Dictionary - put

Dictionary Results for put

1. put - noun

· the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

Hypernym(s): option

2. put - verb

· put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

Synonym(s): set, place, pose, position, lay

Hypernym(s): move, displace

3. put - verb

· cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

4. put - verb

· formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

Synonym(s): frame, redact, cast, couch

Hypernym(s): give_voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate

5. put - verb

· attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"

Synonym(s): assign

Hypernym(s): use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ

6. put - verb

· make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

Synonym(s): invest, commit, place

Hypernym(s): spend, expend, drop

7. put - verb

· estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

Synonym(s): place, set

Hypernym(s): estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge

8. put - verb

· cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the torture"