put up
put
pƊt
poot
up
ƌp
ap
/pˌʊt ˈʌp/

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

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋

to place something somewhere noticeable
Transitive: to put up sth
to put up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city put up street signs to help drivers find their way.
āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĨ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāχāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to construct a building or object in a particular location
Transitive: to put up a building or structure
to put up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city decided to put up a monument in the town square.
āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to preserve food by canning or storing it
Transitive: to put up food
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He decided to put up peaches in tins to enjoy their sweetness later.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāϤāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§€āϚ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to offer an item for sale at an auction
Transitive: to put up sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The art collector put up several valuable paintings at the auction house.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ• āύāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϘāϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻĒ⧇āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧋āύ⧀āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to suggest someone as a candidate for an honor or position
Transitive: to put up a person or a name
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee decided to put up two names for the Student Council President position.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to provide resources or support for someone or a particular purpose
Ditransitive: to put up resources or support to do sth
Transitive: to put up resources or support for a person or purpose
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company put up a budget for our travel expenses.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡āϟ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
07

āφāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide housing or accommodation for someone
Transitive: to put up sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hotel put the guests up in luxurious suites.
āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻšā§āϞ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
08

āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to assemble something so that it is ready to be used
Transitive: to put up sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's putting up the Christmas lights on the house to decorate for the holidays.
āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϏāĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to increase the level, price, or amount of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company put up the prices of its products due to inflation.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§€āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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