"put forward" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put forward.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts forward [present, singular, third-person], putting forward [participle, present], put forward [participle, past], put forward [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> forward}} put forward (third-person singular simple present puts forward, present participle putting forward, simple past and past participle put forward)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To propose for consideration. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to propose for consideration): təklif etmək (Azerbaijani), irəli sürmək (Azerbaijani), ortaya qoymaq (Azerbaijani), পেশ করা (peś kora) (Bengali), 提出 (tíchū) (Chinese Mandarin), esittää (Finnish), ehdottaa (Finnish), vorbringen (German), proporre (Italian), presentare (Italian), whakaaranga (Maori), apresentar (Portuguese), propor (Portuguese), предлагать (predlagatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предложить (predložitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), выдвигать (vydvigatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), proponer (Spanish), entablar (Spanish), öne sürmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-put_forward-en-verb-Y-tsiWQh Disambiguation of 'to propose for consideration': 99 1
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To change the time in a time zone to a later time. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: bring up, posit, table, put the clock forward Translations (to set a clock to a later time): siirtää eteenpäin (Finnish), adiantar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-put_forward-en-verb-UyDCxexc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of 'to set a clock to a later time': 0 100

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      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
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      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
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      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
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      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
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      "roman": "tíchū",
      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
      "word": "提出"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
      "word": "esittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
      "word": "ehdottaa"
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      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
      "word": "vorbringen"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
      "word": "proporre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
      "word": "presentare"
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    {
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      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
      "word": "apresentar"
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      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
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      "word": "предложить"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
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      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
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      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
      "word": "entablar"
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      "sense": "to propose for consideration",
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