putting in (for)

verb

present participle of put in (for)
as in requesting
to give a request or demand for several employees have already put in for vacation time during the last week of December

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for putting in (for)
  1. requesting
  2. ordering
Verb
  • The Florida Supreme Court last week denied Conahan's final appeals, including one requesting additional testing on DNA collected from the victim.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • O’Connell specifically recommends requesting a pre-move-out inspection so the landlord can flag problems while there’s still time to fix them.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of requesting
Verb
  • By the time states began ordering the phones out, a generation had spent its childhood inundated by screens.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Not knowing what to do with themselves, Sonnenfeld and Place decamped for the Ivy, ordering gimlets despite the early hour.
    — Dan Heching, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of ordering
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

putting in
putting in (for)
putting into words
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Putting in (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/putting%20in%20%28for%29. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of empirical

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Words from the 'Odyssey'

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
funny guinea pig in glasses reading a book
Challenging Words You Should Know Vol 2 Words to the wise
See All