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PUT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

put; put option

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("put" is a kind of...):

option (the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited)

Holonyms ("put" is a part of...):

span; straddle (the act of sitting or standing astride)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Estimate

Example:

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

Synonyms:

place; put; set

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

Example:

I put these memories with those of bygone times

Synonyms:

arrange; order; put; set up

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):

organise; organize (cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put"):

contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize (arrange or represent events so that they co-occur)

phrase (divide, combine, or mark into phrases)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Formulate in a particular style or language

Example:

She cast her request in very polite language

Synonyms:

cast; couch; frame; put; redact

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):

articulate; formulate; give voice; phrase; word (put into words or an expression)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Attribute or give

Example:

The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story

Synonyms:

assign; put

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):

apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put"):

repose (put or confide something in a person or thing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 5

Meaning:

Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation

Example:

put your ideas in writing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put"):

put to sleep (help someone go to bed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Also:

put up (preserve in a can or tin)

put under (administer an anesthetic drug to)

put to sleep (kill gently, as with an injection)

put through (connect by telephone)

put through (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)

put out (put out, as of a candle or a light)

put out (deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion)

put out (administer an anesthetic drug to)

put off (take away the enthusiasm of)

put off (cause to feel embarrassment)

put down (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally)

put away (kill gently, as with an injection)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Put into a certain place or abstract location

Example:

Place emphasis on a certain point

Synonyms:

lay; place; pose; position; put; set

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put"):

instal; install; put in; set up (set up for use)

plant; set (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground)

recline (cause to recline)

place upright; stand; stand up (put into an upright position)

lay; put down; repose (put in a horizontal position)

seat (place in or on a seat)

seat; sit; sit down (show to a seat; assign a seat for)

upend (set, turn, or stand on end)

pillow; rest (rest on or as if on a pillow)

ground (place or put on the ground)

barrel (put in barrels)

bucket (put into a bucket)

bottle (put into bottles)

set down (put or settle into a position)

juxtapose (place side by side)

misplace (place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position)

seed; sow (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth)

place down; put down; set down (cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place)

appose (place side by side or in close proximity)

imbricate (place so as to overlap)

throw (to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly)

settle; settle down (settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground)

marshal (place in proper rank)

space (place at intervals)

glycerolise; glycerolize (place in glycerol)

position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)

seat (place or attach firmly in or on a base)

siphon (move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action)

set (put into a position that will restore a normal state)

cram (put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled)

load (put (something) on a structure or conveyance)

perch (cause to perch or sit)

rest (put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying)

clap (put quickly or forcibly)

lean (cause to lean or incline)

poise (cause to be balanced or suspended)

ladle (put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle)

deposit; fix; posit; situate (put (something somewhere) firmly)

emplace (put into place or position)

dispose (place or put in a particular order)

ensconce; settle (fix firmly)

park (place temporarily)

superpose (place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide)

lay over; superimpose; superpose (place on top of)

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

pile (place or lay as if in a pile)

nestle; snuggle (position comfortably)

intersperse (place at intervals in or among)

plant (place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive)

stratify (form, arrange, or deposit in layers)

put back; replace (put something back where it belongs)

step (place (a ship's mast) in its step)

prepose (place before another constituent in the sentence)

postpose (place after another constituent in the sentence)

cock (set the trigger of a firearm back for firing)

docket (place on the docket for legal action)

enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)

bed (put to bed)

coffin (place into a coffin)

rack up (place in a rack)

tee; tee up (place on a tee)

throw; thrust (place or put with great energy)

reposition (place into another position)

recess (put into a recess)

butt (place end to end without overlapping)

parallelize (place parallel to one another)

middle (put in the middle)

sign (place signs, as along a road)

repose (to put something (eg trust) in something)

jar (place in a cylindrical vessel)

shelve (place on a shelf)

pigeonhole (place into a small compartment)

trench (set, plant, or bury in a trench)

underlay (put (something) under or beneath)

ship (place on board a ship)

emplace (provide a new emplacement for guns)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They put the bags on the table

Also:

put up (place so as to be noticed)

put together (create by putting components or members together)

put over (hold back to a later time)

put on (apply to a surface)

put off (hold back to a later time)

put down (cause to come to the ground)

put down (put in a horizontal position)

put back (cost a certain amount)

put back (put something back where it belongs)

put away (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail)

put across (transmit information)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Adapt

Example:

put these words to music

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):

arrange; set (adapt for performance in a different way)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Cause (someone) to undergo something

Example:

He put her to the torture

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):

subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sense 9

Meaning:

Make an investment

Example:

Put money into bonds

Synonyms:

commit; invest; place; put

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):

drop; expend; spend (pay out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put"):

fund (invest money in government securities)

roll over (re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security)

shelter (invest (money) so that it is not taxable)

tie up (invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes)

job; speculate (invest at a risk)

buy into (buy stocks or shares of a company)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) On the diagram, put an X on the area that hurts the most.

(BPI - Area Hurts Most, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance that is put on the skin to help repair damaged skin.

(Biafine cream, NCI Dictionary)

She should never have been put to sea.

(UK documentary claims fire weakened RMS Titanic, Wikinews)

‘It’s business that may put something into your pocket,’ said the other.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Presently, with an excuse, he left me, asking me to put all my papers together.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Then I put you to the test.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And the princess, though very unwilling, took him up in her hand, and put him upon the pillow of her own bed, where he slept all night long.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

When asked how they would feel when put in this position themselves, those people shown a rejection containing an apology reported higher feelings of hurt.

(Sometimes You Shouldn't Say Sorry, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Delaying diagnosis and treatment could put patients at a greater risk of serious illness or death.

(High Blood Pressure Liked to Long Hours on Job, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

So, the researchers are working with surgeons to put in an artery that will bring more blood the new kidney.

(Scientists Create Functioning Kidney Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)