Definition of Put Forward in English :

Define Put Forward in English

Put Forward meaning in English

Meaning of Put Forward in English

Pronunciation of Put Forward in English

Put Forward pronunciation in English

Pronounce Put Forward in English

Put Forward

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Verb

1. posit, put forward, state, submit

put before

Example Sentences:
'I submit to you that the accused is guilty'

2. assert, put forward

insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized

Example Sentences:
'Women should assert themselves more!'

3. arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir

summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

Example Sentences:
'raise the specter of unemployment'
'he conjured wild birds in the air'
'call down the spirits from the mountain'

4. nominate, put forward, put up

propose as a candidate for some honor

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Put Forward

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verb (tr, adverb)
1. 
to propose; suggest
2. 
to offer the name of; nominate

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Put Forward

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to advance or present (a plan, etc.)

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Put Forward

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v. put, put·ting, puts
v.tr.
1. To place in a specified location; set: She put the books on the table.
2. To cause to be in a specified condition: His gracious manners put me at ease.
3. To cause (one) to undergo something; subject: The interrogators put the prisoner to torture.
4. To assign; attribute: They put a false interpretation on events.
5. To estimate: We put the time at five o'clock.
6. To impose or levy: The governor has put a tax on cigarettes.
7. Games To wager (a stake); bet: put $50 on a horse.
8. Sports To hurl with an overhand pushing motion: put the shot.
9. To bring up for consideration or judgment: put a question to the judge.
10. To express; state: I put my objections bluntly.
11. To render in a specified language or literary form: put prose into verse.
12. To adapt: The lyrics had been put to music.
13. To urge or force to an action: a mob that put the thief to flight.
14. To apply: We must put our minds to it.
15. To force the purchase of (a stock or commodity) by exercising a put option.
v.intr.
Nautical To proceed: The ship put into the harbor.
n.
1. Sports An act of putting the shot.
2. An option to sell a stipulated amount of stock or securities within a specified time and at a fixed price.
adj.
Fixed; stationary: stay put.

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