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to put in

to put in

989 1.7
Place something inside another thing or space
  • phrasal verb
  • /pʊt ɪn/
translation icon : poner
  • Teachers were provided slips of paper to put in the reward bag for the drawings.
  • put in a bag

We are then blindfolded and put in the back of a van, right?

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Examples

  • You just grab what you want, put it in your bag and leave.

  • So now we need to put in our five electrons.

  • The bedroom is a world of difference when you put in French doors.

  • So I think I want to put this in now.

  • Turn around and put your hands in the air.

    Dirty Harry (1971)

  • It's like a computer: you put in the program, and it runs automatically.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Then, once found, the proper methods and data must be put in a useful form.

    Academic text (1995)

  • We pick one of them and put it in the third slot.

  • With mounting tension, I put in a higher power eyepiece and looked more closely.

    Academic text (1994)

  • You need to pick up your toys and put them back in the box.

Synonyms

to place
vsto put in
∞ 1.0

To put something in a particular position or job

focuses more narrowly on putting items inside other objects or spaces
to insert
vsto put in
208 3.5

To put something inside something else

is the broader act of moving items without stressing internal fit
to paste
vsto put in
58 2.9

To join things by sticking them together or into a document

refers simply to moving something into another object or space
to stick in
vsto put in
45 3.0

Push something into another thing so it goes inside

is neutral about how the action is done, not emphasizing forceful pushing
to deposit
vsto put in
44 2.5

To put something down carefully in a particular place

is about placing inside another object rather than just setting down
to introduce
vsto put in
15 3.1

To put or add something into another thing

is the simple action of moving items into a location without extra nuance
to inset
vsto put in
1 7.4

To put something into a space so it sits level with the surface

covers general moving in without requiring a snug or embedded fit
to emplace
vsto put in
  • Specialized
1 9.1

To put something firmly in a chosen place, often for machines or heavy equipment

is the general act of moving items, not necessarily with firm fixing
to infix
vsto put in
9.9

To put something into the middle of other things, like a sentence or talk

is more general and does not require placement in the middle position

Antonyms

to take out
948 1.9

To remove something from a place or container

to withdraw
159 3.5

To take money or things out of a place where they are kept

How Precise

to embed
88 4.8
to put in
989 1.7
to place
∞ 1.0
to drop
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

put in infinitive
putting in present participle
puts in third person singular
put in past
put in past participle

Morphology

put + in

The sense 'to formally submit' is an extended, metaphorical use of 'put' + 'in' (you 'place' an application into a process or system), so there is a visible link to the literal meanings. However, the submission sense depends on collocational convention (put in an application/request) rather than strict compositional rules, so a B1 learner who only knows the words may only partially infer the meaning and may not reliably predict it without prior exposure.

Etymology

Put in comes from the simple action of taking something and putting it in a space, like placing a key into a lock or putting vegetables into a pan. So, it means 'to place or insert something'.