to put across

Examples

• All

• I'm here to remind you that those aesthetic qualities had a purpose, and it was to put across stories that would instruct and please the audience.

• Reading your comment reassured me that you got what I was trying to put across.

  Blog text (3)

• We're all in this together, and I wanted to put across the general idea rather than the details.

  Trainspotting (1996)

• We're here to put across our point of view about what's going on.

  Made in Dagenham (2010)

• So the first message I want to put across is don't get too excited.

  Garys Economics

• All I'm trying to put across here is different stories from people who've had real lives.

• The President insulted, patronized, and mocked his opponent rather than put across a constructive argument.

  Blog text (11)

• The message must be put across that AS is an intellectual inquiry that takes American culture and the values that define the culture as its central concern, using an interdisciplinary methodological approach.

  Academic text (1997)

• More importantly, this was one example of many in which the President insulted, patronized, and mocked his opponent rather than put across a constructive argument.

  Blog text (28)

• The difference is I don't think Tegan and Sara know that they're making it harder for some people to get the positive and interesting message they're trying to put across.

  Blog text (29)

Synonyms

E

to express

vsto put across

∞ 2.3

To show ideas and feelings by words or actions

focuses on effective verbal explanation rather than broader showing

C

to communicate

vsto put across

773 2.3

Share information, ideas, or feelings with someone

focuses specifically on effective understanding rather than general exchange

M

to make oneself clear

vsto put across

545 3.4

Say something so other people understand what you mean

is about being understood by ensuring meaning is obvious

C

to convey

vsto put across

199 3.4

To send information, ideas, or feelings to someone

is about clear success in helping ideas become understood rather than mere transfer

S

to spell out

vsto put across

79 3.5

To explain something clearly and in detail

prefers clear effectiveness over lengthy full explanations

G

to get across

vsto put across

67 3.0

Make an idea or message clear so other people understand it

is the everyday phrase stressing effective clear understanding

C

to clearly state

vsto put across

34 2.7

Say or write something so people have no doubt

focuses on effective understanding rather than avoiding ambiguity only

S

to set forth

vsto put across

• Formal

29 4.2

To state something clearly in writing or speech

is used in everyday speech for clear practical understanding

P

to put over

vsto put across

• UK

8 3.7

To explain an idea so people understand it

is used for clear effective explanation rather than formal presentation

Antonyms

C

to confuse

266 1.9

Make someone unable to think clearly or make something hard to understand

M

miscommunication

23 4.1

A failure to share information clearly that causes misunderstanding

How Clearly

to spell out

79 3.5

to put across

3 3.5

to explain

∞ 1.0

to say

∞ 1.0

to hint

136 2.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology