to put
- verb
- /pʊt/
- Specialized
- To request cache lines from the L2, put the address on the address bus.
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Watch on YouTubeWe're going to cut this clip and put it online as just a single clip.
- We're going to cut this clip and put it online as just a single clip.
- Now when you put this on the web, you can put the music on.
- They were putting out, you know, YouTube video clips.
Examples
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The STRI crane (BioScience 42: 664-670) was the first crane put to use in canopy research.
Academic text (1996) -
We need to put the new data on the server so everyone can access it.
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Put it into Google Translate.
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Participants were told not to put any identifying information on the pages of the packet.
Academic text (2007) -
At other times, cataclysmic events occurred, and substantial reforms were put in place to address such events.
Academic text (2009) -
The developer will put the updated version of the app on the website later today.
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To save your changes, make sure to put the file back on the cloud storage.
Antonyms
Idioms
Show support by giving money or doing something to help
- Informal
To drive or work as fast as possible, often to finish something
- Informal
Make people very afraid and make them respect you by showing power
- Informal
To gain weight and become healthier after being thin or sick
- Formal
Arrange your personal, money, and legal matters before illness or death
- Informal
To make small changes to something bad so it looks better without fixing the real problem
Try to make things the way they were after they changed
Imagine being in the other person's place to understand them better
- Informal
Tell someone about an idea so they will think about it later
- Informal
To work as hard as you can, often more than expected
Make a very good impression when you meet someone or start something new
Imagine being in another person's situation to understand their feelings
- Offensive
To yell at or threaten someone to make them try harder
To support your words by giving money or doing work
Phrasal Verbs
To stop someone's suffering or worry, sometimes by ending their life
To send someone to a hospital for treatment because of illness or injury
- Informal
Force someone to answer or act without time to prepare when they feel uncomfortable
To help someone see how important something really is by comparing it with other things or giving background
- Informal
To start living in one place for a long time and make it your home
To delay dealing with something until later and make it less important
Compounds
- Specialized
A contract that gives you the choice to sell an investment at a fixed price within a set time
Surface Forms
Etymology
The computing use put borrows the everyday verb put, meaning 'place', and applies it to files on the web. So in HTTP to put a file is to place or replace that resource at a specific web address.