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List of meaning for put

to set or lay in a certain location or spot

put option, put(verb)

the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

put, set, place, pose, position, lay(verb)

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"

put(verb)

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"

frame, redact, cast, put, couch(verb)

formulate in a particular style or language

"I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

put, assign(verb)

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"

invest, put, commit, place(verb)

make an investment

"Put money into bonds"

place, put, set(verb)

estimate

"We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

put(verb)

cause (someone) to undergo something

"He put her to the torture"

put(verb)

adapt

"put these words to music"

arrange, set up, put, order(verb)

arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

"arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

to arrange something in a certain spot or position

you can put this box next to the bookshelf

to convey in appropriate or telling terms

tried to think of a good way of putting the news

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement

put the time of the photograph at about noon

to establish or apply as a charge or penalty

a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation

put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event

deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds

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