put_forward has definitions from the field of government
1
[ verb ] put before

Synonyms

state submit posit

Examples

"I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

Used in print

(Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)

It reached its ultimate philosophical statement in notions of `` state will '' put_forward by the Germans , especially by Hegel , although political philosophers will recognize its origins in the rejected doctrines of Hobbes .

Related terms

propose affirmation

2
[ verb ] evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic

Examples

: "raise the specter of unemployment" "he conjured wild birds in the air" "stir a disturbance" "call down the spirits from the mountain"

3
[ verb ] cause to protrude or as if to protrude

Synonyms

stick

Examples

"stick one's hand out of the window" "stick one's nose into other people's business"

Related terms

situate put

4
[ verb ] insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized

Synonyms

assert

Examples

"Women should assert themselves more!"

Related terms

behave

5
[ verb ] (government) propose as a candidate for some honor

Synonyms

nominate put_up

Related terms

nominate nomination nominator

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