put on
put
pƊt
poot
on
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/pʊt ɒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "put on"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĒāϰāĻž, āφāϰ⧋āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to place or wear something on the body, including clothes, accessories, etc.
Transitive: to put on clothes
to put on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She decided to put on her favorite dress for the party.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to begin cooking or heating something, especially on a stove
Transitive: to put on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I forgot to put on the pasta and now dinner will be late.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āύ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to gain weight, often in a short period of time
Transitive: to put on weight
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I've been trying to put on some weight for the football season.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŦāϞ āĻŽā§ŒāϏ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ“āϜāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
04

āĻŽāĻžā§āϚāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stage a play, a show, etc. for an audience
Transitive: to put on a play or performance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They are putting on a musical at the local theater next month.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĨāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāωāϜāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻžā§āϚāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇.
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āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to increase the mileage on a vehicle's odometer
Transitive: to put on mileage
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The long journey put on a lot of mileage on the car.
āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāχāϞ⧇āϜ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to engage in a behavior with the intention of fooling someone
Transitive: to put on a behavior
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He put on a magician's act, trying to deceive the audience with his " disappearing " coin trick.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϰ "āĻ…āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ" āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āύ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to apply a substance to one's skin, such as lotion
Transitive: to put on a substance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n't forget to put on your moisturizer at night.
āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻļā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻžāχāϜāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϤ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to organize and present a show or event by making necessary preparations and providing the required equipment
Transitive: to put on a show
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The technology company planned to put on a product launch with live demonstrations.
āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϞāĻžāχāĻ­ āĻĄā§‡āĻŽā§‹āύāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻļāύ āϏāĻš āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āϞāĻžā§āϚ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
09

āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to turn on a device or machine, such as a television or computer
Transitive: to put on a device or machine
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please put on the TV; the game is about to start.
āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ; āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϤ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
10

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to transfer a telephone call to someone else
Transitive: to put on sb | to put on sb to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I'll put you on with our customer service representative.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ• āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāχāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧋

to prescribe a medical treatment or medication to someone
Ditransitive: to put on sb a drug or treatment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She put her son on antibiotics to treat his infection.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§‹āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋

to start playing a recorded piece of music, speech, or other audio
Transitive: to put on a recording
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She put her favorite song on to lift her mood.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‡āϜāĻžāϜ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to increase the cost of something by adding an amount of money or tax to its original price
Transitive: to put on an amount of money or tax
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The airline announced they would put on an extra fee for checked baggage on all international flights.
āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡ āĻšā§‡āĻ•āĻĄ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧇āĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĢāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϧāϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŖ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to place a bet on a particular outcome or event
Transitive: to put on a sum of money
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He put on $ 50 that the home team would win.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ 50 āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϧāϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻšā§‹āĻŽ āϟāĻŋāĻŽ āϜāĻŋāϤāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āϜāĻžāϞ, āύāĻ•āϞ

adopted in order to deceive
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