put

Meaning

Verb

1. To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
2. To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign.
3. To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition).
4. To express (something in a certain manner).
5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
6. To set as a calculation or estimate.
7. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
8. To sell (assets) under the terms of a put option.
9. (especially) To throw with a pushing motion, especially in reference to the sport of shot put. (Do not confuse with putt.)
10. To play a card or a hand in the game called "put".
11. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
12. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
13. To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Short for put option.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
4. (uncountable) An old card game.

Noun

A fellow, especially an eccentric or elderly one; a duffer.

Noun

A prostitute.

Synonyms

place

set

lay

put down

lay down

insert

position

placed

keep

give

deposit

put in

locate

set up

arrange

store

assign

seat

💺

put option

install

stick

set down

attach

stand

add

plant

🌱

appoint

invest

situate

express

apply

press

rest

put up

hold

throw

put on

submit

thrust

pose

couch

🛋️

convey

move

make

commit

go

render

ask

have

instal

Translations

mettre

poner

mettere

poser

stellen

setzen

legen

placer

zetten

pôr

colocar

plaatsen

porre

colocar

collocare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pʊt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: putten

Inherited from Old English: putian

Cognate with Sanskrit: बुन्द

Cognate with Lithuanian: budė

Cognate with Old English: pȳtan

Cognate with Dutch: poten

Cognate with Danish: putte

Cognate with Swedish: putta

Cognate with Norwegian: putte

Cognate with Norwegian: pota

Cognate with Icelandic: pota

Cognate with Dutch: peuteren

In summary

From Middle English putten, 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 out (the eyes)”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to set, plant”), Danish putte (“to put”), Swedish putta, pötta, potta (“to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away”), Norwegian putte (“to set, put”), Norwegian pota (“to poke”), Icelandic pota (“to poke”), Dutch peuteren (“to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with”).

Sentences

Put down your weapons .

I then take over and put you on the right lines .

Take that fire extinguisher and put out the fire !

So there was no pressure to demolish old buildings to put new ones at their place .

You can't go in there until you put this on .

She put on her slippers , scaled the stairs , and went to bed .