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Meanings of upbringing in English

Catalan
educació
Spanish
educación

Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community.

      educació
      Usage of upbringing in English
      1
      I had a strict upbringing and no friends outside the family unit.
      The Guardian
      2
      A Frenchwoman, of indisputably high upbringing, given the quality of her voice.
      Ruthless
      3
      Trevor also talks a great deal about his childhood and his upbringing.
      The South African
      4
      As she'd soon learn, my measured response was rooted in my upbringing.
      The last lecture
      5
      Her upbringing had been comfortable, typical of a New York upper-middle-class family.
      In the shadow of gotham
      6
      Alternative though it sounds, Stella's upbringing sounds rather old-fashioned, in its way.
      The Guardian
      7
      Her cloistered upbringing has not prepared her very well for this moment.
      Napoleon
      8
      It subtly mythologises Wright's African American upbringing and fearlessly confronts southern racism.
      The Guardian
      9
      They understand that I've had a rough upbringing living outside the Capital.
      The Hunger Pains
      10
      Her taste in music also points to her diverse upbringing, he said.
      Reuters
      11
      Tells about Otto's care that young Tony's Catholic upbringing was properly followed.
      The new yorker
      12
      I was, it is safe to say, very important in her upbringing.
      Chef
      13
      And you had a privileged enough upbringing to know what I mean.
      The South African
      14
      There were many reasons for this, not least of all her upbringing.
      Gladiatrix
      15
      Hall has tried to give them as normal an upbringing as possible.
      The Guardian
      16
      Meanwhile, across the pond, Meghan had a pretty typical American working-class upbringing.
      News.com.au
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      Translations for upbringing
      Catalan
      educació
      Spanish
      educación
      Upbringing through the time
      Upbringing across language varieties
      New Zealand
      Common
      Ireland
      Common
      United States of America
      Less common
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