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present participle of put
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1
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
- you can put this box next to the bookshelf
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- clapping,
- flopping,
- planking,
- plopping,
- plumping,
- plunking
- (or plonking),
- plunking down
- (or plonking down),
- slapping
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2
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
- tried to think of a good way of putting the news
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3
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
- put the time of the photograph at about noon
Synonyms for putting
- calculating,
- calling,
- conjecturing,
- estimating,
- figuring,
- gauging
- (also gaging),
- guessing,
- judging,
- making,
- placing,
- reckoning,
- supposing
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4
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty
- a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries
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5
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
- put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song
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- customizing,
- gearing,
- matching,
- modeling
- (or modelling),
- patterning
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6
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event
- deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds
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