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be brought up
UK/bi ˌbrɔːt ˈʌp/US/bi ˌbrɔt ˈʌp/be·BROUGHT·up
to be raised or cared for during childhood
Examples
“I was brought up in a small coastal town.”
“He was brought up to be polite and hardworking.”
“Children brought up in supportive homes tend to do better at school.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although I was brought up in a traditional household, my parents encouraged independent thinking.”
Collocations
- be brought up in
- bring someone up
Word family
Common mistakes
I was raise by my grandparents.→I was raised by my grandparents.
I was brought up from Hanoi.→I was brought up in Hanoi.
Say it for a higher band
5be raised→6brought up→7+be brought up
Synonyms
be raised
Easily confused
be raised
“She was raised by her aunt after her parents died.”
be brought up in
“He was brought up in a small village.”
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