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PUT FORWARD
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put before
Example:
I submit to you that the accused is guilty
Synonyms:
posit; put forward; state; submit
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "put forward" is one way to...):
advise; propose; suggest (make a proposal, declare a plan for something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Propose as a candidate for some honor
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "put forward" is one way to...):
nominate; propose (put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Example:
call down the spirits from the mountain
Synonyms:
arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "put forward" is one way to...):
call up; summon (cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively)
Verb group:
call forth; evoke; kick up; provoke (evoke or provoke to appear or occur)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put forward"):
anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; curse; damn; imprecate; maledict (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)
bless (give a benediction to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
Example:
Women should assert themselves more!
Synonyms:
assert; put forward
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "put forward" is one way to...):
acquit; bear; behave; carry; comport; conduct; deport (behave in a certain manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
