put on
English
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editput on (third-person singular simple present puts on, present participle putting on, simple past and past participle put on) (transitive)
- (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- Why don't you put on your jacket. It's cold.
- (ditransitive) To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.
- I put a coat on my daughter.
- I put tinsel on the Christmas tree.
- (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive.
- You must be putting me on.
- She's putting on that she's sicker than she really is.
- (transitive) To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
- Why are you putting that silly voice on?
- He's just putting on that limp -- his leg's actually fine.
- (transitive) To play (a recording).
- I'll put your favorite record on.
- Can you put on The Sound of Music? I'd like to see it again.
- (ditransitive) To play (a recording) on (a sound system).
- I'll put blues on the stereo.
- We usually put The Beatles on on my boombox.
- (transitive) To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
- I'll put on some coffee for everybody.
- (transitive) To perform for an audience.
- The actors put on a show last Saturday.
- The actors will put "Macbeth" on only one more time.
- (transitive) To organize a performance for an audience.
- The theatre company is putting on "Into the Woods" this season.
- (transitive) 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, intransitive) To hurry up; to move swiftly forward.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (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.
- (ditransitive) To bet (money or other items) on (something).
- I put five pounds on that racehorse.
- (ditransitive) To assign or apply (something) to a _target.
- The gang boss put some goons on the other gang.
- The witch put a hex on me.
- Carl has been put on the front desk for tonight's shift.
- (transitive) To give (someone) a role in popular media.
- I hope they put me on TV.
- They put her on a billboard.
- (transitive) To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.
- I put SpongeBob on when the kid gets fussy.
- (transitive) To gain (weight).
- I put on at least five kilos over the holidays.
- 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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editto 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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editReferences
edit- “put on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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