move forward

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move forward

verb moves forward · moving forward · moved forward

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, forward.
  2. figuratively, transitive To cause to make progress. Meanwhile, with the Olympics approaching, the Greek government has grown increasingly heavy-handed in its efforts to move the project forward.
  3. figuratively, intransitive To make progress. This meeting is intended to help us move forward on the new project.
  4. intransitive To modernize.
  5. US, transitive To reschedule (something) to an earlier date or time. They decided to move the meeting forward by a day so that Aisha could attend before her vacation.

    Similar: bring forward, move up · Opposite: move back

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verb to cause to make progress

Portuguêsadiantar
Deutschvorantreiben, vorwärtstreiben
Русскийпродвига́ть prodvigátʹ, продви́нуть prodvínutʹ

verb to make progress

Españolir adelante, adelantar

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@misc{move_forward_2026,
  title = {move forward},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/move%20forward},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}