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put > 10 senses
NOUN1put, put optionThe option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
VERB1put, set, place, pose, position, layPut into a certain place or abstract location
2putCause to be in a certain state
3put, frame, redact, cast, couchFormulate in a particular style or language
4put, assignAttribute or give
5put, invest, commit, placeMake an investment
6put, place, setEstimate
7putCause (someone) to undergo something
8putAdapt
9put, arrange, set up, orderArrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.
put > pronunciation
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put > noun, act
MeaningThe option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date.
Synonymsput option
Part ofstraddle, span
Broaderoption
Contrarycall option, call
put > verb 1, contact
MeaningPut into a certain place or abstract location.
PatternSomebody ----s something PP
ModelThey put the bags on the table
Examples"Put your things here"
Synonymsset, place, pose, position, lay
Narrowerinsert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce; docket; cock; postpose; prepose; step; replace, put back; stratify; plant; intersperse; nestle, snuggle; pile; arrange, set up; superimpose, superpose, lay over; superpose; park; ensconce, settle; emplace; emplace; ship; underlay; trench; pigeonhole; shelve; jar; repose; stick, put forward; sign; middle; parallelize; butt; recess; reposition; throw, thrust; tee, tee up; rack up; coffin; bed; appose; set down, put down, place down; sow, sough, seed; misplace; juxtapose; set down; bottle; bucket; barrel; ground; pillow, rest; misplace, mislay, lose; upend; seat, sit, sit down; lay, put down, repose; stand, stand up, place upright; recline; plant, set; install, instal, put in, set up; situate, fix, posit, deposit; ladle; poise; lean; clap; rest; perch; load; cram; set; siphon; position; glycerolize, glycerolise; space; marshal; settle, settle down; throw; imbricate
Broadermove, displace
See alsoput across; put together; put up; put over, put off; put away; put down; put back; put back; put on; put down
put > verb 2, contact
MeaningCause to be in a certain state. Cause to be in a certain relation.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
Examples"That song put me in awful good humor"
Narrowerput to sleep
Broaderchange, alter, modify
See alsoput out; put through; put through; put up; put off; put down; put off; put to sleep, put under, put out; put out; put away, put to sleep
put > verb 3, communication
MeaningFormulate in a particular style or language.
PatternSomebody ----s something PP
Examples"I wouldn't put it that way"
Synonymsframe, redact, cast, couch
Broadergive voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
put > verb 4, consumption
MeaningAttribute or give.
PatternSomebody ----s something PP
Examples"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"
Synonymsassign
Narrowerrepose
Broaderuse, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
put > verb 5, possession
MeaningMake an investment.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
Examples"Put money into bonds"
Synonymsinvest, commit, place
Narrowerfund; roll over; shelter; tie up; speculate, job; buy into
Broaderspend, expend, drop
Contrarydivest, disinvest
put > verb 6, cognition
MeaningEstimate.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
Synonymsplace, set
Broaderestimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
put > verb 7, perception
MeaningCause (someone) to undergo something.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody PP
Examples"He put her to the torture"
Broadersubject
put > verb 8, creation
MeaningAdapt.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"put these words to music"
Categorymusic
Broaderarrange, set
put > verb 9, cognition
MeaningArrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"I put these memories with those of bygone times"
Synonymsarrange, set up, order
Narrowersynchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise
Broaderorganize, organise

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