bring forward
Third Person
brings forward
Present Participle
bringing forward
Past Tense
brought forward
Past Participle
brought forward
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to suggest something for discussion or consideration
- Sarah brought the new marketing strategy forward during the team meeting.
- Can you bring the proposal forward in the next agenda?
- The employee brought forward a cost-saving suggestion to the management.
- Let's bring the topic forward for discussion at the beginning of the session.
- John brought forward several ideas for improving workplace productivity.
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(in bookkeeping) to write down or use the result of one calculation in the next step
- Bring the initial result forward and divide it by the next factor in the equation.
- Calculate the average, and then bring it forward for further statistical analysis.
- After finding the sum, bring it forward and subtract the next value.
- In financial calculations, it's common to bring forward the interest rate for subsequent computations.
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to move an event or appointment to an earlier date or time
- Let's bring the meeting forward to accommodate everyone's schedule.
- The manager decided to bring the deadline forward to expedite the project.
- Can we bring the concert forward to avoid scheduling conflicts?
- They brought the release date of the product forward by two weeks.
- Due to high demand, the company decided to bring forward the product launch.