put on
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put on (third-person singular simple present puts on, present participle putting on, simple past and past participle put on) (transitive)
- To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- Why don't you put on your jacket. It's cold.
- To fool, kid, deceive.
- You must be putting me on.
- She's putting on that she's sicker than she really is.
- To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
- Why are you putting on that silly voice?
- He's just putting on that limp -- his leg's actually fine.
- To play (a recording).
- I'll put on your favorite record.
- Can you put on The Sound of Music? I'd like to see it again.
- To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
- I'll put on some coffee for everybody.
- To perform for an audience.
- The actors put on a show.
- To organize a performance for an audience.
- To provide.
- 2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 58:
- Peterbough United have been playing at Lincoln, in something of a local derby. EMR has put on a six-car Class 158 as an additional train, to take 'Posh' fans home (Posh is the team's nickname, by the way).
- (obsolete) To hurry up; to move swiftly forward.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- Sophia […] saw several horses coming after on full speed. This greatly alarmed her fears, and she called to the guide to put on as fast as possible.
- (transitive) To bet on.
- I put five pounds on that racehorse.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.
- He put the pen on the table.
- Put it on the list.
- The doctor put me on a diet.
Synonyms[edit]
- (literal—on a list): put down; see also Thesaurus:enlist
- (don clothing): beclothe; see also Thesaurus:clothe
- (fool, kid, deceive): hoodwink; see also Thesaurus:deceive
- (move swiftly forward): hasten; see also Thesaurus:speed up
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “literal—on a list”): take off
- (antonym(s) of “don clothing”): doff, take off; see also Thesaurus:undress
- (antonym(s) of “play a recording”): take off
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Translations[edit]
to place upon
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to don clothing
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to behave in a particular way as a pretense
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to play recorded music
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to perform for an audience
to hurry up; to move swiftly forward
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References[edit]
- “put on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.