What is the meaning of put forward?

verb

• Put before.
  • usage: "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
  • synonyms: submit, state, posit
• Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized.
  • usage: "Women should assert themselves more"
  • synonyms: assert
• Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
  • usage: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
  • synonyms: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, call forth
• Propose as a candidate for some honor.
  • synonyms: nominate, put up