1. Change the date or time of an event so that it happens earlier2. Announce plans or ideas officially so that people can discuss them
If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned. He had to bring forward an 11 o'clock meeting so that he could get to the funeral on time = put forward put back
{f} bring up, introduce (a topic); advance (an appointment, for example); offer, propose, present; anticipate, precede; (Accounting) carry forward from a column or page to another
If you bring forward an argument or proposal, you state it so that people can consider it. The Government will bring forward several proposals for legislation. = put forward