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put  (pt)

v. put, put·ting, puts

v.tr.

1. To place in a specified location; set: She put the books on the table.

2. To cause to be in a specified condition: His gracious manners put me at ease.

3. To cause (one) to undergo something; subject: The interrogators put the prisoner to torture.

4. To assign; attribute: They put a false interpretation on events.

5. To estimate: We put the time at five o'clock.

6. To impose or levy: The governor has put a tax on cigarettes.

7. Games To wager (a stake); bet: put $50 on a horse.

8. Sports To hurl with an overhand pushing motion: put the shot.

9. To bring up for consideration or judgment: put a question to the judge.

10. To express; state: I put my objections bluntly.

11. To render in a specified language or literary form: put prose into verse.

12. To adapt: The lyrics had been put to music.

13. To urge or force to an action: a mob that put the thief to flight.

14. To apply: We must put our minds to it.

15. To force the purchase of (a stock or commodity) by exercising a put option.

v.intr.

1. To begin to move, especially in a hurry.

2. Nautical To proceed: The ship put into the harbor.

n.

1. Sports An act of putting the shot.

2. An option to sell a stipulated amount of stock or securities within a specified time and at a fixed price.

adj. Informal

Fixed; stationary: stay put.

Phrasal Verbs:

put about Nautical

To change or cause to change direction; go or cause to go from one tack to another.

put across

1. To state so as to be understood clearly or accepted readily: put her views across during the hearing.

2. To attain or carry through by deceit or trickery.

put away

1. To renounce; discard: put all negative thoughts away.

2. Informal To consume (food or drink) readily and quickly: put away the dinner in just a few minutes.

3. Informal To confine to a mental health facility.

4.

a. Informal To kill: The injured cat was put away.

b. To bury.

put by

To save for later use: "Some crops were so abundant they could even be put by" Carole Lalli.

put down

1.

a. To write down.

b. To enter in a list.

2.

a. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.

b. To render ineffective: put down rumors.

3. To subject (an animal) to euthanasia.

4. Slang

a. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.

b. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.

c. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" Alvin F. Poussaint.

5.

a. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.

b. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to experience.

6. To consume (food or drink) readily; put away: puts down three big meals a day.

put forth

1. To grow: Plants put forth new growth in the spring.

2. To bring to bear; exert: At least put forth a semblance of effort when you scrub the floor.

3. To offer for consideration: put forth an idea.

put forward

To propose for consideration: put forward a new plan.

put in

1. To make a formal offer of: put in a plea of guilty.

2. To introduce, as in conversation; interpose: He put in a good word for me.

3. To spend (time) at a location or job: I put in eight hours at the office.

4. To plant: We put in 20 rows of pine trees.

5. To apply: put in for early retirement.

6. Nautical To enter a port or harbor: The freighter puts in at noon.

put off

1.

a. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.

b. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.

2. To take off; discard: put off a sweater.

3. To repel or repulse, as from bad manners: His indifferent attitude has put us off.

4. To pass (money) or sell (merchandise) fraudulently.

put on

1. To clothe oneself with; don: put on a coat; put socks on.

2. To apply; activate: put on the brakes.

3. To assume affectedly: put on an English accent.

4. Slang To tease or mislead (another): You're putting me on!

5. To add: put on weight.

6. To produce; perform: put on a variety show.

put out

1. To extinguish: put out a fire.

2. Nautical To leave, as a port or harbor; depart.

3. To expel: put out a drunk.

4. To publish: put out a weekly newsletter.

5.

a. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?

b. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.

6. To make an effort.

7. Baseball To retire a runner.

8. Vulgar Slang To be sexually active. Used of a woman.

put over

1. To postpone; delay.

2. To put across, especially to deceive: tried to put a lie over, but to no avail.

put through

1. To bring to a successful end: put the project through on time; put through a number of new laws.

2. To cause to undergo: He put me through a lot of trouble.

3.

a. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.

b. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).

put to Nautical

To head for shore.

put together

To construct; create: put together a new bookcase; put together a tax package.

put up

1. To erect; build.

2. To preserve; can: put up six jars of jam.

3. To nominate: put up a candidate at a convention.

4. To provide (funds) in advance: put up money for the new musical.

5. To provide lodgings for: put a friend up for the night.

6. Sports To startle (game animals) from cover: put up grouse.

7. To offer for sale: put up his antiques.

8.

a. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.

b. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.

put upon

To impose on; overburden: He was always being put upon by his friends.

Idioms:

put an end/a halt/a stop to

To bring to an end; terminate.

put down roots

To establish a permanent residence in a locale.

put in an appearance

To attend a social engagement, especially for a short time.

put it to (someone) Slang

1. To overburden with tasks or work.

2. To put blame on.

3. To take unfair advantage of.

4. To lay out the facts of a situation to (another) in a forceful candid manner.

5. To defeat soundly; trounce.

put (one) in mind

To remind: You put me in mind of your grandmother.

put (oneself) out:

To make a considerable effort; go to trouble or expense.

put (one's) finger on

To identify: I can't put my finger on the person in that photograph.

put (one's) foot down

To take a firm stand.

put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth

To make a tactless remark.

put paid to Chiefly British

To finish off; put to rest: "We've given up saying we only kill to eat; Kraft dinner and freeze-dried food have put paid to that one" Margaret Atwood.

put (someone) in (someone's) place

To lower the dignity of (someone); humble.

put (someone) through (someone's) paces

To cause to demonstrate ability or skill; test: The drama coach put her students through their paces before the first performance.

put (someone) up to

To cause to commit a funny, mischievous, or malicious act: My older brother put me up to making a prank telephone call.

put something over on:

To deceive, cheat, or trick.

put the arm/bite/squeeze on Slang

To ask another for money.

put the finger on Slang

To inform on: The witness put the finger on the killer.

put the make/moves on Slang

To make sexual advances to.

put the screws to/on Slang

To pressure (another) in an extreme manner.

put the skids on Slang

To bring to a halt: "Sacrificing free speech to put the skids on prurient printed matter is not the correct path, the courts said" Curtis J. Sitomer.

put to bed Informal

1. To make final preparations for the printing of (a newspaper, for example).

2. To make final preparations for completing (a project).

put to it

To cause extreme difficulty for: We were put to it to finish the book on time.

put to sleep

1. To make weary; bore.

2. To subject to euthanasia.

3. To subject to general anesthesia.

put two and two together

To draw the proper conclusions from existing evidence or indications.

put up or shut up Slang

To have to endure (something unpleasant) without complaining or take the action necessary to remove the source of the unpleasantry.

put up with

To endure without complaint: We had to put up with the inconvenience.

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[Middle English putten, back-formation from Old English *ptte, past tense of ptan, to put out.]

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put

Verb

[putting, put]

1. to cause to be (in a position or place): he put the book on the table

2. to cause to be (in a state or condition): what can be done to put things right?

3. to lay (blame, emphasis, etc.) on a person or thing: don't try to put the blame on someone else!

4. to set or commit (to an action, task, or duty), esp. by force: she put him to work weeding the garden

5. to estimate or judge: I wouldn't put him in the same class as Verdi as a composer

6. (foll. by to)to utilize: he put his culinary skills to good use when he opened a restaurant

7. to express: he didn't put it quite as crudely as that

8. to make (an end or limit): opponents claim the scheme will put an end to much of the sailing and boating in the area

9. to present for consideration; propose: he put the question to the committee

10. to invest (money) in or expend (time or energy) on: they put a lot of money into the sport

11. to throw or cast: put the shot

Noun

a throw, esp. in putting the shot

See also put about, put across, etc. [Middle English puten to push]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	put - the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date put option straddle, span - the act of sitting or standing astride option - the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
Verb	1.	put - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" lay, place, set, position, pose put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here" docket - place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried" cock - set the trigger of a firearm back for firing postpose - place after another constituent in the sentence; "Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them" prepose - place before another constituent in the sentence; "English preposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them" step - place (a ship's mast) in its step put back, replace - put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" stratify - form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses" plant - place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment" intersperse - place at intervals in or among; "intersperse exclamation marks in the text" snuggle, nestle - position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" pile - place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested" arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" superimpose, superpose, lay over - place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?" superpose - place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide park - place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker" ensconce, settle - fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" dispose - place or put in a particular order; "the dots are unevenly disposed" emplace - put into place or position; "the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar" emplace - provide a new emplacement for guns ship - place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel" underlay - put (something) under or beneath; "They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper" trench - set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables" pigeonhole - place into a small compartment shelve - place on a shelf; "shelve books" jar - place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam" repose - to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King" sign - place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed" middle - put in the middle parallelize - place parallel to one another butt - place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints" recess - put into a recess; "recess lights" reposition - place into another position throw, thrust - place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" tee, tee up - place on a tee; "tee golf balls" rack up - place in a rack; "rack pool balls" coffin - place into a coffin; "her body was coffined" bed - put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock" appose - place side by side or in close proximity place down, put down, set down - cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here" sow, seed - place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" misplace - place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position; "misplaced modifiers" juxtapose - place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors" set down - put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley" bottle - put into bottles; "bottle the mineral water"
	2.	put - cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" put to sleep - help someone go to bed; "Mother put the baby to sleep" put to sleep, put away - kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep" demean, disgrace, degrade, take down, put down - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put under, put out - administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" put out, smother - deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires" disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off - cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" dishearten, put off - take away the enthusiasm of anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put under, put out - administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" can, tin, put up - preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" follow out, follow up, put through, carry out, follow through, implement, go through - pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" put to sleep, put away - kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep" put through - connect by telephone; "the operator put a call through to Rio" douse, put out - put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"
	3.	put - formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" couch, redact, frame, cast give voice, phrase, word, articulate, formulate - put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
	4.	put - attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story" assign apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" repose - put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"
	5.	put - make an investment; "Put money into bonds" invest, commit, place fund - invest money in government securities expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money" roll over - re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security; "She rolled over her IRA" shelter - invest (money) so that it is not taxable tie up - invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments" job, speculate - invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating" buy into - buy stocks or shares of a company
	6.	put - estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." place, set estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
	7.	put - cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the torture" subject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"
	8.	put - adapt; "put these words to music" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner arrange, set - adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"
	9.	put - arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" arrange, order, set up contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize - arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events" phrase - divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical passage" organize, organise - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

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put

verb 1. place, leave, set, position, rest, park (informal) plant, establish, lay, stick (informal) settle, fix, lean, deposit, dump (informal) prop, lay down, put down, situate, set down, stow, bung (informal) plonk (informal)

verb 2. consign to, place, commit to, doom to, condemn to

3. impose, subject, levy, inflict

verb 4. express, state, word, phrase, set, pose, utter

verb 5. present, suggest, advance, propose, offer, forward, submit, tender, bring forward, proffer, posit, set before, lay before

put someone away (Informal) commit, confine, cage (informal) imprison, certify, institutionalize, incarcerate, put in prison, put behind bars, lock up or away

put someone down (Slang) humiliate, shame, crush, show up, reject, dismiss, condemn, slight, criticize, snub, have a go at (informal) deflate, denigrate, belittle, disparage, deprecate, mortify, diss (slang), chiefly U.S.

put someone off

1. discourage, intimidate, deter, daunt, dissuade, demoralize, scare off, dishearten

2. disconcert, confuse, unsettle, throw (informal) distress, rattle (informal) dismay, perturb, faze, discomfit, take the wind out of someone's sails, nonplus, abash

put someone out

1. inconvenience, trouble, upset, bother, disturb, impose upon, discomfit, discommode, incommode

2. annoy, anger, provoke, irritate, disturb, harass, confound, exasperate, disconcert, nettle, vex, perturb, irk, put on the spot, take the wind out of someone's sails, discountenance, discompose

put someone up

1. accommodate, house, board, lodge, quarter, entertain, take someone in, billet, give someone lodging

2. nominate, put forward, offer, present, propose, recommend, float, submit put someone up to something encourage, urge, persuade, prompt, incite, egg on, goad, put the idea into someone's head

put something across or over communicate, explain, clarify, express, get through, convey, make clear, spell out, get across, make yourself understood

put something aside or by

1. save, store, stockpile, deposit, hoard, cache, lay by, stow away, salt away, keep in reserve, squirrel away

2. disregard, forget, ignore, bury, discount, set aside, pay no heed to

put something away

1. store away, replace, put back, tidy up, clear away, tidy away, return to its place

2. save, set aside, put aside, keep, deposit, put by, stash away, store away

3. (Informal) consume, devour, eat up, demolish (informal) gobble, guzzle, polish off (informal) gulp down, wolf down, pig out on (informal)

put something down

1. record, write down, list, enter, log, take down, inscribe, set down, transcribe, put in black and white

2. repress, crush, suppress, check, silence, overthrow, squash, subdue, quash, quell, stamp out

3. put to sleep, kill, destroy, do away with, put away, put out of its misery

put something down to something attribute, blame, ascribe, set down, impute, chalk up

put something forward recommend, present, suggest, introduce, advance, propose, press, submit, tender, nominate, prescribe, move for, proffer

put something off postpone, delay, defer, adjourn, put back, hold over, reschedule, put on ice, put on the back burner (informal) take a rain check on U.S., Canad. (informal)

put something on

1. don, dress in, slip into, pull on, climb into, change into, throw on, get dressed in, fling on, pour yourself into, doll yourself up in

2. present, stage, perform, do, show, produce, mount

3. add, gain, increase by

4. bet, back, place, chance, risk, lay, stake, hazard, wager

5. fake, affect, assume, simulate, feign, make believe, play-act

put something out

1. issue, release, publish, broadcast, bring out, circulate, make public, make known

verb 2. extinguish, smother, blow out, stamp out, douse, snuff out, quench

put something up

1. build, raise, set up, construct, erect, fabricate

2. offer, present, mount, put forward

3. provide, advance, invest, contribute, give, pay up, supply, come up with, pledge, donate, furnish, fork out (informal) cough up (informal) shell out (informal) put up with something or someone (Informal) stand, suffer, bear, take, wear Brit. (informal) stomach, endure, swallow, brook, stand for, lump (informal) tolerate, hack (slang) abide, countenance

put upon someone take advantage of, trouble, abuse, harry, exploit, saddle, take for granted, put someone out, inconvenience, beset, overwork, impose upon, take for a fool

Translations

put [put] [pt, pp put] vt (= place) → poner, colocar (= put into); meter (= express, say); expresar [+ a question]; hacer (= estimate); calcular (= cause to be): to put sb in a good/bad mood → poner a algn de buen/mal humor;

to put a lot of time into sth → dedicar mucho tiempo a algo;

to put money on a horse → apostar dinero en un caballo;

to put money into a company → invertir dinero en una compañía;

to put sb to a lot of trouble → causar mucha molestia a algn;

we put the children to bed → acostamos a los niños;

how shall I put it? → ¿cómo puedo explicarlo or decirlo?;

I put it to you that ... → le sugiero que ...;

to stay put → no moverse

put about vi (NAUT) → virar

vt [+ rumour] → hacer correr

put across vt [+ ideas etc] → comunicar

put aside vt (= lay down) [+ book etc] → dejar or poner a un lado (= save); ahorrar;

(in shop) → guardar

put away vt (= store) → guardar

put back vt (= replace) → devolver a su lugar (= postpone); posponer (= set back) [+ watch, clock] → retrasar;

this will put us back 10 years → esto nos retrasará 10 años

put by vt [+ money] → guardar

put down vt (on ground) → poner en el suelo [+ animal]; sacrificar;

(in writing) → apuntar (= suppress) [+ revolt etc] → sofocar (= attribute); atribuir;

put me down for £15 → apúntame por 15 libras;

put it down on my account (COMM) → póngalo en mi cuenta

put forward vt [+ ideas] → presentar, proponer [+ date]; adelantar

put in vt [+ application, complaint] → presentar

put in for vt fus [+ job] → solicitar [+ promotion]; pedir

put off vt (= postpone) → aplazar (= discourage); desanimar, quitar las ganas a

put on vt [+ clothes, lipstick etc] → ponerse [+ light etc]; encender [+ play etc]; presentar [+ brake]; echar (= assume) [+ accent, manner] → afectar, fingir [+ airs]; adoptar, darse [+ concert, exhibition etc]; montar [+ extra bus, train etc]; poner;

(col) (= kid, have on esp) (esp US) → tomar el pelo a (= inform, indicate): to put sb on to sb/sth → informar a algn de algn/algo;

to put on weight → engordar

put out vt [+ fire, light] → apagar [+ one's hand]; alargar [+ news, rumour]; hacer circular [+ tongue etc]; sacar [+ person] (= inconvenience); molestar, fastidiar (= dislocate) [+ shoulder, vertebra, knee] → dislocar(se);

(vi) (NAUT): to put out to sea → hacerse a la mar;

to put out from Plymouth → salir de Plymouth

put through vt [+ call] → poner;

put me through to Mr Low → póngame or comuníqueme (LAM) con el Señor Low

put together vt → unir, reunir (= assemble) [+ furniture] → armar, montar [+ meal]; preparar

put up vt (= raise) → levantar, alzar (= hang); colgar (= build); construir (= increase); aumentar (= accommodate); alojar (= incite): to put sb up to doing sth → instar or incitar a algn a hacer algo;

to put sth up for sale → poner algo a la venta

put upon vt fus to be put upon (= imposed upon) → dejarse explotar

put up with vt fus → aguantar

put [put , pt, pp ] [put] vt → mettre (= place); poser, placer (= say); dire, exprimer [+ a question]; poser [+ case, view]; exposer, présenter (= estimate); estimer;

to put sb in a good/bad mood → mettre qn de bonne/mauvaise humeur;

to put sb to bed → mettre qn au lit, coucher qn;

to put sb to a lot of trouble → déranger qn;

how shall I put it? → comment dirais-je?, comment dire?;

to put a lot of time into sth → passer beaucoup de temps à qch;

to put money on a horse → miser sur un cheval;

I put it to you that ... (Brit) → je (vous) suggère que ..., je suis d'avis que ...;

to stay put → ne pas bouger

put about vi (Naut) → virer de bord

vt [+ rumour] → faire courir

put across vt [+ ideas etc] → communiquer; faire comprendre

put aside vt → mettre de côté

put away vt (= store) → ranger

put back vt (= replace) → remettre, replacer (= postpone); remettre (= delay), [+ watch, clock]; retarder;

this will put us back ten years → cela nous ramènera dix ans en arrière

put by vt [+ money] → mettre de côté, économiser

put down vt [+ parcel etc] → poser, déposer (= pay); verser;

(in writing) → mettre par écrit, inscrire (= suppress) [+ revolt etc] → réprimer, écraser (= attribute); attribuer [+ animal]; abattre [+ cat, dog]; faire piquer

put forward vt [+ ideas] → avancer, proposer [+ date, watch, clock]; avancer

put in vt [+ gas, electricity] → installer [+ complaint]; soumettre [+ time, effort]; consacrer

put in for vt fus [+ job] → poser sa candidature pour [+ promotion]; solliciter

put off vt [+ light etc] → éteindre (= postpone); remettre à plus tard, ajourner (= discourage); dissuader

put on vt [+ clothes, lipstick, CD] → mettre [+ light etc]; allumer [+ play etc]; monter [+ extra bus, train etc]; mettre en service [+ food, meal] (= provide); servir: (= cook); mettre à cuire or à chauffer [+ weight]; prendre (= assume) [+ accent, manner] → prendre: [+ airs]; se donner, prendre;

(inf) (= tease); faire marcher (= inform, indicate);

to put sb on to sb/sth → indiquer qn/qch à qn;

to put the brakes on → freiner

put out vt (= take outside) → mettre dehors [+ one's hand]; tendre [+ news, rumour]; faire courir, répandre [+ light etc]; éteindre [+ person] (= inconvenience); déranger, gêner;

(Brit) (= dislocate); se démettre

vi (Naut);

to put out to sea → prendre le large;

to put out from Plymouth → quitter Plymouth

put through vt (Tel) [+ caller]; mettre en communication: [+ call]; passer [+ plan]; faire accepter;

put me through to Miss Blair → passez-moi Miss Blair

put together vt → mettre ensemble (= assemble) [+ furniture] → monter, assembler [+ meal]; préparer

put up vt (= raise) → lever, relever, remonter (= pin up); afficher (= hang); accrocher (= build); construire, ériger [+ tent]; monter [+ umbrella]; ouvrir;

(increase) → augmenter (= accommodate); loger (= incite);

to put sb up to doing sth → pousser qn à faire qch;

to put sth up for sale → mettre qch en vente

put upon vt fus to be put upon (= imposed on) → se laisser faire

put up with vt fus → supporter

put [put] [put , pt, pp ] vt [+ thing] → tun [+ 000] (upright) → stellen [+ 000] (flat) → legen [+ person] (in room, institution etc) → stecken [+ 000] (in state, situation) → versetzen (= express) [+ idea etc] → ausdrücken (= present) [+ case, view] → vorbringen (= ask) [+ question] → stellen (= classify); einschätzen (= write, type); schreiben;

to put sb in a good/bad mood → jdn gut/schlecht stimmen;

to put sb to bed → jdn ins Bett bringen;

to put sb to a lot of trouble → jdm viele Umstände machen;

how shall I put it? → wie soll ich es sagen or ausdrücken?;

to put a lot of time into sth → viel Zeit auf etw acc verwenden;

to put money on a horse → Geld auf ein Pferd setzen;

the cost is now put at 2 million pounds → die Kosten werden jetzt auf 2 Millionen Pfund geschätzt;

I put it to you that ... (Brit) → ich behaupte, dass ...;

to stay put → (an Ort und Stelle) bleiben

put about put vi (Naut) → den Kurs ändern

vt [+ rumour] → verbreiten

put across put vt [+ ideas etc] → verständlich machen

put around put vt = put about

put aside put vt [+ work] → zur Seite legen [+ idea, problem]; unbeachtet lassen [+ sum of money]; zurücklegen

put away put vt (store) → wegräumen;

(inf) (consume) → verdrücken (= save) [+ money] → zurücklegen (= imprison); einsperren

put back put vt (= replace) → zurücktun (= 000) (upright) → zurückstellen (= 000) (flat) → zurücklegen (= postpone); verschieben (= delay); zurückwerfen

put by put vt [+ money, supplies etc] → zurücklegen

put down put vt (upright) → hinstellen;

(flat) → hinlegen [+ cup, glass]; absetzen;

(in writing) → aufschreiben [+ riot, rebellion]; niederschlagen (= humiliate); demütigen (= kill); töten

put down to put vt (= attribute) → zurückführen auf +acc

put forward put vt [+ ideas etc] → vorbringen [+ watch, clock]; vorstellen [+ date, meeting]; vorverlegen

put in put vt [+ application, complaint] → einreichen [+ time, effort]; investieren [+ gas, electricity etc]; installieren

vi (Naut) → einlaufen

put in for put vt fus [+ promotion] → sich bewerben um [+ leave]; beantragen

put off put vt (= delay) → verschieben (= distract); ablenken;

to put sb off sth (discourage) → jdn von etw abbringen

put on put vt [+ clothes, brake] → anziehen [+ glasses, kettle]; aufsetzen [+ make-up, ointment etc]; auftragen [+ light, TV]; anmachen [+ play etc]; aufführen [+ record, tape, video]; auflegen [+ dinner etc]; aufsetzen (= assume) [+ look, behaviour etc] → annehmen;

(inf) (= tease); auf den Arm nehmen [+ extra bus, train etc]; einsetzen;

to put on airs → sich zieren;

to put on weight → zunehmen

put on to put vt (= tell about) → vermitteln

put out put vt [+ fire, light] → ausmachen (= take out) [+ rubbish] → herausbringen (= 000) [+ cat etc] → vor die Tür setzen [+ one's hand]; ausstrecken [+ story, announcement]; verbreiten;

(Brit) (= dislocate) [+ shoulder etc] → verrenken;

(inf) (= inconvenience); Umstände machen +dat

vi (Naut);

to put out to sea → in See stechen;

to put out from Plymouth put → von Plymouth auslaufen

put through put vt (Tel) [+ person]; verbinden;

(000) [+ call]; durchstellen [+ plan, agreement]; durchbringen;

put me through to Ms Blair put → verbinden Sie mich mit Frau Blair

put together put vt [+ furniture etc] → zusammenbauen (= plan, campaign); ausarbeiten;

more than the rest of them put together → mehr als alle anderen zusammen

put up put vt [+ fence, building] → errichten [+ tent]; aufstellen [+ umbrella]; aufspannen [+ hood]; hochschlagen [+ poster, sign etc]; anbringen [+ price, cost]; erhöhen (= accommodate); unterbringen;

to put up resistance → Widerstand leisten;

to put up a fight → sich zur Wehr setzen;

to put sb up to sth put → jdn zu etw anstiften;

to put sb up to doing sth put → jdn dazu anstiften, etw zu tun;

to put sth up for sale put → etw zum Verkauf anbieten

put upon put vt fus to be put upon (= imposed on) → ausgenutzt werden

put up with put vt fus → sich abfinden mit

put [pt put, pp ] [put] vt → mettere, porre (= say); dire, esprimere [+ a question]; fare (= estimate); stimare

adv to stay put → non muoversi;

to put sb to bed → mettere qn a letto;

to put sb in a good/bad mood → mettere qn di buon/cattivo umore;

to put sb to a lot of trouble → scomodare qn;

to put a lot of time into sth → dedicare molto tempo a qc;

to put money on a horse → scommettere su un cavallo;

how shall I put it? → come dire?;

I put it to you that ... (BRIT) → io sostengo che ...

put about vi (NAUT) → virare di bordo

vt [+ rumour] → diffondere

put across vt [+ ideas etc] → comunicare, far capire

put aside vt (= lay down) [+ book etc] → mettere da una parte, posare (= save); mettere da parte;

(in shop) → tenere da parte

put away vt [+ clothes, toys etc] → mettere via

put back vt (= replace) → rimettere (a posto) (= postpone); rinviare (= delay); ritardare (= set back) [+ watch, clock] → mettere indietro;

this will put us back 10 years → questo ci farà tornare indietro di 10 anni

put by vt [+ money] → mettere da parte

put down vt [+ parcel etc] → posare, mettere giù (= pay); versare;

(in writing) → mettere per iscritto (= suppress) [+ revolt etc] → reprimere, sopprimere (= attribute); attribuire

put forward vt [+ ideas] → avanzare, proporre [+ date]; anticipare

put in vt [+ application, complaint] → presentare

put in for vt fus [+ job] → far domanda per [+ promotion]; far domanda di

put off vt (= postpone) → rimandare, rinviare (= discourage); dissuadere

put on vt [+ clothes, lipstick etc] → mettere [+ light etc]; accendere [+ play etc]; mettere in scena [+ concert, exhibition etc]; allestire, organizzare [+ extra bus, train etc]; mettere in servizio [+ food, meal]; servire [+ brake]; mettere (= assume) [+ accent, manner] → affettare;

(col) (= tease); prendere in giro (= inform, indicate): to put sb on to sb/sth → indicare qn/qc a qn;

to put on weight → ingrassare;

to put on airs → darsi delle arie

put out vt → mettere fuori [+ one's hand]; porgere [+ light etc]; spegnere [+ person] (= inconvenience); scomodare (= dislocate) [+ shoulder, knee] → lussarsi: [+ back]; farsi uno strappo a

vi (NAUT): to put out to sea → prendere il largo;

to put out from Plymouth → partire da Plymouth

put through vt [+ caller] → mettere in comunicazione [+ call]; passare;

put me through to Miss Blair → mi passi la signorina Blair

put together vt → mettere insieme, riunire (= assemble) [+ furniture] → montare: [+ meal]; improvvisare

put up vt (= raise) → sollevare, alzare (= pin up); affiggere (= hang); appendere (= build); costruire, erigere (= increase); aumentare (= accommodate); alloggiare (= incite): to put sb up to doing sth → istigare qn a fare qc;

to put sth up for sale → mettere in vendita qc

put upon vt fus to be put upon (= imposed on) → farsi mettere sotto i piedi

put up with vt fus → sopportare

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put

v put [put]

1 to place in a certain position or situation He put the plate in the cupboard; Did you put any sugar in my coffee?; He put his arm round her; I'm putting a new lock on the door; You're putting too much strain on that rope; When did the Russians first put a man into space?; You've put me in a bad temper; Can you put (=translate) this sentence into French? sit, omsit يَضَع слагам dát, umístit, přivést, přeložit sætte; komme; lægge; sende; bringe; oversætte stellen, legen, tun τοποθετώ, βάζω poner, colocar panema گذاشتن panna mettre לַשִׂים रखना (oda)tesz menaruh setja, láta; senda; þÿða mettere 置く 놓다, 두다 (pa)dėti, įdėti, paleisti likt; ielikt; palaist (kosmosā); pārveidot meletakkan; membubuh; memasang; mengenakan; menterjemah zetten, plaatsen sette, legge, ha i, putte, uttrykke położyć, włożyć, przyłożyć, wprawić, przekładać pôr a pune класть; ставить; выводить; переводить dať; položiť; priviesť; preložiť; vypustiť postaviti staviti ställa, sätta, lägga, skicka, översätta วาง koymak 放，擺 (по)класти; (по)ставити رکھنا، دھرنا đặt; để 放，摆

2 to submit or present (a proposal, question etc) I put several questions to him; She put her ideas before the committee. indien يُقَدِّم، يَطْرَح، يُوَجِّه поставям položit, předložit stille; præsentere; fremføre formulieren υποβάλλω presentar esitama مطرح کردن؛ پرسیدن esittää soumettre לְהַנִיחַ डालना visz (vmit vki elé) mengajukan leggja fram, bera upp porre, presentare 提出する 제안하다, (문제를) 내다 pateikti izteikt mengutarakan stellen, voorleggen stille, sette fram, framstille przedstawić apresentar a pune; a ex­pune выдвигать položiť, predložiť zastaviti izneti ställa, lägga fram นำเสนอ sormak, sunmak 提出 поставити پيش کرنا hỏi; đề xuất 提出

3 to express in words He put his refusal very politely; Children sometimes have such a funny way of putting things! sê يُعَبِّر عن رأيِه изразявам vyjádřit udtrykke ausdrücken εκφράζω, διατυπώνω expresar väljendama گفتن muotoilla exprimer לְנַסֵחַ घुमाना kifejez (vmit) mengemukakan orða esprimere, esporre 表現する 진술하다 išreikšti izteikt; pateikt menyampaikan onder woorden brengen uttrykke wyrazić exprimir a exprima выражать словами vyjadriť izraziti izraziti uttrycka, formulera กล่าว söylemek, anlatmak 表達 висловлювати اظہار کرنا diễn đạt 表达

4 to write down I'm trying to write a letter to her, but I don't know what to put. skryf يَكْتُب пиша napsat skrive schreiben γράφω poner; escribir kirja panema نوشتن kirjoittaa écrire לִכתוֹב काटना, खरोंचना leír menuliskan skrifa mettere 書く ...을 쓰다, 기록하다 (už)rašyti []rakstīt menulis schrijven skrive zapisać pôr a scrie