Put Forward

Definition: Put Forward

Put Forward

Verb

1. Put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty".

2. Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!".

3. Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain".

4. Cause to protrude: stick one's hand out of the window"; "stick one's nose into other people's business".

5. Propose as a candidate for some honor.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Put Forward

Affirmation

Put forth, put forward; advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend.

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

Offer

Verb: offer, proffer, present, tender; bid; propose, move; make a motion, make advances; start; invite, hold out, place in one's way, put forward.

Ostentation

Show off, show off one's paces; parade, march past; display, exhibit, put forward, hold up; trot out, hand out; sport, brandish, blazon forth; dangle, dangle before the eyes.

Publication

Verb: publish; make public, make known; (information); speak of, talk of; broach, utter; put forward; circulate, propagate, promulgate; spread, spread abroad; rumor, diffuse, disseminate, evulugate; put forth, give forth, send forth; emit, edit, get out; issue; bring before the public, lay before the public, drag before the public; give out, give to the world; put about, bandy about, hawk about, buzz about, whisper about, bruit about, blaze about; drag into the open day; voice.

Supposition

Put forth; propound, propose; start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion; hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture.

Crosswords: Put Forward

Do you really think the authorities will lend you one? What possible argument could I put forward to get you a Wellington? (The Dam Busters; writing credit: Paul Brickhill; Wing Commander Guy Gibson)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The case of James Hanratty : report of Mr. C. Lewis Hawser QC of his assessment of the representations put forward in the case of James Hanratty and of other relevant material : presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Germany accepts and recognises as valid and binding all decrees and orders concerning German ships and goods and all orders relating to the payment of costs made by any Prize Court of any of the Allied or Associated Powers, and undertakes not to put forward any claim arising out of such decrees or orders on behalf of any German national. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Otherwise a proposal is put forward to the Council, which decides by qualified majority. (references)

Earlier, the home customer would typically go to the nearest dealer, put forward his requirement and check out on the pricing. (references)

The following are objectives put forward by Greenpeace for the year 2010. Local sector specialists back these targets, although in some cases, to a lesser degree. (references)

Children

Macedonia

New legislation addressing shortfalls in the juvenile justice system and reforming existing law to meet international standards was put forward for Government review in December. (references)

Economic History

Zimbabwe

On September 1, 1977 a detailed Anglo-American plan was put forward with proposals for majority rule, neutrally administered with pre-independence elections, a democratic constitution and the formation of an integrated army. (references)

Singapore

The Corporate Governance Committee, has put forward a proposed Code of Corporate Governance, which sets out recommended corporate governance principles and practices. (references)

Political Rights

Mexico

However, in practice, women more often were put forward as substitute candidates who have little chance of serving unless the titular candidate leaves office. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "put forward": put forward a suggestion ♦ put forward as a pretext ♦ put forward conjecture ♦ To put forward. Additional references.

Afrikaans

aandag vestig op (advance). (various references)

Albanian

parashtroj (bring, commit, enunciate, expound, pose, posit, prefer, propound, submit), shpreh (bid, breathe, clothe, couch, embody, express, express oneself, extend, formulate, give voice to, import, outspeak, phrase, profess, put, say, speak, utter). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مثار (advanced, raised). (various references)

Bulgarian 

тласкам напред (push, push forward), предвижвам напред, предлагам за кандидат (put up), правя (act, advance, contract, deliver, do, drive, enounce, gargle, lay, leave, make, pay, pull, put out, run off, strike, transact), изтеглям напред, излагам (bring on reproach, display, enunciate, exhibit, expose, expound, formulate, hang, lay, lay out, propound, put to, recount, represent to smb., set out, set up, show, show off, sink, state, subject, ventilate). (various references)

Chinese 

提出 (to post, to propose, to put forward, to raise), �'意思 (not interesting; boring, not worth talking about, unable to put forward an opinion; have no idea), 提 (carry, lifting, to carry, to lift, to mention, to put forward). (various references)

Czech

předložit (bring forward, bring in, commit, dish up, introduce, pose, prefer, produce, propound, put, put in, render, send in, set, submit, tender), ukázat (demonstrate, match, point, reveal, show). (various references)

Danish

gøre sine synspunkter gældende (put forward its point of view). (various references)

Dutch

naar voren brengen (advance), attent maken op (advance), attenderen op (advance). (various references)

Esperanto

atentigi pri (advance). (various references)

Finnish

siirtää kello eteenpäin (put back), esittää (deliver, execute, express, extend, give, introduce, introduce to, offer, present, produce, refer, render, set forth, show, state, tender). (various references)

French

avancer (put forth, put out). (various references)

German

vorstellen (act for, bring forward, envisage, imagine, introduce, mean, move forward, move on, offer, park in front, point out, present, put in front, put out, represent, signify, tender, to envisage, to introduce, to represent, to suggest, unveil), vorsetzen (dish up, forward-space, move forward, offer, put in front, serve up, to forward space), vorschlagen (advance, nominate, offer, propose, propound, slate, submit, suggest, to propose, to submit, to suggest), vorbringen (argue, bring forth, bring forward, cite, express, interpose, lay, lay before, make, moot, offer, plead, proffer, propose, put, raise, state, take forward, to argue, to bring up, urge, ventilation), aufstellen (arrange, array, collect together, deploy, deployment, dispose, draw up, embattle, erect, establish, fix up, install, lay, lay down, line up, make out, make up, Marshal, Mount, nominate, pick, pitch, placement, play, pose, posit, position, post, prick up, put on, put out, put up, raise, range, select, set, set out, set up, situate, stand up, station, to embattle, to post). (various references)

Greek 

διατυπώνω (couch, express, formulate, outline, set forth). (various references)

Hungarian

elõretesz. (various references)

Indonesian

mengedepankan (put in the front). (various references)

Italian

opporre (object, offer, put up), avanzare (advance, advanced, be left, broach, draw, drive, go forward, limp, progress, push forward, wear on), anticipare (advance, antedate, anticipate, be ahead of time, come early, disclose, divulge, forestall, pre empt, think, think ahead). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

説�'立てる (to put forward a theory). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せつ�'たてる (to put forward a theory). (various references)

Manx

moylley (advocate; compliments, applaud, applause, bamboozle, boost, boost praise, cheer, cheer praise, commend, commendation, compliment, gull, laud, plaudits, praise, promotion, recommend, recommendation, tribute). (various references)

Pig Latin

utpay orwardfay

Portuguese

promover (advance, fit, foment, further, make, prefer, progress, promote, wage), impulsionar (actuate, boost, impel, promote, propel, push, stimulate, urge), fomentar (egg on, embrocate, foment, forward, instigate, promote), estimular (accelerate, actuate, arouse, awake, encourage, energize, excite, exhort, fillip, flatter, flush, galvanize, impel, incite, inspire, inspirit, irritate, jog, kindle, nurture, press, promote, quicken, rouse, stimulate, stir up, urge, vivify, waken, whet). (various references)

Romanian

pune în valoare (improve, make), pune în faţã, prezenta (arise, bear, bring, carry forth, display, exhibit, expound, file, give, give in, have, hold forth, hold up, introduce, offer, paint, picture, present, produce, put in, recommend, represent, reproduce, set forth, show, submit, tender). (various references)

Russian 

выдвигать (advance, bring forth, bring forward, interpose, move out, promote, propound, set forward). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pogurati, izneti (adduce, bring forth, bring up, carry out, clear away, introduce, state, trot out). (various references)

Spanish

proponer (advance, bring forward, come through with, come up with, let out, offer, posit, proffer, propose, propound, put forth, put up, suggest, tender), presentar la candidatura de (put up), presentar (advance, bring forward, bring in, bring on, come through with, come up with, conduct, display, enter, exhibit, feature, file, front, hand in, hold up, introduce, jump, launch, lay, Lodge, Marshal, model, offer, offer up, pay, port, prefer, present, present with, produce, promote, put, put across, put in, put on the stage, put over, put up, race, sacrifice, send in, send up, set out, show, submit, table, tackle, tender, troop, turn in, wait on, wait upon), ponerse (attitudinize, become, begin, come over, commence, Don, draw on, dress, garb, get, get down, get dressed, get into, get on, go, go down, go in, gown, grow, jump on, live, pose, pull on, put on, put on airs, put oneself, slip on, start, tag on, throw on, turn, turn about, turn around, up, wax, wear), velejarse de, ofrecerse (come forward, thrust forward, volunteer), nombrar (appoint, commission, name, nominate, post, put up, slate, term), llamar la atención (attract attention, bring up), hacer (accomplish, achieve, act, administer, advance, ask, be, bestow, bind, bring, bring in, build, carry out, cause, come, commit, compose, compound, create, cut, cut out, do, draw, drive, drop, effect, emit, enter into, enter up, fabricate, force, form, generate, get, get out, give, go at, hole, keep, knock out, lay, lean, level, light, live, live through, lumber, lure on, make, make into, make up, making, observe, offer, pack, pass, pay, perform, perpetrate, place, poke, prosecute, pull, punch, put, put out, put up, render, set off, tackle, take, take on, think up, throw, throw in, throw out, throw up, tie, to do, to make, to make into, travel, turn out, wet, work, work out), exponer (abandon, advance, bring, cover, display, exhibit, explain, expose, expound, hold an exhibition, lay out, make out, present, put, put on show, put up, risk, set forth, set forward, set out, show, state, unfold), adelantar (advance, anticipate, bring forward, farther, forego, further, outdistance, outgo, outmarch, outride, outwalk, overhaul, overtake, pass, put on, set forward, shift, to pass). (various references)

Swedish

vrida fram, lägga fram (advance, bring, bring forth, lay, lay out, propose, set forth, tender, unfold), framlägga (adduce, enter, evolve, introduce, offer, submit, table), framkasta (bring up, broach, mention, suggest, throw out), föreslå (move, nominate, propose, propound, suggest), andraga (adduce, advance, allege, mention, state). (various references)

Turkish

sunmak (bring in, confer, dish, dish up, emcee, exhibit, furnish, go over, go through, help smb. to smth., hold forth, initiate, introduce, lay, Lodge, offer, pass in, pitch, prefer, present, proffer, put in, put to, put up, render, report, represent, serve up, shew, submit, table, tender), ileri sürmek (adduce, advance, affirm, allege, assert, bring about, broach, come up with, contend, drive on, enunciate, hold forth, interpose, lay, prefer, present, press home, pronounce, propose, propound, publish, put forth, set forward, set up, throw out, urge, weigh in with), ileri almak (advance, put on, set forward), iddia etmek (affirm, allege, argue, argue for smth., assert, asseverate, attest, aver, claim, contend, declare oneself, enunciate, press home, profess, protest, purport, put forth), öne sürmek (advance, assert, bring forward, come up with, enounce, set forth, submit, suggest), öne çıkarmak. (various references)

Turkmen 

goяmak (put, submit). (various references)

Ukrainian

висувати (advance, bring forward, offer, promote, pull out, push, recommend, shoot out, telescope), пропонувати (appoint, charge, hold forth, hold out, offer, proffer, propose, put, set forward, set up, suggest, tender, volunteer). (various references)

proponere. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: forward, froward, outdraw, outward, updraft.

-4 letters: ardour, farrow, furrow, outwar, parrot, prowar, raptor, toward, updart, uproar, upwaft, upward.

-5 letters: adopt, aport, ardor, arrow, doura, draft, dropt, durra, dwarf, fraud, furor, proud, pruta, purda, tardo, wrapt.