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bring up, v.
freq. cnt. 8

summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
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arouse bring up call down call forth conjure conjure up evoke invoke put forward raise stir

sample sentences

"raise the specter of unemployment"
"he conjured wild birds in the air"
"call down the spirits from the mountain"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

invocation invocation

lexical pointers

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conjury conjuration conjuring conjuration conjuror conjurer

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semantic pointers

hyponym

damn, curse, bedamn, imprecate, beshrew, anathemize, anathemise, maledict bless

verb group

provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up

hypernym

call up, summon

look after a child until it is an adult
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bring up nurture parent raise rear

sample sentences

"raise a family"
"bring up children"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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rearing rearing

lexical pointers

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nurture nurture

lexical pointers

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parentage parent parentage parentage

semantic pointers

cause

hyponym

fledge cradle foster

cause to come to a sudden stop
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bring up

sample sentences

"The noise brought her up in shock"

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

raise from a lower to a higher position
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bring up elevate get up lift raise

sample sentences

"Raise your hands"
"Lift a load"

verb frames

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The men %s the chairs

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lift lift lift lift lift lift lift lifter

also see

lexical pointers

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antonym

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elevator elevation elevation elevation

semantic pointers

hyponym

get up jack, jack up shoulder kick up hoist, lift, wind trice, trice up run up, hoist hoist pump levitate underlay skid pinnacle chin, chin up raise, leaven, prove heighten boost, hike, hike up pick up, gather up, lift up rear, erect

hypernym

cause

rise, go up, move up, lift, come up, arise, uprise

promote from a lower position or rank
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bring up

sample sentences

"This player was brought up to the major league"

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

promote, elevate, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise

cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
<verb.body>

boot bring up reboot

sample sentences

"boot your computer"

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

revive, resuscitate

make reference to
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advert bring up cite mention name refer

sample sentences

"His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

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lexical pointers

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mention mention mentioner

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citation citation citation

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semantic pointers

hypernym

think of, have in mind, mean

hyponym

commend, remember speak of the devil remember quote, cite touch on invoke, appeal namedrop raise, bring up drag up, dredge up cross-refer

put forward for consideration or discussion
<verb.communication>

bring up raise

sample sentences

"raise the question of promotions"
"bring up an unpleasant topic"

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

mention, refer, cite, name, advert, bring up