phrasal verb · academic
put forward
UK/pʊt ˈfɔːwəd/US/pʊt ˈfɔːrwərd/PUT·FOR·ward
to suggest an idea, proposal, or plan for consideration
Examples
“She put forward a proposal to reduce plastic use in school.”
“Many ideas were put forward at the meeting.”
“He put himself forward as a candidate for the committee.”
Band 8 sentence
“At the conference she put forward an innovative approach to tackling urban pollution.”
Collocations
- put forward a suggestion/proposal/idea
- put someone forward as a candidate
Word family
Common mistakes
He put forward his idea to the class (but used in informal chat in Task 2).→He proposed his idea to the class / He put forward his idea to the class.
They put forward the meeting yesterday (meaning: they moved it earlier).→They brought the meeting forward yesterday / They rescheduled the meeting earlier.
Say it for a higher band
5suggest→6propose→7+put forward
Synonyms
propose
suggest
Easily confused
propose
“He proposed a change to the company's policy.”
bring forward
“We need to bring the meeting forward by one week.”
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