put forward

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verb

1. put before (Freq. 1)
- I submit to you that the accused is guilty
• Syn:
submit, state, posit
• Derivationally related forms:
statement (for: state), submission (for: submit)
• Hypernyms:
propose, suggest, advise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
2. propose as a candidate for some honor
• Syn:
nominate, put up
• Derivationally related forms:
nominative (for: nominate), nomination (for: nominate), nominator (for: nominate)
• Hypernyms:
nominate, propose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
3. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
- Women should assert themselves more!
• Syn:
assert
• Derivationally related forms:
assertive (for: assert)
• Hypernyms:
behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct,
comport, carry
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
• Syn:
raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke,
stir, call down, arouse, bring up, call forth
• Derivationally related forms:
evocation (for: evoke), invocation (for: invoke), conjurer (for: conjure), conjuration (for: conjure), conjuror (for: conjure), conjury (for: conjure), conjuring (for: conjure)
• Hypernyms:
make, create
• Hyponyms:
curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize,
anathemise, imprecate, maledict, bless
• Verb Group:
provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something