bring forward

1. 1.

   cause to move forward

   “Can you move the car seat forward?”

   Synonymsadvance

   Broadermove

   Narrowernose
2. 2.

   bring forward for consideration

   “The case was called up in court”

   Synonymscall up

   Broaderraise

Questions about bring forward

What does bring forward mean?

bring forward means "cause to move forward". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bring forward?

Close synonyms include advance, call up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bring forward a common word?

bring forward is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.