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put up

put up
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [poo t uhp]
    • /pʊt ʌp/
    • /ˈpʊt ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [poo t uhp]
    • /pʊt ʌp/

Definitions of put up words

  • adjective put up planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner: a put-up job. 1
  • verb with object put up 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 up to bring into some relation, state, etc.: to put everything in order. 1
  • verb with object put up 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 up to subject to the endurance or suffering of something: to put convicted spies to death. 1
  • verb with object put up to set to a duty, task, action, etc.: I put him to work setting the table. 1
See all 66 definitions of put up

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Origin of put up

First appearance:

before 1800
One of the 42% newest English words
First recorded in 1800-10; adj. use of verb phrase put up

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Parts of speech for Put up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Put up

put up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for put up

verb put up

  • accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
  • adventuring — the act of doing adventurous things or having adventures
  • ante up — If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
  • billeted — lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
  • billeting — the activity of assigning soldiers or others to accommodation that is not normally used by them

adj put up

  • all set — prepared; ready
  • all systems go — ready for action
  • gaffed — an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish.
  • in order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • prepared — properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.

adjective put up

  • installed — Simple past tense and past participle of install.
  • kept — simple past tense and past participle of keep.
All 94 Synonyms of put up

Antonyms for put up

verb put up

  • discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
All 2 Antonyms of put up

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