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Antonyms for put
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  1. put

    Put is the most general term for bringing an object to some point or within some space, however exactly or loosely; we may put a horse in a pasture, or put a bullet in a rifle or into an enemy. Place denotes more careful movement and more exact location; as, to place a crown on one's head, or a garrison in a city. To lay is to place in a horizontal position; to set is to place in an upright position; we lay a cloth, and set a dish upon a table. To deposit is to put in a place of security for future use; as, to deposit money in a bank; the original sense, to lay down or let down (quietly), is also common; as, the stream deposits sediment.

    Synonyms:
    deposit, lay, place, set

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  1. put option, putverb

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

    Synonyms:
    put option

  2. put, set, place, pose, position, layverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    sit, site, redact, gear up, fructify, send, mystify, put down, coiffure, plant, cast, prepare, do, rank, frame, place, impersonate, fix, countersink, arrange, stick, set up, define, station, gravel, aim, repose, amaze, beat, posture, come out, dress, typeset, localise, dumbfound, localize, mark, go under, point, locate, specify, correct, bewilder, set, personate, position, come in, rate, sic, range, limit, jell, grade, present, coiffe, post, baffle, lay, pose, vex, coif, commit, direct, perplex, stupefy, flummox, ready, rig, get, order, invest, identify, determine, target, puzzle, model, go down, congeal, assign, lay out, couch, adjust, nonplus

  3. putverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    lay, arrange, cast, position, set, commit, order, assign, pose, redact, set up, invest, frame, couch, place

  4. frame, redact, cast, put, couchverb

    formulate in a particular style or language

    "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

    Synonyms:
    vomit, roll, vagabond, frame in, barf, lay, draw up, ramble, set up, compose, spue, disgorge, range, commit, be sick, invest, sick, stray, rove, honk, place, frame, entrap, chuck, drop, puke, throw, cast, assign, edit, redact, mould, purge, cat, wander, upchuck, arrange, vomit up, border, order, position, ensnare, pose, hurtle, mold, cast off, shake off, throw off, swan, throw away, regorge, tramp, contrive, frame up, draw, spew, hurl, regurgitate, throw up, drift, set, couch, project, retch, roam, shed

  5. put, assignverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    set apart, arrogate, set up, set, pose, frame, place, cast, lay, invest, portion, impute, redact, ascribe, arrange, depute, delegate, specify, designate, couch, position, commit, attribute, assign, order, allot

  6. invest, put, commit, placeverb

    make an investment

    "Put money into bonds"

    Synonyms:
    dedicate, seat, institutionalize, empower, endue, localize, perpetrate, intrust, trust, commit, enthrone, target, vest, post, station, place, frame, point, come in, gift, position, grade, arrange, adorn, assign, pull, lay, institutionalise, give, aim, cast, devote, redact, couch, identify, direct, charge, practice, endow, indue, site, set up, invest, confide, rank, consecrate, rate, clothe, send, induct, entrust, come out, set, order, locate, pose, localise, range

  7. place, put, setverb

    estimate

    "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

    Synonyms:
    lay out, go under, dress, rank, prepare, mark, localize, range, fix, commit, target, fructify, station, gear up, go down, post, place, specify, frame, point, come in, position, aim, arrange, cast, assign, redact, lay, correct, countersink, jell, plant, determine, coiffure, do, define, direct, grade, couch, identify, coif, ready, set up, invest, sic, locate, rate, coiffe, limit, send, rig, come out, set, typeset, adjust, order, site, pose, localise, congeal

  8. putverb

    cause (someone) to undergo something

    "He put her to the torture"

    Synonyms:
    lay, arrange, cast, position, set, commit, order, assign, pose, redact, set up, invest, frame, couch, place

  9. putverb

    adapt

    "put these words to music"

    Synonyms:
    lay, arrange, cast, position, set, commit, order, assign, pose, redact, set up, invest, frame, couch, place

  10. arrange, set up, put, orderverb

    arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

    "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

    Synonyms:
    tack together, commit, put together, ordain, dress, found, prepare, instal, piece, tack, range, fix, establish, put in, dictate, rate, gear up, put up, place, lay out, entrap, regulate, position, coiffure, arrange, govern, rig, assign, redact, ordinate, lay, coiffe, regularize, do, rank, frame, fix up, regularise, erect, ensnare, raise, couch, stage, coif, launch, pitch, cast, ready, set up, enjoin, effect, invest, effectuate, install, consecrate, rear, grade, assemble, tell, format, set, prescribe, order, pose, say

How to use put in a sentence?

  1. Dan Crenshaw:

    The Texas election law is very transparent and frankly, it’s a little boring. It doesn’t do a whole lot of things the Democrats say it does. It just cleans things up, cleans up the process. It does things like make all the early voting times the same across counties, so people don’t get confused [and] put additional I.D. requirement on mail-in ballots.

  2. Doug Richards:

    Matthew Dolloff was acting in self-defense. Matthew Dolloff put Matthew Dolloff life and now Matthew Dolloff liberty in between the now-deceased and the 9NEWS employee.

  3. James Leibold:

    And hopefully the Biden administration can bring its allies along to continue to put pressure on the Chinese government.

  4. Tina Smith:

    There is so much talk in Washington right now about bipartisanship, but on issues like this -- it takes two to tango. You can't have bipartisanship if you don't have two parties that are willing to put the national interest above their own party interests.

  5. Donald Langevoort:

    I don’t know if there is an organization or orchestrator that is using deceit and trickery, especially when the motivation seems to be ‘Let’s support GameStop and show them,’ the SEC has to take a deep breath and ask itself whether it has a strong enough case to put a stop to this.

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