| VERB | creation | bring up, raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, put forward, call forth | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic |
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| social | bring up, rear, raise, nurture, parent | bring up | |
| social | bring up | promote from a lower position or rank | |
| motion | bring up, raise, lift, elevate, get up | raise from a lower to a higher position | |
| motion | bring up | cause to come to a sudden stop | |
| communication | bring up, raise | put forward for consideration or discussion | |
| communication | bring up, mention, advert, cite, name, refer | make reference to | |
| body | bring up, boot, reboot | cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes |
| Meaning | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, put forward, call forth | |
| Narrower | bless | Give a benediction to |
| curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | wish harm upon | |
| Broader | call up, summon | Cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively |
| See also | bring | cause to happen / happen or to occur as a consequence |
| Similar to | provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur |
| Spanish | agitar, conjurar, despertar, evocar, exponer, invitar, invocar, llamar, recaudar, remover, revolver, traer | |
| Catalan | invocar | |
| Meaning | Bring up. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "bring up children" | |
| Synonyms | rear, raise, nurture, parent | |
| Cause to | grow up | Become an adult |
| Narrower | cradle | Bring up from infancy |
| fledge | feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight | |
| foster | Bring up under fosterage | |
| See also | bring | bring into a different state |
| Spanish | alimentar, criar, educar, formar, ser padre | |
| Catalan | alimentar, criar, educar, formar | |
| Meaning | Promote from a lower position or rank. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate | Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position |
| Meaning | Raise from a lower to a higher position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | The men bring up the chairs | |
| Synonyms | raise, lift, elevate, get up | |
| Cause to | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
| Narrower | chin, chin up | Raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar |
| get up | Cause to rise | |
| heighten | increase the height of | |
| hike, hike up, boost | increase | |
| hoist, lift, wind | Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | |
| hoist, run up | Raise | |
| hoist | Move from one place to another by lifting | |
| jack, jack up | Lift with a special device | |
| kick up | Cause to rise by kicking | |
| levitate | Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity | |
| pick up, lift up, gather up | Take and lift upward | |
| pinnacle | Raise on or as if on a pinnacle | |
| pump | Raise (gases or fluids) with a pump | |
| raise, leaven, prove | Cause to puff up with a leaven | |
| rear, erect | Cause to rise up | |
| shoulder | Lift onto one's shoulders | |
| skid | elevate onto skids | |
| trice, trice up | Raise with a line | |
| underlay | Raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| See also | bring | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere |
| Opposite | lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down | Move something or somebody to a lower position |
| Spanish | alzar, aumentar, elevar, levantar, subir, traer | |
| Catalan | aixecar, alçar, elevar, enlairar, pujar | |
| Meaning | Cause to come to a sudden stop. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | stop | Cause to stop |
| Meaning | Put forward for consideration or discussion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "bring up an unpleasant topic" | |
| Synonym | raise | |
| Broader | mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer | make reference to |
| Spanish | plantear, sacar a colación, sacar a relucir, sacar | |
| Catalan | plantejar, portar a col·locació | |
| Meaning | make reference to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mention, advert, cite, name, refer | |
| Narrower | commend, remember | mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship |
| cross-refer | refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists | |
| drag up, dredge up | mention something unpleasant from the past | |
| invoke, appeal | cite as an authority | |
| namedrop | refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them | |
| quote, cite | refer to for illustration or proof | |
| raise, bring up | Put forward for consideration or discussion | |
| remember | mention favorably, as in prayer | |
| speak of the devil | mention someone's name who just then appears | |
| touch on | refer to or discuss briefly | |
| Broader | think of, have in mind, mean | Intend to refer to |
| Spanish | advertir, aludir, citar, mencionar, mentar, nombrar, referir | |
| Catalan | al·ludir, citar, esmentar, mencionar, nomenar, referir | |
| Meaning | Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | boot, reboot | |
| Broader | resuscitate, revive | Cause to regain consciousness |
| Spanish | arrancar, rebotar, reinicializar, reiniciar | |
| Catalan | reinicialitzar, reiniciar | |
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