{
    "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)."
}