but expressed as a two word phrase
training
vsbringing up
4 1.8

Manners and social skills learned from family or school

is broader, covering overall child care and moral guidance

Antonyms

neglect
94 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

abandonment
18 3.6

Leaving someone or something and not coming back

How Caring

bringing up
1 3.5
nurture
21 3.5
fostering
1 4.0
care
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

bringing up singular
bringings up plural

Morphology

bringing + up

The noun 'bringing up' is directly compositional from 'bringing' (the act of bringing) + 'up' (motion/raising), yielding the sense of raising or rearing a child; this motion-to-care metaphor is a standard phrasal-verb pattern in English. Cross-linguistically and pedagogically, learners who know the constituents and the particle-verb pattern will readily infer 'upbringing' without prior exposure.

Etymology

Bringing up comes from the simple picture of a parent lifting a child 'up' as they grow, and the parts bring and up show this physical raising. That's why bringing up now means the care and lessons parents give a child, their 'upbringing'.