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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 See also 2 Bosnian 2.1 Noun 3 Croatian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 French 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Verb form 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Verb form 6 Serbian 6.1 Alternative spellings 6.2 Noun

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
nothing	God	three	#164: put	once	new	years

[ Etymology

Middle English putte, from Old English pūtian (“‘push, place, thrust’”)

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: /poo͝t/, IPA: /pʊt/, SAMPA: /pUt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ʊt

[ Verb

Infinitive to put

Third person singular puts

Simple past put

Past participle put

Present participle putting

to put (third-person singular simple present puts, present participle putting, simple past and past participle put)

1. To place something somewhere

   She put her books on the table.

2. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition

   Put your horse in order!

   He is putting all his energy into this one task.

   She tends to put herself in dangerous situations.

3. (stock market) To exercise a put option

   He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.

4. To express something in a certain manner

   When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.

5. (sports) To throw a heavy iron ball. See shot put.

[ Derived terms

    Derived terms

put about put across put aside put away put back put by put down put end put forth put forward put in

put in practice put into put off put on put on airs put one over put one's money where one's mouth is put out put out feelers put over put through put to

put together put to rest put two and two together put under put up put up with put upon put with put wise put words in someone's mouth

[ Related terms

• input
• output

[ Translations

to place something somewhere

Chinese: 放 (fàng) Esperanto: meti eo(eo) French: placer fr(fr), mettre fr(fr) German: setzen de(de), stellen de(de), legen de(de) Irish: cuir ga(ga)

Italian: mettere it(it) Korean: 두다 ko(ko) (duda) Portuguese: pôr pt(pt), colocar pt(pt), botar pt(pt) Russian: класть ru(ru) (klast’) Spanish: poner es(es), colocar es(es), situar es(es)

to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition

stock market, to excercise a put option

to express something in a certain manner

[ Noun

Singular put

Plural puts

put (plural puts)

1. A contract to sell stock at a set price on or before a certain date.

   He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.

[ See also

• Stock option on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Stock option
• call
• option

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[ Bosnian

[ Noun

put m. (plural putevi)

1. road
2. way
3. track

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[ Croatian

[ Noun

put m (plural putovi)

1. road
2. way

[ Declension

    Declension of put

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	put	putovi
Genitive	puta	putova
Dative	putu	putovima
Accusative	put	putove
Vocative	pute	putovi
Locative	putu	putovima
Instrumental	putom	putovima

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[ Dutch

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /'pɵt/

[ Noun

put

1. pit, well

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[ French

[ Etymology 1

From pouvoir

[ Verb form

put

1. third-person singular past historic of pouvoir.

[ Etymology 2

From paître

[ Verb form

put

1. third-person singular past historic of paître.

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[ Serbian

[ Alternative spellings

• (Serbian Cyrillic) пут (put)

[ Noun

put m. (plural putevi)

1. road
2. way
3. track