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  • Definition
    • put :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

    • put :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

    • put :formulate in a particular style or language
      • I wouldn't put it that way|She cast her request in very polite language

    • 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

    • put :make an investment
      • Put money into bonds

    • put :estimate
      • We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.

    • put :cause (someone) to undergo something
      • He put her to the torture

    • put :adapt
      • put these words to music

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