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put down

put down
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [poo t doun]
    • /pʊt daʊn/
    • /ˈpʊt daʊn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [poo t doun]
    • /pʊt daʊn/

Definitions of put down words

  • noun put down a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder. 1
  • noun put down Also called put option. Finance. an option that gives the right to sell a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given time, purchased by a person who expects the stock to decline. Compare call (def 52). 1
  • verb with object put down to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf. 1
  • verb with object put down to bring into some relation, state, etc.: to put everything in order. 1
  • verb with object put down to place in the charge or power of a person, institution, etc.: to put a child in a special school. 1
  • verb with object put down to subject to the endurance or suffering of something: to put convicted spies to death. 1

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Origin of put down

First appearance:

before 1960
One of the 3% newest English words
First recorded in 1960-65; noun use of verb phrase put down

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Put down

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

put down popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

put down usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for put down

verb put down

  • abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
  • affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
  • attainted — Law. to condemn by a sentence or a bill or act of attainder.
  • authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
  • authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.

noun put down

  • brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
  • criticism — the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
  • zapper — to kill or shoot.

adj put down

  • flipper — a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
  • insolent — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.

adjective put down

  • deflated — having lost confidence, hope, or optimism

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