PUT (OR SET) THE RECORD STRAIGHT

Meaning of PUT (OR SET) THE RECORD STRAIGHT in English

put ( or set) the record straight

correct a misapprehension.

→ record

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SET
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRAIGHT — I. ˈstrāt, usu -ād.+V adverb ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English streght, streit, from past participle of strecchen to stretch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RECORD — I. re·cord rə̇ˈkȯ(ə)rd, rēˈ-, -ȯ(ə)d verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English recorden to recall, recite, set down in writing, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — — straightly , adv. — straightness , n. /strayt/ , adj. straighter, straightest , adv. , n. adj. 1. without …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SET — /set/ , v. , set, setting , n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RECORD — — recordable , adj. — recordless , adj. v. /ri kawrd"/ ; n. , adj. /rek"euhrd/ , v.t. 1. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — /poot/ , v. , put, putting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — I. ˈstrāt adjective Etymology: Middle English streght, straight, from past participle of strecchen to stretch — more at stretch Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SET — I. ˈset verb ( set ; set·ting ) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RECORD — I. re·cord ri-ˈkȯrd verb Etymology: Middle English, literally, to recall, from Anglo-French recorder, from Latin recordari, from re- + cord-, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUT — I. ˈpu̇t verb ( put ; put·ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAIGHT — adj a variant of strait, ·adj. 2. straight ·vt to straighten. 3. straight ·superl unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor …
Webster English vocab
SET
Webster English vocab
RECORD — vi to sing or repeat a tune. 2. record ·vt testimony; witness; attestation. 3. record ·vi to reflect; to ponder. …
Webster English vocab
PUT — noun a certain game at cards. 2. put ·noun a pit. 3. put ·impf & ·p.p. of put. 4. put …
Webster English vocab
STRAIGHT — [straight] adj [ME streght, straight, fr. pp. of strecchen to stretch--more at stretch] (14c) 1 a: free from curves, bends, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RECORD — [re.cord] vb [ME, lit., to recall, fr. OF recorder, fr. L recordari, fr. re- + cord-, cor heart--more at heart] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUT — [put] vb put ; put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung instigation, MD poten to plant] vt (12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STRAIGHT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SET — / set; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( set·ting , set , set ) PUT / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RECORD — noun , verb ■ noun / ˈrekɔːd; NAmE ˈrekərd/ WRITTEN ACCOUNT 1. [ C ] record (of sth) a written …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUT — / pʊt; NAmE / verb ( put·ting , put , put ) [ vn ] IN PLACE / POSITION 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIGHT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SET — I. set 1 S1 W1 /set/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle set , present participle setting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RECORD — I. rec ‧ ord 1 S1 W1 /ˈrekɔːd $ -ərd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ record …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RECORD — n. & v. --n. 1 a a piece of evidence or information constituting an (esp. official) account of something that …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PUT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RECORD — n. & v. n. 1 a a piece of evidence or information constituting an (esp. official) account of something that …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PUT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRAIGHT — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a extending uniformly in the same direction; without a curve or bend etc. b …
Oxford English vocab
SET
Oxford English vocab
RECORD — n. & v. --n. 1. a a piece of evidence or information constituting an (esp. official) account of something that …
Oxford English vocab
PUT
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
SET — I. NOUN USES /set/ ( sets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIGHT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RECORD — The noun is pronounced /rekɔ:(r)d, AM -kərd/. The verb is pronounced /rɪkɔ:(r)d/. ( recorded) Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUT — ( puts, putting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'put' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RECORD — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a CD/record/music collection ▪ Have you seen his CD collection? a criminal record (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — (POSITION) [verb] [T usually + adverb or preposition] setting, past set - to put (something) in the stated place or …
Cambridge English vocab
STRAIGHT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIGHT — INDEX: 1. straight lines or objects 2. travelling or moving in a straight line 3. sitting or standing straight 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
STRAIGHT
Longman Activator English vocab
RECORD — INDEX: 1. to keep information about something, so that it can be used or looked at later 2. information that …
Longman Activator English vocab
PUT
Longman Activator English vocab
STRAIGHT — n. 25B6; adjective a long, straight road : UNSWERVING, undeviating, linear, as straight as an arrow, uncurving, unbending. that picture …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SET
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RECORD — n. 25B6; noun written records of the past : ACCOUNT(S), document(s), documentation, data, file(s), dossier(s), evidence, report(s); annal(s), archive(s), chronicle(s); …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUT — n. 25B6; verb she put the parcel on a chair : PLACE, set (down), lay (down), deposit, position, settle; leave, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

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