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Put has 15 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"The trader decided to exercise their put on the futures contract, allowing them to sell the commodity at the agreed-upon price before the expiration date."

2

A right to sell something at a predetermined price.

"The PUT method in an API is often mistaken for a Parameterized Unit Test, but it actually stands for something completely different in web development contexts."

3

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

4

A prostitute.

5

Acronym of parameterized unit test.

In plain English: A put is an object that someone has placed somewhere, such as putting your keys on the table.

"The put on my golf club felt smooth and accurate."

Verb
1

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"

2

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"

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3

formulate in a particular style or language

"I wouldn't put it that way"

"She cast her request in very polite language"

4

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"

5

make an investment

"Put money into bonds"

6

estimate

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

7

cause (someone) to undergo something

"He put her to the torture"

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8

adapt

"put these words to music"

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9

arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

"arrange my schedule"

"set up one's life"

"I put these memories with those of bygone times"

10

To place something somewhere.

"She put her book on the table."

In plain English: To put something means to move it from your hand into another place so it stays there safely.

"Please put your keys on the table before you leave for work."

Example Sentences
"The put on my golf club felt smooth and accurate." noun
"The old put was worn out from years of heavy use on the driveway." noun
"He reached into his pocket to retrieve the lost put he had dropped earlier." noun
"Her favorite put sat neatly in her collection box next to the others." noun
"Please put your keys on the table before you leave for work." verb
See Also
place golf action placing connect shot puts position
Related Terms
place golf action placing connect shot puts position in money rejection bring condition peace distrust relation park submerge hield set puttee
Antonyms
call disinvest
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
option move change give voice use spend estimate subject arrange organize
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
insert docket cock postpose prepose step replace stratify plant intersperse nestle pile arrange superimpose superpose park ensconce dispose emplace ship underlay trench pigeonhole shelve jar repose sign middle parallelize butt recess reposition throw tee rack up coffin bed appose set down sow misplace juxtapose bottle bucket barrel ground pillow upend seat lay stand recline install situate ladle poise lean clap rest perch load cram set siphon position glycerolize space marshal settle imbricate put to sleep fund roll over shelter tie up speculate buy into synchronize phrase

Origin

The word "put" comes from Old English words meaning to push or thrust. Its ultimate origin is a Proto-Germanic root related to sticking or stabbing, though the exact source of that root is unknown.

Rhyming Words
sput kaput kiput input toput caput harput offput netput output rajput overput kharput mariput reinput cajuput thruput put put occiput goodput
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