🇬🇧 Bring up meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To "bring up" a child means to take care of them from when they are little until they are grown, and to teach them how to behave, what is right and wrong, and sometimes what to believe about the world. Parents or other adults who bring up a child feed them, keep them safe, show them love, and help them learn how to be a kind, responsible person.

My parents are bringing me up to love reading, so my punishment is having to stop reading and go play outside.

My grandparents brought up my dad without video games, so now he steals mine ‘for research.’

My parents are bringing me up to tell the truth, so I truthfully announced that Dad’s dance moves are illegal.

Dad says he’ll bring me up to be brave, but he screams when a broccoli floret touches his plate.

If you bring up your kids to love science, don’t be surprised when they try to weigh the cat for an ‘experiment.’

She brings him up to the table, brings him up to wash his hands, and brings him up to read a small book. She brings him up to say please and to help a friend. He learns, he grows, he hugs her. She smiles; she brought him up with love.

This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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