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bring forward

bring forward verb: to call up for consideration.

Verb

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.
    • Unsurprisingly, the Group was highly critical of the BTC's organisation and finances, and this prompted Marples to bring forward the Transport Act 1962, which created BR as a standalone entity with its own Board, headed by a full-time chairman. Beeching accepted this latter position, and initially...2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43
  2. To make something happen earlier than originally planned.
    • The meeting has been brought forward by one day.

bring forward meaning in Urdu and Sanskrit

bring forward in Urdu

to bring forward, call into consideration
اتارنا utārnā

bring forward in Sanskrit

to bring forward or introduce
प्रतिज्ञा pratijñā
to bring forward, mention
न्यस् nyas

Forms of bring forward

third-person singular presentbrings forward
present participlebringing forward
past participlebrought forward
pastbrought forward

Questions about bring forward

What does bring forward mean?
Bring forward means to call up for consideration.
What is bring forward in Urdu?
Bring forward in Urdu is اتارنا (utārnā). See Bring forward meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is bring forward?
Bring forward is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring forward?
The past tense of bring forward is brought forward.

Words near bring forward in the dictionary

  1. bring down the curtain
  2. bring down the hammer
  3. bring down the house
  4. bring down to size
  5. bring forth
  6. bring forward
  7. bring home
  8. bring home the bacon
  9. bring in
  10. bring into being
  11. bring into line

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bring forward (page history and authors); اتارنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); न्यस् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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