to put
- verb
- /pʊt/
- Specialized
- To request cache lines from the L2, put the address on the address bus.
We'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
To support your words by giving money or doing work
- Informal
To drive or work as fast as possible, often to finish something
Imagine being in another person's situation to understand their feelings
Make a very good impression when you meet someone or start something new
Show support by giving money or doing something to help
- Informal
Make people very afraid and make them respect you by showing power
- 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
- 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
- Offensive
To yell at or threaten someone to make them try harder
- Informal
To gain weight and become healthier after being thin or sick
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Force someone to answer or act without time to prepare when they feel uncomfortable
To send someone to a hospital for treatment because of illness or injury
To help someone see how important something really is by comparing it with other things or giving background
- Informal
Make someone feel ashamed or less important by showing your power
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.