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See also: puton, putón, and put-on

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Verb

put on (third-person singular simple present puts on, present participle putting on, simple past and past participle put on) (transitive)

  2. (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
    Why don't you put on your jacket. It's cold.
  3. (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.
  4. (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive.
    You must be putting me on.
    She's putting on that she's sicker than she really is.
  5. (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.
  6. (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.
  7. (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.
  8. (transitive) To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
    I'll put on some coffee for everybody.
  9. (transitive) To perform for an audience.
    The actors put on a show last Saturday.
    The actors will put Macbeth on only one more time.
  10. (transitive) To organize a performance for an audience.
    The theatre company is putting on Into the Woods this season.
    • 1936 December 22, “Orphans Given Party Tonight: Members of Townsmen Society to Be Accompanied by Santa, with Pack”, in Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, volume CXLIII, number 83, Norfolk, Va., →OCLC, page 9, column 6:
      The big and little inmates of the Edgewater Orphanage will receive a visit from St. Claus tonight, when members of the Townsmen Society of Norfolk, loaded down with toys and useful presents, will visit the institution to put on their annual Christmas party.
  11. (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).
  12. (ditransitive) To bet (money or other items) on (something).
    I put five pounds on that racehorse.
  13. (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.
  14. (transitive) To give (someone) a role in popular media.
    I hope they put me on TV.
    They put her on a billboard.
  15. (transitive) To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.
    I put SpongeBob on when the kid gets fussy.
  16. (transitive) To gain (weight).
    I put on at least five kilos over the holidays.
  17. 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.
  18. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurry up; to move swiftly forward.

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References

  • “put on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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