phrasal verb · neutral

bring forward

UK/brɪŋ ˈfɔːrwəd/US/brɪŋ ˈfɔːrwərd/BRING·FOR·ward

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to move something to an earlier date; to present an idea or proposal for discussion

Examples

“They decided to bring forward the exam to next week.”

“She brought forward a suggestion about reducing plastic use.”

“The council will bring forward the proposal at tomorrow’s meeting.”

Band 8 sentence

“Given the urgent reports, the committee agreed to bring forward the proposal to this week so action could begin immediately.”

Collocations

  • bring forward a proposal
  • bring forward evidence
  • bring forward the meeting

Word family

bring forward base verbbrings forward verb, 3rd singularbrought forward past / past participlebringing forward gerund / participle

Common mistakes

I will bring forward the meeting (meaning: I will mention the topic).→I will bring up the meeting/topic.

She bring forward yesterday.→She brought the meeting forward yesterday.

Say it for a higher band

5move (the meeting)→6reschedule earlier→7+bring forward

Synonyms

propose

move forward (a date)

Easily confused

move forward

“They moved the deadline forward by two days.”

Related words

bring acrossbring aboutbring upbring inbring to mindbring to a haltbring outbring together

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