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To move the meeting up an hour means that it will take place one hour earlier than originally scheduled. The meeting was supposed to take place ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. movethemeetingupanhour Threadstarter elroy Startdate Nov8,2007 elroy Moderator:EHL,Arabic,Hebrew,German(-Spanish) Chicago,IL USEnglish,PalestinianArabicbilingual Helloall, Thisisgoingtobeasurvey-typethread. Myquestionistwofold: -Areyoufamiliarwithconstructionslikemovethemeetingupanhour? -Ifso,whatdoesthatmeantoyou?Ifameetingismovedupanhour,willittakeplaceanhourearlierorlaterthanpreviouslyscheduled? I'mtryingtodeterminewhetherthisusageisregionalorsimplyincorrect,asI'mfairlyconvincedit'soneofthetwo.   E emma42 SeniorMember NorthEastUSA BritishEnglish Iunderstandittomeanthatameetingwilltakeplaceanhourlaterthanpreviouslyarranged.Ithasatingeof"American"aboutittome,andalthoughIwouldunderstanditwithoutamoment'sthought,"movethemeetingforwardanhour"wouldsoundmoreidiomatictomyBEear.   Driven SeniorMember USA/English Ihaveheardthatmanytimes.Tome,itmeanschangethemeetingtoanhourearlier.Ifitweretobelateritwouldbe,"movethemeetingbackanhour".ThatmaybeadifferenceinAEandBE.   GreenWhiteBlue Banned TheCityofNewYork USA-English Tomovethemeetingupanhourmeansthatitwilltakeplaceonehourearlierthanoriginallyscheduled. Themeetingwassupposedtotakeplaceat5,butithasbeenmovedupto1. Ifyouwanttosay"delayed",thenyouwouldsay"movedback": ThenextsessionwasmovedbackfromTuesdaytoThursday.   bibliolept SeniorMember NorthernCalifornia AE,Español InAE,"moveuponehour"meansanhourearlier,and"movebackanhour"meansanhourlater. CananyoneconfirmwhetherthisthetwomeanthesameinBE? (Actually,tome,"movethemeetingforwardonehour"alsosoundsasitthemeetingwillbeheldonehourearlier.)   AngelEyes SeniorMember English-UnitedStates Elroy, IagreewithdrivenandGreenWhiteBlue.That'sthewayit'sstatedhereintheU.S. "Movedup"meansrescheduledtoanearliertime. "Movedback""delayed""changedtoalatertime"-allthesemeanthesame. Atermthatcouldbeusedforbothmovingupormovingbackis:switch "Themeetinghasbeenswitchedto..." It'susedforadifferentday,too. AngelEyes   F final-intimacy-84 NewMember Canada,English Tome,"movingthemeetingupanhour"iscertainlyfamiliar.Ironically,I'veknownittocreatemassconfusionandchaosinthepast.Itseemsnearlytobesplitdownthemiddle,interpretation-wise,inmyregion.I'vealwaysthoughtittomeananhourearlier,butit'spossibleI'mwrong.It'shappenedbefore.   cuchuflete SeniorMember Maine,EEUU EEUU-inglés Itisn'tregionalwithintheU.S.Itmeansmakethemeetingstartsooner.Itisapparentlyregionalfromabroaderperspective.   elroy Moderator:EHL,Arabic,Hebrew,German(-Spanish) Chicago,IL USEnglish,PalestinianArabicbilingual Thankyouallforyourcontributions! IshouldhavebeencleareraboutwhatImeantby"regional."IdidnotnecessarilymeanregionalinthesenseofregionalwithinonecountryorgeneralvarietyofEnglish,butinthesenseofnotuniversallyusedacrosstheEnglish-speakingworld. ThiscameupbecauseseveralspeakersofBritishEnglishIknowwereunfamiliarwiththeconstruction,andIpersonallyhadn'tcomeacrossit,soIfiguredithadtobeeitherlimitedtocertainpartsofthe(non-British)English-speakingworld(US,NewZealand,etc.)orincorrect.Thankstothisthread,Inowknowit'stheformer!   panjandrum LapsedModerator Belfast,Ireland English-Ireland(topend) I'veneverheardofanythingbeingmovedupanhour. Broughtforwardorputback,notmovedup,downorsideways. Ifameetingwasmovedupitwouldbeheldinadifferentvenue"up"fromtheoriginal.   D Dimcl SeniorMember BritishColumbia,Canada CanadianEnglish InCanada,everyonewouldunderstandthatmovingameeting"up"meansthatit'sbeenchangedtoanearliertime.ThisphraseisverycommonandI'veneverheardofanyonemisunderstandingitsmeaning.   timpeac SeniorMember England English(England) emma42said: Iunderstandittomeanthatameetingwilltakeplaceanhourlaterthanpreviouslyarranged.Ithasatingeof"American"aboutittome,andalthoughIwouldunderstanditwithoutamoment'sthought,"movethemeetingforwardanhour"wouldsoundmoreidiomatictomyBEear. Clicktoexpand... Interesting-formeIhaven'theardthisphrasebefore,andlikeEmma,wouldhaveassumed(wronglyapparently)thatthemeetingtobeheldlaterintime,butunlikeEmmaforme"movethemeetingforwardanhour"wouldmean"tobeheldearlier"(whereas"tomovethemeetingbackanhour"wouldmean"later").   P Polly_pocket Member England UKEnglish Iwouldunderstandthisbythinkingintermsofhavingadiary/schedulepageinmymind'seye.Themeetingismovedfromitscurrentpositionuptoahigherposition,meaninganearliertimeslot.   timpeac SeniorMember England English(England) Polly_pocketsaid: Iwouldunderstandthisbythinkingintermsofhavingadiary/schedulepageinmymind'seye.Themeetingismovedfromitscurrentpositionuptoahigherposition,meaninganearliertimeslot. Clicktoexpand... Outofinteresthaveyouheardthephrasebefore,though,asaBritishEnglishspeaker?   F final-intimacy-84 NewMember Canada,English Dimclsaid: InCanada,everyonewouldunderstandthatmovingameeting"up"meansthatit'sbeenchangedtoanearliertime.ThisphraseisverycommonandI'veneverheardofanyonemisunderstandingitsmeaning. Clicktoexpand... Hmm..perhapsitwouldbedifferentbecauseyouareonthewestcoast?IliveinPEI,aboutasfareastasyoucanget,andI'vefounditconfusespeople.Maybeitisdifferent?   P Polly_pocket Member England UKEnglish timpeacsaid: Outofinteresthaveyouheardthephrasebefore,though,asaBritishEnglishspeaker? Clicktoexpand... Yep,it'squitecommonhere.Tomyknowledgeanyway.   jamesjiao SeniorMember NewZealandEnglishandMandarinChinese ThisphrasehascausedconfusiontoalotofpeopleIknow.AsIamaheavycomputeruser,movingsomethingupanhour,meanstomakeithappensooner,thusschedulingitforanearliertime...Howeverespeciallytotheoldergeneration,thisseemstomeantheopposite.IliveinNZbytheway.Ifeelthisismore'temporal/generational'thenregional...   J josephleonard NewMember USAEnglish Polly_pocketsaid: Iwouldunderstandthisbythinkingintermsofhavingadiary/schedulepageinmymind'seye.Themeetingismovedfromitscurrentpositionuptoahigherposition,meaninganearliertimeslot. Clicktoexpand... SimilartoPollyPocket'smentionoftheschedulepage,tothecorporatemind,movingameetingtoanearliertimeislikeplacingit"up"onthelistofpriorities(prior=before). Maybethephraseisconfusingbecausepeoplearethinkingofaclockandthe"movement"oftime.IfImovethehandsfrom2o'clockto1o'clock,I'mmovingthetimeback,notup! Butthemeeting,nottime,ismoving...amenacingtime-waster...coming...anapproachingfog...closer...soonerorlater...   Teafrog SeniorMember London UKEnglish(&rustyFrench…) Toansweryour1stQ:I’vehearditbeforebutamnotthatfamiliarwithitforthereasonsgivenbelow.However,itwouldimply,imo,thatameetingismovedfurtherup(orback)onaclockface,i.e.from10amto11:30am. Toansweryour2ndQ:Iwouldsaytomoveameetingforwardorback.Movingameeting"upanhour"soundawkwardtomyBEearsandbegsforaclarifyingquestion,tobeonthesafeside,e.g.“backorforward?” Havefunwiththesurvey   A anothersmith SeniorMember LosAngeles English,U.S. IwasveryconfusedthefirsttimeIheardtheexpression,andassumeditmeanttomovethemeetingtoalatertime. NowI'musedtohearingit,andalwaysunderstandittomeantheoppositeofwhatIfirstthought.   nzfauna SeniorMember Wellington,NewZealand NewZealand,English DefinitelyanhourEARLIER.   panjandrum LapsedModerator Belfast,Ireland English-Ireland(topend) Itseemsthatpeoplewhoarefamiliarwiththisexpressionunderstandittomeanearlier. Someofthosewhoarenotfamiliarwithitarenotcertain. Iguessthat'sOKthen   L'HommeInconnu SeniorMember Backo'Beyond EnglishEnglish Inmyunderstanding,itistomoveameetinganhourearlier. Thisiscertainlywhatdictionariesseemtosuggesttoo.Oneofthemcitesasanillustrationofthe"etymology"thatitissupposedtorepresentadiary,wheretimesarelistedinaverticalcolumn,startingwiththeearliest.   P Porteño MemberEmeritus BuenosAires BritishEnglish Personally,Ihavealwaysunderstoodittomeantobringthemeetingforward,orearlier.Idon'tknowwhereIfirstlearnedtheexpression,butformanyyearsIworkedwithUSmulti-nationalsandmynativeEnglishgotabit'bastardized'attimes.Ihavetoassumethatthiswasoneofthecases.   cycloneviv SeniorMember Perth,WesternAustralia English-Australia I'veneverhearditinAusE,butIdidguessthemeaning.   R Ref_126 SeniorMember Bilingual:English(US)-Italian "moveup/ahead/forward(?)[1day,2hours,toDec.1,etc.]"=toadvance "move/pushback[""]or"put...off(to/until/till..)"=todelay/postpone    Lastedited:Nov19,2014 R Ref_126 SeniorMember Bilingual:English(US)-Italian Quotingfrom  : Justtoconfusethingsfurther,whenyoumovetheclockaheadinthespringfordaylightsavingtime,youmakeitlater;butwhenyoumoveameetingahead,youmakeitsooner.Isn’tEnglishwonderful?   Fergon82 NewMember Spanish Iundertsanditlikemoveupintheagenda,so,earlierintime   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. 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