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bring up

English

  1. 🔊 cause to come to a sudden stop
    “The noise brought her up in shock”
  2. 🔊 promote from a lower position or rank
    “This player was brought up to the major league”
  3. 🔊 put forward for consideration or discussion
    “raise the question of promotions”
  4. 🔊 cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
    “boot your computer”
  5. 🔊 make reference to
    “His name was mentioned in connection with the invention”
  6. 🔊 look after a child until it is an adult
    “raise a family”
  7. 🔊 raise from a lower to a higher position
    “Raise your hands”
  8. 🔊 summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
    “raise the specter of unemployment”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 plantear to bring up, to pose, to present (e.g., a problem, challenge, threat)

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