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set forwards

set forwards is the alternative form of set forward.

Meaning of set forward

Verb

set forward (third-person singular simple present sets forward, present participle setting forward, simple past and past participle set forward)

  1. To put or carry (something) forward.
  2. To help or assist (a person, project etc.); to promote.
  3. To propose, suggest (an opinion, theory etc.).
    • God endued them with a mind conformable, and subordinate to that of Moses, that they might Prophecy, that is to say, speak to the people in Gods name, in such manner, as to set forward (as Ministers of Moses, and by his authority) such doctrine as was agreeable to Moses his doctrine.1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
  4. (intransitive) To set off, set forth; to start.
    • We promised that we would, and he set forwards on his Journey to Town.1790, Jane Austen, “Love and Freindship”, in Juvenilia

Forms of set forwards

third-person singular presentsets forwards
present participlesetting forwards
past participleset forwards
pastset forwards

Questions about set forwards

What is set forwards the alternative form of?
Set forwards is the alternative form of set forward.

Words near set forwards in the dictionary

  1. set foot
  2. set foot on land
  3. set for life
  4. set forth
  5. set forward
  6. set forwards
  7. set free
  8. set function
  9. set functions
  10. set in
  11. set in motion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: set forwards (page history and authors); set 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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