put

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. place, locate, set, deposit, plant, fix, lay; cast, throw; thrust; impose, rest, stick. See location, propulsion.

- put down - put forward - put off - put out - put up with

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(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To place]

Syn. set, seat, settle; see place 1 .

2. [To establish]

Syn. install, quarter, fix; see establish 2 .

3. [To deposit]

Syn. invest in, insert, embed; see plant .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. set place, position, deposit, stick, rest, lay, plunk, plop, drop, insert, park, situate, center.

2. express phrase, word, present, state, say, articulate, pose.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To deposit in a specified place: lay1, place, set1, stick. See PLACE, RISE. 2. To calculate approximately: approximate, estimate, place, reckon, set1. See PRECISE. 3. To establish and apply as compulsory: assess, exact, impose, levy. See OBLIGATION, OVER, WILLING. 4. To put up as a stake in a game or speculation: bet, gamble, lay1 (down), post2, risk, stake, venture, wager. Informal: go. See GAMBLING. 5. To seek an answer to (a question): ask, pose, raise. See ASK. 6. To utter publicly: air, express, state, vent, ventilate. Idiom: come out with. See SHOW, WORDS. 7. To express in another language, while systematically retaining the original sense: construe, render, translate. See WORDS. 8. To convey in language or words of a particular form: couch, express, formulate, phrase, word. See WORDS.