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putting

noun

1 putting

Hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter:
— His putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet.

synonym: putt.


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put

noun

1 put

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

synonym: put option.

Roget 501: fool, idiot, tomfool, wiseacre, simpleton, witling, dizzard, donkey, ass; ninny, ninnyhammer; chowderhead, chucklehead; dolt, ... show more

Roget 876: commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition, low life, low society, low company; bourgeoisie; mass of the people, mass of society; Brown Jones and Robinson; lower classes, humbler classes, ... show more

Roget 777: possession, seizin [Law], seisin [Law]; ownership etc. 780; occupancy; hold, holding; tenure, tenancy, feodality, dependency; villenage, ... show more

Roget 840: amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games; diversion, divertissement; reaction, solace; pastime, passetemps [Fr.], sport; ... show more

Dutch: putoptie
Polish: opcja sprzedaży, opcja put

verb

1 put

Put into a certain place or abstract location:
— Put your things here.

synonyms: lay, place, pose, position, set.

Roget 184: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; ... show more

Dutch: zetten, neerzetten, brengen, plaatsen, stellen

2 put

Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation.

Dutch: doen, plaatsen, zetten

3 put

Formulate in a particular style or language:
— I wouldn't put it that way.

synonyms: cast, couch, frame, redact.

Dutch: brengen, inkleden

4 put

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: assign.

5 put

Make an investment:
— Put money into bonds.

synonyms: commit, invest, place.

Dutch: beleggen

6 put

Estimate:
— We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M..

synonyms: place, set.

7 put

Cause (someone) to undergo something.

8 put

Adapt.

9 put

Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events:
— I put these memories with those of bygone times.

synonyms: arrange, order, set up.


Moby thesaurus: Boeotian, affirm, air, allege, announce, annunciate, apply, approximate, argue, ascribe, assert, assess, assever, asseverate, assign, attach, attribute, aver, avouch, avow ... show more.

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