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   Put

   /po͝ot/

   

   verb

   • 1. move to or place in a particular position: "I put my hand out toward her" Similar placesetput downset downlaylay downdepositsituatepositionsettleleavestowpropleanplantposeinformal:stickdumpbungparkplonkpopplunkrare:posit
   • ▪ cause (someone or something) to go to a particular place and remain there for a time: "India has put three experimental satellites into space"
   • 2. bring into a particular state or condition: "they tried to put me at ease"
   • ▪ write or print (something) in a particular place: "they put my name on the cover page"
   • ▪ express (a thought or comment) in a particular way, form, or language: "to put it bluntly, he was not really divorced" Similar expresswordphraseframeformulaterenderconveycouchstatesayuttervoicespeakarticulatepronounce
   • ▪ estimate something to be (a particular amount): "estimates put the war's cost at $1,000,000 a day" Similar estimatecalculatereckongaugeassessevaluatevaluejudgemeasurecomputeestablishfixsetguessinformal:guesstimate
   • 3. throw (a shot or weight) as an athletic sport: "she set a women's record by putting the shot 56' 7"
   • 4. (of a river) flow in a particular direction. archaic US

   noun

   • 1. a throw of a shot or weight.
   • 2. short for put option

   Word Origin Old English (recorded only in the verbal noun putung), of unknown origin; compare with dialect pote ‘to push, thrust’ (an early sense of the verb put).

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • P

     3

   • U

     1

   • T

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