bring up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
raise the specter of unemployment
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- conjuring derivation
- summoning derivation
- conjuration derivation
- invocation derivation
- conjurer derivation
- call forth verb group
Sense 2 verb
bring up
raise a family
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
promote from a lower position or rank
This player was brought up to the major league
Types & categories
- elevate hypernym
Sense 4 verb
raise from a lower to a higher position
Raise your hands
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
cause to come to a sudden stop
The noise brought her up in shock
Types & categories
- stop hypernym
Sense 6 verb
put forward for consideration or discussion
raise the question of promotions
Types & categories
- mention hypernym
Sense 7 verb
make reference to
His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
Types & categories
- have in mind hypernym
- commend hyponym
- speak of the devil hyponym
- remember hyponym
- quote hyponym
- touch on hyponym
- invoke hyponym
- namedrop hyponym
- bring up hyponym
- drag up hyponym
- cross-refer hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
boot your computer
Types & categories
- revive hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjuring |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | summoning |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjuration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | invocation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjurer |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | call forth |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | damn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bless |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | grow up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bringing up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nurture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ancestry |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parentage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parentage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fledge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cradle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | foster |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | elevate |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | pick up |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | lower |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | rise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | raise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | airlift |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | elevator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lift |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ski tow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | elevation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lift |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | elevation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | natural elevation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lifter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | get up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | jack |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoulder |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | kick up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hoist |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trice |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | run up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hoist |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pump |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | levitate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | underlay |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | skid |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinnacle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | chin |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | leaven |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | heighten |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hike |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pick up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | erect |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | stop |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | mention |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | name |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | quotation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | quotation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | reference |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | citation |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | naming |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | mentioner |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | have in mind |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | commend |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | speak of the devil |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | remember |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | quote |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | touch on |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | invoke |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | namedrop |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bring up |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | drag up |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | cross-refer |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | revive |