English noun: put | |||
1. | put (act) the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date | ||
Synonyms | put option | ||
Broader (hypernym) | option | ||
Part meronym | span, straddle | ||
Antonyms | call option, call | ||
English verb: put | |||
1. | put (contact) put into a certain place or abstract location | ||
Samples | Put your things here. Set the tray down. Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children. Place emphasis on a certain point. | ||
Examples | They put the bags on the table | ||
Synonyms | lay, place, pose, position, set | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | appose, arrange, barrel, bed, bottle, bucket, butt, clap, cock, coffin, cram, deposit, dispose, docket, emplace, emplace, enclose, ensconce, fix, glycerolise, glycerolize, ground, imbricate, inclose, insert, instal, install, intersperse, introduce, jar, juxtapose, ladle, lay, lay over, lean, load, lose, marshal, middle, mislay, misplace, misplace, nestle, parallelize, park, perch, pigeonhole, pile, pillow, place down, place upright, plant, plant, poise, posit, position, postpose, prepose, put back, put down, put down, put in, put in, rack up, recess, recline, replace, repose, repose, reposition, rest, rest, seat, seat, seat, seed, set, set, set down, set down, set up, set up, settle, settle, settle down, shelve, ship, sign, siphon, sit, sit down, situate, snuggle, sow, space, stand, stand up, step, stick in, stratify, superimpose, superpose, superpose, tee, tee up, throw, throw, thrust, trench, underlay, upend | ||
2. | put (contact) cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation | ||
Samples | That song put me in awful good humor. Put your ideas in writing. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | put to sleep | ||
3. | put (communication) formulate in a particular style or language | ||
Samples | I wouldn't put it that way. She cast her request in very polite language. | ||
Synonyms | cast, couch, frame, redact | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase, word | ||
4. | put (consumption) attribute or give | ||
Samples | She put too much emphasis on her the last statement. He put all his efforts into this job. The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story. | ||
Synonyms | assign | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | repose | ||
5. | put (possession) make an investment | ||
Samples | Put money into bonds. | ||
Synonyms | commit, invest, place | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drop, expend, spend | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | buy into, fund, job, roll over, shelter, speculate, tie up | ||
Antonyms | disinvest, divest | ||
6. | put (cognition) estimate | ||
Samples | We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.. | ||
Synonyms | place, set | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge | ||
7. | put (perception) cause (someone) to undergo something | ||
Samples | He put her to the torture. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | subject | ||
8. | put (creation) adapt | ||
Samples | Put these words to music. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set | ||
Domain category | music | ||
9. | put (cognition) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events | ||
Samples | Arrange my schedule. Set up one's life. I put these memories with those of bygone times. | ||
Synonyms | arrange, order, set up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | organise, organize | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | contemporise, contemporize, phrase, synchronise, synchronize | ||