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moved forward

moved forward is the simple past and past participle of move forward.

Meaning of move forward

Verb

move forward (third-person singular simple present moves forward, present participle moving forward, simple past and past participle moved forward)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, forward.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To cause to make progress.
    • Meanwhile, with the Olympics approaching, the Greek government has grown increasingly heavy-handed in its efforts to move the project forward.2004 January 18, Fred A. Bernstein, “Greece's Colossal New Guilt Trip”, in The New York Times
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To make progress.
    • This meeting is intended to help us move forward on the new project.
  4. (intransitive) To modernize.
  5. (US, transitive) To reschedule (something) to an earlier date or time.
    • They decided to move the meeting forward by a day so that Aisha could attend before her vacation.
    Antonyms:
    move back

Questions about moved forward

What is moved forward the simple past and past participle of?
Moved forward is the simple past and past participle of move forward.

Words near moved forward in the dictionary

  1. moved away
  2. moved back
  3. moved down
  4. moved down a notch
  5. moved down a peg
  6. moved forward
  7. moved furniture
  8. moved heaven and earth
  9. moved house
  10. moved in
  11. moved in on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moved forward (page history and authors); move forward (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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