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setting forward

setting forward is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about setting forward

What is setting forward the present participle and gerund of?
Setting forward is the present participle and gerund of set forward.

Words near setting forward in the dictionary

  1. setting fire to
  2. setting fire unto
  3. setting fire upon
  4. setting foot
  5. setting forth
  6. setting forward
  7. setting forwards
  8. setting free
  9. setting in
  10. setting in motion
  11. setting in stone

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