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Definition: Push Forward |
Push ForwardVerb1. Push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Push ForwardSynonyms: barge (v), thrust ahead (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Verb: be active; Adjective: busy oneself in; stir, stir about, stir one's stumps; bestir oneself, rouse oneself; speed, hasten, peg away, lay about one, bustle, fuss; raise up, kick up a dust; push; make a push, make a fuss, make a stir; go ahead, push forward; fight one's way, elbow one's way; make progress; toll; (labor); plod, persist; (persevere) a; keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling. |
Aid | Relieve, rescue; set up, set agoing, set on one's legs; bear through, pull through; give new life to, be the making of; reinforce, reenforce, recruit; set forward, put forward, push forward; give a lift, give a shove, give an impulse to; promote, further, forward, advance |
Sequence | Verb: advance; proceed, progress; get on, get along, get over the ground; gain ground; forge ahead; jog on, rub on, wag on; go with the stream; keep one;s course, hold on one's course; go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead; make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way; make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides; (velocity); go ahead, shoot ahead; distance; make up leeway. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Push Forward |
| Specialty definitions using "push forward": erector operator ♦ hydraulic operator ♦ shield operator, SHIELD RUNNER. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Indonesia | Initiating a virtuous cycle in Indonesia will depend on the degree to which the GOI can push forward economic reforms that have lagged since mid-2000. (references) |
Indonesia | In order to limit the cost of any follow-on bank recapitalization program, the GOI will need to aggressively court foreign investors and push forward its broader economic reform program in order to improve the operating environment for banks. (references) | |
Political Economy | SAUDI ARABIA | In mid-October 2001, the GCC announced that it will redraft the tariff agreement to meet the Saudi rates and will push forward the date of implementation for the customs union to 2003. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "push forward"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtyhem përpara, nxjerr në pah (foil, heighten, highlight, point out, silhouette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тласкам напред (push, put forward), вървя напред, напредвам (advance, develop, forge ahead, gain, get on, go, go ahead, move, move on, move onwards, proceed, progress, push, push on, push up, roll, walk), мъча се да пробутам, лансирам (boost, bring out, initiate, launch, push, put up, sell), бутам напред. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 推動 (to promote, to push, to push forward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odstrèit (push aside, push away, put aside, set aside, set back), drát se. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vorstoßen (advance, attack, venture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elõretol, elõretör (forge ahead, shoot ahead), elõrenyomul (advance), elõrehalad (progress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menyorongkan (shove, slide something forward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | perseverare (keep, persevere, persist, soldier on), mettersi in mostra, avanzare (advance, advanced, be left, broach, draw, drive, go forward, limp, progress, put forward, wear on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 邁進 (struggle on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | まいし" (struggle on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ooillian, broo er oai. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ushpay orwardfay стремиться вперед, продвинуть (move on). (various references) ići dalje (get a move on, move on, push on). (various references) empujar hacia adelante (thrust forward), avanzar (advance, come forward, come on, develop, encroach, forward, go forward, go off, go on, lumber, lurch along, move, move along, move in, proceed, push on, thrust forward, toil, track, trundle on). (various references) tränga sig fram (jostle, press, push one's way forward, push through), rycka fram (debouch). (various references) ilerletmek (advance, carry forward, cultivate, drive on, forward, further, improve, prosecute, set forward, take forward). (various references) поспішати (be in haste, bustle, hasten, hie, hurry, scurry, speed, swiften). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | promoveo promovi promotum, propellere. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | boter. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-f-h-o-p-r-r-s-u-w" | |
-3 letters: dhourras, forwards, uphoards. | |
-4 letters: ardours, dhourra, dourahs, farrows, forward, froward, furrows, harrows, purdahs, pushrod, sparrow, uphoard, uproars, upwards. | |
-5 letters: ardors, ardour, arrows, dourah, douras, durras, dwarfs, farrow, frauds, furors, furrow, harrow, hoards, parous, pharos, prahus, prowar, purdah, purdas, sapour, shadow, shaduf, shofar, shroud, uproar, upsoar, upward, washup, wharfs, whaups. | |
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