Upbringing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

properties acquired during a person's formative years

helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/əpbɹɪŋɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/əpbɹɪŋɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/əpbɹɪŋɪŋ/

3 syllables Say it as /əpbɹɪŋɪŋ/.

Examples

they debated whether nature or nurture was more important

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

raising nurture fosterage breeding rearing bringing up fostering

Parts of Speech

noun	properties acquired during a person's formative years
noun	helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community “they debated whether nature or nurture was more important”

Word Forms

foster	verb	promote the growth of
nurtural	adjective	resulting from nurture
nurture	verb	bring up
rear	verb	bring up

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Erziehung

Immobilien, die während der prägenden Jahre einer Person erworben wurden

🇫🇷French

éducation

biens acquis au cours des années de formation d'une personne

🇪🇸Spanish

educación

propiedades adquiridas durante los años de formación de una persona

🇮🇹Italian

educazione

beni acquisiti durante gli anni formativi di una persona

🇳🇱Dutch

opvoeding

eigendommen verworven tijdens de vormingsjaren van een persoon

🇵🇹Portuguese

educação

propriedades adquiridas durante os anos de formação de uma pessoa

🇷🇺Russian

воспитание

свойства, приобретенные в годы становления человека

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पालना पोसना

किसी व्यक्ति के प्रारंभिक वर्षों के दौरान अर्जित संपत्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

লালনপালন

একজন ব্যক্তির গঠনমূলক বছরগুলিতে অর্জিত সম্পত্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

வளர்ப்பு

ஒரு நபர் உருவாகும் ஆண்டுகளில் பெறப்பட்ட பண்புகள்

🇮🇳Telugu

పెంపకం

ఒక వ్యక్తి యొక్క నిర్మాణ సంవత్సరాల్లో పొందిన లక్షణాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

संगोपन

एखाद्या व्यक्तीच्या सुरुवातीच्या काळात मिळवलेले गुणधर्म

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉછેર

વ્યક્તિના રચનાત્મક વર્ષો દરમિયાન હસ્તગત કરેલી મિલકતો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಾಲನೆ

ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯ ರಚನೆಯ ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವಾಧೀನಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ಗುಣಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വളർത്തൽ

ഒരു വ്യക്തിയുടെ രൂപീകരണ വർഷങ്ങളിൽ നേടിയ സ്വത്തുക്കൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਾਲਣ ਪੋਸ਼ਣ

ਕਿਸੇ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਦੇ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤੀ ਸਾਲਾਂ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤੀਆਂ ਜਾਇਦਾਦਾਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

پرورش

کسی شخص کے ابتدائی سالوں میں حاصل کی گئی جائیدادیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

教养

在一个人的成长时期获得的财产

🇯🇵Japanese

育成

人の形成期に獲得した財産

🇰🇷Korean

육성

개인의 형성기에 취득한 재산

🇻🇳Vietnamese

giáo dục

tài sản có được trong những năm hình thành của một người

🇹🇭Thai

การเลี้ยงดู

ทรัพย์สินที่ได้มาในระหว่างปีการศึกษาของบุคคล

🇮🇩Indonesian

asuhan

properti yang diperoleh selama tahun-tahun pembentukan seseorang

🇵🇭Filipino

pagpapalaki

mga ari-arian na nakuha sa panahon ng pagbuo ng isang tao

🇲🇾Malay

didikan

harta yang diperoleh semasa tahun pembentukan seseorang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تنشئة

الممتلكات المكتسبة خلال سنوات تكوين الشخص

🇮🇷Persian

تربیت

خواصی که در طول سالهای شکل گیری فرد به دست می آید

🇹🇷Turkish

yetiştirme

Bir kişinin gelişim yıllarında edinilen mülkler

🇮🇱Hebrew

חינוך

נכסים שנרכשו במהלך שנותיו של אדם

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