"bring forward" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bring forward.ogg [Australia] Forms: brings forward [present, singular, third-person], bringing forward [participle, present], brought forward [participle, past], brought forward [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought> forward}} bring forward (third-person singular simple present brings forward, present participle bringing forward, simple past and past participle brought forward)
  1. (idiomatic) To call up for consideration. Tags: idiomatic Translations (call up): vervroegen (Dutch), aikaistaa (Finnish), aientaa (Finnish), siirtää aiemmaksi (Finnish), adiantar (Galician), להקדים (lehakˈdim) (Hebrew), felvet (Hungarian), felhoz (Hungarian), indítványoz (Hungarian), javasol (Hungarian), előrehoz (Hungarian), anticipare (Italian), adelantrar (Mirandese), przesunąć na wcześniejszy termin [perfective] (Polish), przyspieszyć [perfective] (Polish), adiantar (Portuguese), antecipar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-bring_forward-en-verb-6Mj6nCaL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'call up': 98 2
  2. To make something happen earlier than originally planned.
    Sense id: en-bring_forward-en-verb-U1SAmE4r

Inflected forms

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