put

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To move something into a particular place or position.

   She put her books on the table.

2. 2
   verb

   To bring someone or something into a particular state or condition.

   The new law put many small shops out of business.

3. 3
   verb

   To express something in a particular way or with particular words.

   I wouldn't put it quite like that.

4. 4
   verb

   To estimate or guess an amount, time, or value.

   We put the time of arrival at around 8 p.m.

Multiword verbs with put

• put across Phrasal verb A1

  to communicate an idea so that other people understand it

• put aside Phrasal verb A1

  to stop using or thinking about something, at least temporarily

• put back Phrasal verb A1

  to return something to its original place

• put into Prepositional verb A1

  to invest resources, energy, or thought into something

• put off Phrasal verb A1

  to postpone an event or action until a later time

• put on Phrasal verb A1

  to place clothing or accessories on one's body

• put over Phrasal verb A1

  to communicate an idea or message successfully

• put under Phrasal verb A1

  to make someone unconscious by giving them an anaesthetic

Appears in

From Middle English putten, pitten, pytten, puten, poten, from Old English putian, *pūtian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging”)) and potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), both from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (“to shoot, sprout”), which would make it cognate with Sanskrit बुन्द (bundá, “arrow”), Lithuanian budė, and budis (“mushroom, fungus”). Compare also related Old English pȳtan (“to push, poke, thrust, put ou…

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