What part of speech is put?

Put can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. put is a verb, present, 1st person singular of put (infinitive).
  • 2. put is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. put is a verb, past participle of put (infinitive).
  • 4. put is a verb, past simple of put (infinitive).
  • 5. put is a noun, singular of puts.

Inflections

Verb

  • Infinitive: (to) put 
  • Present: put  / puts 
  • Simple Past: put 
  • Past Participle: (have) put 
  • Gerund: putting 

Noun

What does put mean?

Definitions

Verb
put - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
put - cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"
put - attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
put - adapt; "put these words to music"
put - cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the torture"
put - make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
put - arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
put - formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
put - estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

Noun
put - A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
put - A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
put - An idiot; a foolish person.
put - A prostitute.
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Examples of put

#   Sentence  
1. verb Put your things here.
2. verb That song put me in awful good humor.
3. verb Put your ideas in writing.
4. verb She put too much emphasis on her the last statement.
5. verb He put all his efforts into this job.
6. verb The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story.
7. verb Put these words to music.
8. verb He put her to the torture.
9. verb Put money into bonds.
10. verb I put these memories with those of bygone times.
11. verb I wouldn't put it that way.
12. verb We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
13. verb The Americans have to put away their free-market fetishism for a while and find ways of creating jobs and pumping money into Iraqi households.
14. verb It is widely acknowledged that the Pakistani ISI has nurtured a number of extremist Islamist groups, such as the Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami, in the port city of Chittagong, and put a number of secessionist rebels from India's northeast in touch with this terrorist network.
15. verb The charges that they have put some vets up to making against Kerry are false and can be demonstrated by the historical record to be false .
16. noun Put price labels on each individual item.
17. noun The boy at last put an end to their quarrels.
18. noun Let's put in a lot of time on that project.
19. noun Let's put off the meeting until next Friday.
20. noun Put everything in my basket.
21. noun Let's put together a pro-soccer team for Nagasaki!
22. noun Put everything in a taxi.
23. noun Put pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding.
24. noun Put handcuffs on him.
25. noun "What kind of music do you want to hear?" "Put on something romantic."
26. noun Just stay put.
27. noun You'll stay put.
28. noun I told you to stay put.
29. noun Because one put on a gold necklace, the other put on a string.
30. noun Put that down!
Sentence  
verb
Put your things here.
That song put me in awful good humor.
Put your ideas in writing.
She put too much emphasis on her the last statement.
He put all his efforts into this job.
The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story.
Put these words to music.
He put her to the torture.
Put money into bonds.
I put these memories with those of bygone times.
I wouldn't put it that way.
We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
The Americans have to put away their free-market fetishism for a while and find ways of creating jobs and pumping money into Iraqi households.
It is widely acknowledged that the Pakistani ISI has nurtured a number of extremist Islamist groups, such as the Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami, in the port city of Chittagong, and put a number of secessionist rebels from India's northeast in touch with this terrorist network.
The charges that they have put some vets up to making against Kerry are false and can be demonstrated by the historical record to be false .
noun
Put price labels on each individual item.
The boy at last put an end to their quarrels.
Let's put in a lot of time on that project.
Let's put off the meeting until next Friday.
Put everything in my basket.
Let's put together a pro-soccer team for Nagasaki!
Put everything in a taxi.
Put pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding.
Put handcuffs on him.
"What kind of music do you want to hear?" "Put on something romantic."
Just stay put.
You'll stay put.
I told you to stay put.
Because one put on a gold necklace, the other put on a string.
Put that down!
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