Tra từ put - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

put [put puts putting] BrE [pʊt] NAmE [pʊt] verb (put·ting, put, put)

IN PLACE/POSITION
1. ~ sth + adv./prep. to move sth into a particular place or position
• Put the cases down there, please.
• Did you put sugar in my coffee?
•Put your hand up if you need more paper.
2. ~ sth + adv./prep. to move sth into a particular place or position using force
• He put his fist through a glass door.
3. ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. to cause sb/sth to go to a particular place
• Her family put her into a nursing home.
• It was the year the Americans put a man on the moon.

ATTACH
4. ~ sth + adv./prep. to attach or fix sth to sth else
• We had to put new locks on all the doors.

WRITE
5. ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) to write sth or make a mark on sth
• Put your name here.
• Friday at 11? I'll put it in my diary.
•I couldn't read what she had put.

INTO STATE/CONDITION
6. ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. to bring sb/sth into the state or condition mentioned
• I was put in charge of the office.
• The incident put her in a bad mood.
•Put yourself in my position. What would you have done?
•I tried to put the matter into perspective.
•Don't go putting yourself at risk.
•It was time to put their suggestion into practice.
•This new injury will put him out of action for several weeks.

AFFECT SB/STH
7. ~ sth on/onto/to sth to make sb/sth feel sth or be affected by sth
• Her new job has put a great strain on her.
• They put pressure on her to resign.
•It's time you put a stop to this childish behaviour.

GIVE VALUE/RANK
8. ~ sth on sth to give or attach a particular level of importance, trust, value, etc. to sth
•Our company puts the emphasis on quality.
•He put a limit on the amount we could spend.
9. ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. to consider sb/sth to belong to the class or level mentioned
• I'd put her in the top rank of modern novelists.

EXPRESS
10. ~ sth + adv./prep. to express or state sth in a particular way
• She put it very tactfully.
•Put simply, we accept their offer or go bankrupt.
•I was, to put it mildly, annoyed (= I was extremely angry).
•He was too trusting— or, to put it another way, he had no head for business.
•The meat was— how shall I put it? — a little overdone.
•As T.S. Eliot puts it…
•She had never tried to put this feeling into words.
•Can you help me put this letter into good English, please?

IN SPORT
11. ~ sth to throw the ↑shot
Rem: Most idioms containing put are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example put your foot in it is at foot.
Idioms: ↑I wouldn't put it past somebody ▪ ↑put it about ▪ ↑put it to somebody that … ▪ ↑put one over on somebody ▪ ↑put somebody through it ▪ ↑put together ▪ ↑put up or shut up
Derived: ↑put down ▪ ↑put in ▪ ↑put in for something ▪ ↑put into … ▪ ↑put out ▪ ↑put somebody at something ▪ ↑put somebody away ▪ ↑put somebody down ▪ ↑put somebody down as something ▪ ↑put somebody down for something ▪ ↑put somebody in ▪ ↑put somebody off ▪ ↑put somebody off somebody ▪ ↑put somebody on ▪ ↑put somebody onto somebody ▪ ↑put somebody out ▪ ↑put somebody through ▪ ↑put somebody through something ▪ ↑put somebody to something ▪ ↑put somebody up ▪ ↑put somebody up to something ▪ ↑put something about ▪ ↑put something above something ▪ ↑put something aside ▪ ↑put something away ▪ ↑put something back ▪ ↑put something behind you ▪ ↑put something by ▪ ↑put something down ▪ ↑put something down to something ▪ ↑put something forth ▪ ↑put something forward ▪ ↑put something in ▪ ↑put something into something ▪ ↑put something off ▪ ↑put something on ▪ ↑put something on something ▪ ↑put something out ▪ ↑put something through ▪ ↑put something to somebody ▪ ↑put something together ▪ ↑put something towards something ▪ ↑put something up ▪ ↑put up ▪ ↑put up for something ▪ ↑put up something ▪ ↑put up with somebody ▪ ↑put yourself forward ▪ ↑put yourself in for something ▪ ↑put yourself out ▪ ↑put yourself over ▪ ↑put yourself up for something
See also: ↑put somebody off something ▪ ↑put something aside ▪ ↑put something forth ▪ ↑put something into something
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English (recorded only in the verbal noun putung), of unknown origin; compare with dialect pote ‘to push, thrust’ (an early sense of the verb put).

Thesaurus:
put verb
1. T (always used with an adverb or preposition)
•Put the cases down there, please.
lay • • place • • set • • position • • settle • • plant • |informal stuff • • dump • • stick • |especially BrE, informal pop •
put/lay/place/set/position/dump/stick/pop sth on sth
put/place/set/stuff/dump/stick/pop sth in/into sth
put/lay/set sth down
2. T (always used with an adverb or preposition)
•We're not allowed to put posters on the walls.
attach • • fasten • • stick • |especially BrE fix •
put/fasten/stick/fix sth on sth
3.
•The incident put her in a bad mood.
set • • place •
put/set sb/sth at ease/in motion
put/place sb in charge/in sb's care/under command/under arrest

Synonyms:
build
construct • assemble • erect • put sth up
These words all mean to make sth, especially by putting different parts together.
build • to make sth, especially a building, by putting parts together: ▪ a house built of stone ◇ ▪ They're going to build on the site of the old power station.
construct • [often passive] (rather formal) to build sth such as a road, building or machine
assemble • (rather formal) to fit together all the separate parts of sth such as a piece of furniture or a machine: ▪ The cupboard is easy to assemble.
erect • (formal) to build sth; to put sth in position and make it stand upright: ▪ Police had to erect barriers to keep crowds back.
put sth up • to build sth or place sth somewhere: ▪ They're putting up new hotels in order to boost tourism in the area.
to build/construct/erect/put up a house/wall
to build/construct/erect/put up some shelves
to build/construct/erect/put up a barrier/fence/shelter
to build/construct/assemble a(n) engine/machine
to build/construct a road/railway/railroad/tunnel
to erect/put up a tent/statue/monument

Example Bank:
•I thought you put your points very well.
•I was annoyed, to put it mildly= I was extremely angry.
•I was, to put it mildly, annoyed.
•Put simply, we accept their offer or go bankrupt.
•Can you help me put the roof rack on the car?
•Don't go putting yourself at risk.
•He put Ray on guard with a gun.
•I tried to put the matter into perspective.
•I'd put her in the top rank of modern novelists.
•It was time to put their suggestion into practice.
•It's a great book. I couldn't put it down.
•Put yourself in my position. What would you have done?
•She had never tried to put this feeling into words.
•She put the phone down on me before I had finished speaking.
•We're not allowed to put posters on the walls.