put forth
Britishverb
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to present; propose
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(of a plant) to produce or bear (leaves, branches, shoots, etc)
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Grow, as in This bush puts forth new shoots each spring . [First half of 1500s]
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Bring to bear, exert, as in We'll have to put forth a great deal more effort . [c. 1400]
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Also, set forth . Offer for consideration, as in She put forth at least three new ideas . [Mid-1300s]
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Bring to notice, publish, as in The appendix puts forth a fresh analysis of events . [Mid-1500s]
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See set forth .
Example Sentences
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In July, Poland's conservative-nationalist president Karol Nawrocki signed into law a bill put forth by the ministry putting the EU's AI Act into practice.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Instead, they have put forth a defence of insanity, arguing that Clancy had hallucinations and delusions after giving birth to her youngest child.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Maybe they’re hiding something that they’re ashamed to admit because of who you are, what you put forth in the world.”
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Ed Yardeni, the renowned Wall Street economist and Fed watcher, has put forth a different argument.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
A later development was the idea of terminal narratives, which were theories put forth to explain colonization of the Americas.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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