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   put

   /pʊt/

   verb

   • 1. move to or place in a particular position: "I put my hand out towards her" Similar placesetput downset downlaylay downdepositsituatepositionsettleleavestowpropleanplantposeinformal:stickdumpbungparkplonkpopplunkrare:posit
   • ▪ cause (someone or something) to go to a particular place and remain there for a time: "India has put three experimental satellites into space"
   • 2. bring into a particular state or condition: "they tried to put me at ease"
   • ▪ write or print (something) in a particular place: "they put my name on the cover page"
   • ▪ express (a thought or comment) in a particular way: "to put it bluntly, he was not really divorced" Similar expresswordphraseframeformulaterenderconveycouchstatesayuttervoicespeakarticulatepronounce
   • ▪ estimate something to be (a particular amount): "estimates put the war's cost at £1 million a day" Similar estimatecalculatereckongaugeassessevaluatevaluejudgemeasurecomputeestablishfixsetguessinformal:guesstimate
   • 3. throw (a shot or weight) as an athletic sport: "she set a women's record by putting the shot 56' 7"
   • 4. (of a river) flow in a particular direction. archaic US

   noun

   • 1. a throw of a shot or weight.
   • 2. short for put option

   Word Origin Old English (recorded only in the verbal noun putung), of unknown origin; compare with dialect pote ‘to push, thrust’ (an early sense of the verb put).

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • P

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   • T

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   Put definition: to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position. See examples of PUT used in a sentence.

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   The meaning of PUT is to place in a specified position or relationship : lay. How to use put in a sentence.

5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishput - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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   Definition of put verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   20 meanings: 1. to cause to be (in a position or place) 2. to cause to be (in a state, relation, etc) 3. to cause (a person) to.... Click for more definitions.

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   What would you have done?I tried to put the matter into perspective.Don't go putting yourself at risk.It was time to put their suggestion into practice.This new injury will put him out of action for several weeks.