upbringing

  • 1upbringing — index education, instruction (teaching) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2upbringing — 1510s, act of rearing a young person, from UP (Cf. up) + bringing (see BRING (Cf. bring)). Mainly in Scottish till c.1870, when it became general …

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  • 3upbringing — ► NOUN ▪ the treatment and instruction received throughout one s childhood …

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  • 4upbringing — [up′briŋ΄iŋ] n. [ger. of obs. upbring, to rear, train (< ME upbryngen: see UP & BRING)] the training and education received while growing up; rearing; nurture …

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  • 5upbringing — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ conventional ▪ Mine was a conventional family upbringing. ▪ good, proper ▪ sheltered, strict ▪ …

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  • 6upbringing — [[t]ʌ̱pbrɪŋɪŋ[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu with supp Your upbringing is the way that your parents treat you and the things that they teach you when you are growing up. Martin s upbringing shaped his whole life... Sam s mother said her son had a good… …

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  • 7upbringing — n. smb. s family; religious upbringing * * * religious upbringing s family smb …

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  • 8upbringing — noun Date: 1520 early training; especially a particular way of bringing up a child < had a strict upbringing > …

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  • 9upbringing — /up bring ing/, n. the care and training of young children or a particular type of such care and training: His religious upbringing fitted him to be a missionary. [1475 85; UP + BRINGING] * * * …

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  • 10upbringing — noun a) The traits acquired during ones childhood training Through her upbringing, Mildreds father had carefully programmed her to expect very little from life. b) The raising or training of a child. See Also …

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