to put
- verb
- /pʊt/
- The committee decided to put a value on the project based on its long-term benefits.
- estimates put at
- put the number at
- put the total at
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Watch on YouTubeI mean, I don't put a time thing on it.
- I mean, I don't put a time thing on it.
- I can't put a price on those days.
Examples
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You want willingness to take risks to put your reputation on the line.
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Figures released this month put their annual income for last year at 180,000,000 pounds, 32,000,000 more than Manchester United.
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So I ask you now, how will you put your education to use?
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I know what it's supposed to look like... and I know the value in human life you people put on it.
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Producers thus sought to put a floor on prices by holding oil off the market.
Academic text (2011) -
If you harbor any doubt, only put down what you can afford to lose.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Olympics were supposed to put these questions to bed, not raise them all anew.
Academic text (2008) -
The first Qatari census, taken in 1970, put the indigenous population at 45,039.
Academic text (2015) -
She always tries to put a positive spin on the feedback she receives.
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During the meeting, we put the implications of the new policy into perspective.
Synonyms
To decide a rule, value or deadline
To add amounts to reach a total
To decide how much money something should cost
Say that a person or cause made something
To say that something happened because of a particular reason
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
How Precisely
Surface Forms
Etymology
Put originally meant 'place', and from that picture people learned to 'place' a number or value on something. So when you say you put her age at forty, you are 'placing' that estimate on her.