put

Pronunciation

• enPR: /poo͝t/
• IPA ^(key): /pʊt/
• SAMPA: /pUt/

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Verb

Plain form put

Third-person singular puts

Past tense put

Past participle put

Present participle putting

1. When you put a thing someplace, you move a thing to a place.

   I always put my books on the table when I get home from school.

2. The past tense and past participle of put.

   The person stopped reading the book and put it on the table.