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{ "term": "put", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "put", "heSheIt": "puts" }, "pastSimple": "put", "pastParticiple": "put", "ingForm": "putting" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to move something into a particular place or position", "sensetop": "put something + adv./prep.", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Put the cases down there, please." }, { "text": "Did you put sugar in my coffee?" }, { "text": "Put your hand up if you need more paper." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to move something into a particular place or position using force", "sensetop": "put something + adv./prep.", "examples": [ { "text": "He put his fist through a glass door." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to cause somebody/something to go to a particular place", "sensetop": "put somebody/something + adv./prep.", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Her family put her into a nursing home." }, { "text": "It was the year the Americans put a man on the moon." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to attach or fix something to something else", "sensetop": "put something + adv./prep.", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We had to put new locks on all the doors." }, { "text": "We're not allowed to put posters on the walls." }, { "text": "Can you help me put the roof rack on the car?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to write something or make a mark on something", "sensetop": "put something (+ adv./prep.)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Put your name here." }, { "text": "Friday at 11? I'll put it in my diary." }, { "text": "I couldn't read what she had put." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to bring somebody/something into the state or condition mentioned", "sensetop": "put somebody/something + adv./prep.", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I was put in charge of the office." }, { "text": "The incident put her in a bad mood." }, { "text": "**Put yourself in my position**. What would you have done?" }, { "text": "I tried to **put the matter into perspective**." }, { "text": "Don't go **putting yourself at risk**." }, { "text": "I am determined to **put things right**." }, { "text": "It was time to **put** their suggestion **into practice**." }, { "text": "This new injury will **put him out of action** for several weeks." }, { "text": "He put Ray on guard with a gun." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to make somebody/something feel something or be affected by something", "sensetop": "put something on/onto/to something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Her new job has put a great strain on her." }, { "text": "They **put pressure on** her to resign." }, { "text": "It's time you **put a stop to** this childish behaviour." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to express or state something in a particular way", "sensetop": "put something + adv./prep.", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She put it very tactfully." }, { "text": "**Put simply**, we accept their offer or go bankrupt." }, { "text": "**Simply put**, the film is a masterpiece." }, { "text": "I was, **to put it mildly**, annoyed *(= I was extremely angry)*." }, { "text": "**Putting it bluntly**, the project was a disaster." }, { "text": "He was too trusting—or, **to put it another way**, he had no head for business." }, { "text": "The meat was—**how shall I put it?**—a little overdone." }, { "text": "As T.S. Eliot puts it…" }, { "text": "She had never tried to **put** this feeling **into words**." }, { "text": "Can you help me put this letter into good English, please?" }, { "text": "I thought you put your points very well." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["cleverly", "eloquently", "well"], "phrases": ["to put it another way"] } }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to give or attach a particular level of importance, trust, value, etc. to something", "sensetop": "put something on something", "examples": [ { "text": "Our company puts the emphasis on quality." }, { "text": "He put a limit on the amount we could spend." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "to consider somebody/something to belong to the class or level mentioned", "sensetop": "put somebody/something + adv./prep.", "examples": [ { "text": "I'd put her in the top rank of modern novelists." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "to throw the shot", "sensetop": "put something", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that you think somebody is capable of doing something wrong, illegal, etc.", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have many sexual partners", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to suggest something to somebody to see if they can argue against it", "examples": [ { "text": "I put it to you that you are the only person who had a motive for the crime." } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument", "Suggestions and advice"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to persuade somebody to believe something that is not true", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Don't try to put one over on me!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to force somebody to experience something difficult or unpleasant", "labels": "(especially British English, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "They really put me through it *(= asked me difficult questions)* at the interview." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used when comparing or contrasting somebody/something with a group of other people or things to mean ‘combined’ or ‘in total’", "examples": [ { "text": "Your department spent more last year than all the others put together." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to tell somebody to stop just talking about something and actually do it, show it, etc.", "labels": "(especially British English)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/pʊt/", "audio": "pu/put/put__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/pʊts/", "audio": "pu/put/puts__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈpʊtɪŋ/", "audio": "pu/put/putting__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/pʊt/", "audio": "pu/put/put__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/pʊts/", "audio": "pu/put/puts__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈpʊtɪŋ/", "audio": "pu/put/putting__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English (recorded only in the verbal noun putung), of unknown origin; compare with dialect pote ‘to push, thrust’ (an early sense of the verb put)." }