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put forward en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To propose for consideration.
   • The Prime Minister put forward new plans to tackle corruption.
   • Democrats, meanwhile, point out that Republicans seem to have made a conscious decision, beginning with the stimulus, to oppose anything the president put forward, dooming any chance of renewed cooperation between the parties. 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
   • Another argument for closing Woodhead was simply one of route duplication, and this was the main reason put forward by BR at the time. 2021 July 14, Pip Dunn, “Woodhead 40 years on: time to let go”, in RAIL, number 935, page 39:
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To change the time in a time zone to a later time.
   • When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early. 1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railways and Summer Time”, in Railway Magazine, page 429:
   • Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks forward an hour.

Forms

Relateds

table · bring up · posit · put the clock forward

Synonyms

propound · moot · produce · put forth · advance

Translations (22)

az təklif etmək (to propose for consideration) · fi siirtää eteenpäin (to set a clock to a later time) · pt propor (to propose for consideration) · ru выдвига́ть (to propose for consideration) · fi esittää (to propose for consideration) · pt adiantar (to set a clock to a later time) · mi whakaaranga (to propose for consideration) · cmn 提出 (to propose for consideration) · pt apresentar (to propose for consideration) · tr öne sürmek (to propose for consideration) · az irəli sürmək (to propose for consideration) · it presentare (to propose for consideration) · de vorbringen (to propose for consideration) · bn পেশ করা (to propose for consideration) · es entablar (to propose for consideration) · ru предложи́ть (to propose for consideration) · it proporre (to propose for consideration) · cmn 撥快 /拨快 (to set a clock to a later time) · fi ehdottaa (to propose for consideration) · az ortaya qoymaq (to propose for consideration) · es proponer (to propose for consideration) · ru предлага́ть (to propose for consideration)