put
pronunciation
How to pronounce put in British English:
UK [pʊt]
How to pronounce put in American English:
US [pʊt]
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- Noun:
- the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
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- Verb:
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
- formulate in a particular style or language
- attribute or give
- make an investment
- estimate
- cause (someone) to undergo something
- adapt
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.
Word Origin
- put
- put: [12] Put is one of the commonest of English verbs, but its origins are uncertain. It goes back to an Old English *putian, never actually recorded but inferred from the verbal noun putung ‘instigation’, but where that came from is not known. It was presumably related to Old English potian ‘push, thrust’, whose Middle English descendant pote formed the basis of modern English potter [16]. The golfing term putt [18] is essentially the same word as put, differentiated in spelling and pronunciation.=> potter, putt
- put (v.)
- late Old English *putian, implied in putung "instigation, an urging," literally "a putting;" related to pytan "put out, thrust out" (of eyes), probably from a Germanic stem that also produced Danish putte "to put," Swedish dialectal putta; Middle Dutch pote "scion, plant," Dutch poten "to plant," Old Norse pota "to poke." Meaning "act of casting a heavy stone overhead" (as a trial of strength) is attested from c. 1300. Obsolete past tense form putted is attested 14c.-15c. To put down "end by force or authority" (a rebellion, etc.) is from c. 1300. Adjective phrase put out "angry, upset" is first recorded 1887; to put out, of a woman, "to offer oneself for sex" is from 1947. To put upon (someone) "play a trick on, impose on" is from 1690s. To put up with "tolerate, accept" (1755) was originally to put up, as in "to pocket." To put (someone) on "deceive" is from 1958.
- put (n.)
- c. 1300, "act of throwing a weight overhand as a test of strength," from put (v.). General meaning "act of putting" is from early 15c. Also compare putt (n.).
Example
- 1. He came in to complete the closing and " put in an action plan .
- 2. Where did I put that letter ?
- 3. Reckless drivers put themselves and others in danger .
- 4. Someone put it in a bag and took it away .
- 5. Put magic drawing in house , no more fighting .