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Put   /pʊt/   Listen
Put

verb
(past put; past part. put; pres. part. putting)
1.
Put into a certain place or abstract location.  Synonyms: lay, place, pose, position, set.  "Set the tray down" , "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children" , "Place emphasis on a certain point"
2.
Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation.  "Put your ideas in writing"
3.
Formulate in a particular style or language.  Synonyms: cast, couch, frame, redact.  "She cast her request in very polite language"
4.
Attribute or give.  Synonym: assign.  "He put all his efforts into this job" , "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
5.
Make an investment.  Synonyms: commit, invest, place.
6.
Estimate.  Synonyms: place, set.
7.
Cause (someone) to undergo something.
8.
Adapt.
9.
Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.  Synonyms: arrange, order, set up.  "Set up one's life" , "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
noun
1.
The option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date.  Synonym: put option.



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"Put" Quotes from Famous Books



... was already beginning to do its work. His head began to swim, and he was speedily in a state of insensibility. When this was accomplished, Mr. Felix Montgomery, eyeing the insensible boy with satisfaction, put on his hat, walked quickly to the door, which he locked on the outside, and made his way rapidly downstairs. Leaving the key at the desk, he left ...
— Paul the Peddler - The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant • Horatio Alger, Jr.

... government. For the moment even this document had no certain value, for, in spite of the fact that the parliamentarians were at war with the King, Charles I was still sovereign of England and should he win in the Civil War the title would be worthless. However, the patent was not put in force until 1647, after the victory of Cromwell at Naseby had given control into the hands of Parliament; and then a general meeting was held at Portsmouth consisting of the freemen of Warwick, Portsmouth, and Newport, and ten representatives from Providence. The patent did not state how affairs ...
— The Fathers of New England - A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths • Charles M. Andrews

... extended hand. 'No,' he said, 'I want to act alone. There is a force which, if properly directed, is not weaker than gold. That force is poverty and her companion, labor. I shall call them out and lead them into battle. Proud Israel! Beware! I shall put against you ...
— The History of a Lie - 'The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion' • Herman Bernstein

... could seem to prevent. In the meantime the casual manner of the little grey horse struck Coleman with maddening vividness. If the blank darkness was simply filled with ferocious Albanians, the horse did not care a button; he leisurely put his feet down with a resounding ring. Coleman whispered hastily to the dragoman. " If they rush us, jump down the bank, no matter how deep it is. That's our only chance. And try ...
— Active Service • Stephen Crane

... says "Cheer up Mrs. Lirriper, you should feel as if it was only your christening and they were your godfathers and godmothers which did promise for you." And it brought me round, and I don't mind confessing to you my dear that I then put a sandwich and a drop of sherry in a little basket and went down to Hatfield church-yard outside the coach and kissed my hand and laid it with a kind of proud and swelling love on my husband's grave, though bless ...
— Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings • Charles Dickens


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