Arabic word sheet
قَدَّمَ
To put forward, to send ahead
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ق د م
Meaning and usage
To put forward, to send ahead
To place or send in front, to move to the head; said of a person or a thing that one moves forward or brings nearer to a place.
قَدَّمَ الْمُدَرِّبُ اللَّاعِبَ إِلَى الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ.
The coach moved the player up to the front row.
To offer, to present
To hold out or serve something to someone: a dish, a drink, a gift.
قَدَّمَتْ سَلْمَى الشَّايَ لِلضُّيُوفِ.
Salma served the tea to the guests.
To put before, to prefer
To give a person or a thing first place over another, in order, in time or in esteem.
قَدَّمَ سَامِي الْعَمَلَ عَلَى الرَّاحَةِ.
Sami put work before rest.
To do or give in advance
To do, prepare or pay something before the time it is due or expected.
قَدَّمَ رَامِي أُجْرَةَ الشَّهْرِ لِصَاحِبِ الْبَيْتِ.
Rami paid the month's rent in advance to the owner of the house.
Word family
What the root means ق د م
The root carries the idea of being in front, of coming before, in space as in time. From it come “to put in front”, “to go forward, to advance”, “to urge forward” and “what is presented, an offering”.
to go forward, to advance
تَقَدَّمَ
to urge forward
أَقْدَمَ
putting forward, presenting
تَقْدِيمٌ
an offering, what is presented
تَقْدِمَةٌ
Synonyms
to prefer
آثَرَ
Speaks only of preference, often of a thing chosen at the expense of another; it has none of the senses of moving forward or offering.
to judge better, to prefer
فَضَّلَ
Says that one finds a thing better than another, without the idea of placing it first in an order.
Opposites
to put back, to delay
أَخَّرَ