(~s, ~ting)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: The form '~' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. 'Put' is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression 'to ~ someone in the picture' is explained at 'picture'.
1.
When you ~ something in a particular place or position, you move it into that place or position.
Leaphorn ~ the photograph on the desk...
She hesitated, then ~ her hand on Grace’s arm...
Mishka ~ down a heavy shopping bag.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv, V n with adv
2.
If you ~ someone somewhere, you cause them to go there and to stay there for a period of time.
Rather than ~ him in the hospital, she had been caring for him at home...
I’d ~ the children to bed.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv
3.
To ~ someone or something in a particular state or situation means to cause them to be in that state or situation.
This is going to ~ them out of business...
He was ~ting himself at risk...
My doctor ~ me in touch with a psychiatrist...
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv
4.
To ~ something on people or things means to cause them to have it, or to cause them to be affected by it.
The ruling will ~ extra pressure on health authorities to change working practices and shorten hours...
They will also force schools to ~ more emphasis on teaching basic subjects.
= place
VERB: V n on n, V n on n
5.
If you ~ your trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something, you trust them or have faith or confidence in them.
How much faith should we ~ in anti-ageing products?
= place
VERB: V n in n
6.
If you ~ time, strength, or energy into an activity, you use it in doing that activity.
Eleanor did not ~ much energy into the discussion.
VERB: V n into n/-ing
7.
If you ~ money into a business or project, you invest money in it.
Investors should consider ~ting some money into an annuity...
VERB: V n into n
8.
When you ~ an idea or remark in a particular way, you express it in that way. You can use expressions like to ~ it simply and to ~ it bluntly before saying something when you want to explain how you are going to express it.
I had already met Pete a couple of times through–how should I ~ it–friends in low places...
He doesn’t, to ~ it very bluntly, give a damn about the woman or the baby...
He admitted the security forces might have made some mistakes, as he ~ it...
You can’t ~ that sort of fear into words.
VERB: V it adv/prep, V it adv/prep, V it , V n into n
9.
When you ~ a question to someone, you ask them the question.
Is this fair? Well, I ~ that question today to De~y Counsel Craig Gillen...
He thinks that some workers may be afraid to ~ questions publicly.
VERB: V n to n, V n adv
10.
If you ~ a case, opinion, or proposal, you explain it and list the reasons why you support or believe it.
He always ~ his point of view with clarity and with courage...
He ~ the case to the Saudi Foreign Minister...
= present
VERB: V n, V n to n
11.
If you ~ something at a particular value or in a particular category, you consider that it has that value or that it belongs in that category.
I would ~ her age at about 50 or so...
All the more technically advanced countries ~ a high value on science...
It is not easy to ~ the guilty and innocent into clear-cut categories.
VERB: V n at amount, V n on n, V n into n
12.
If you ~ written information somewhere, you write, type, or print it there.
Mary’s family were so pleased that they ~ an announcement in the local paper to thank them...
He crossed out ‘Screenplay’ and ~ ‘Written by’ instead.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n
13.
If you ~ it to someone that something is true, you suggest that it is true, especially when you think that they will be unwilling to admit this.
But I ~ it to you that they’re useless...
PHRASE: V inflects
14.
If you say that something is bigger or better than several other things ~ together, you mean that it is bigger or has more good qualities than all of those other things if they are added together.
London has more pubs and clubs than the rest of the country ~ together.
PHRASE: n PHR