set forward
set forward · sets forward · set forward · setting forward
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To put or carry forwardTo put or carry (something) forward.
» Tom has set the clock forward.
Meaning
4 sensesTo put or carry (something) forward.
To help or assist (a person, project etc.); to promote.
To propose, suggest (an opinion, theory etc.).
(intransitive)To set off, set forth; to start.
Examples
2 sentencesTom has set the clock forward.
And the children of Israel set forward from Ramesse to Socoth, being about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.
Forms
sets forward, setting forward, set forward, set forward| Base form | set forward · to set forward |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sets forward |
| Present participle | setting forward |
| Past simple | set forward |
| Past participle | set forward |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- set upвставити, вкластиTo make ready for use.
- set offдістати, отримуватиTo leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
- set outприбрати, видалитиTo explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing.
- set onатакувати, нападатиTo attack.
- set downприземлитися, приземлятисяTo write.
- set backвідкласти, відкладатиTo delay or obstruct.
- set aboutприступити до, приступати доUsed with the adverb sense of about.
- set apartвідокремити, розділятиTo select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
More 8
- set asideвідмовити, відкинутиTo separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
- set aheadпросувати, просунутиTo move forward, often in reference to the time setting on a clock.
- set inTo take root, become established.
- set afterTo begin a chase or hunt for (someone or something).
- set toTo begin something with determination; to commence a long and difficult task or project.
- set byTo save or put aside.
- set forwardTo put or carry (something) forward.
- set againstTo cause (a person) to be in conflict or opposition with someone or something.
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb