put on

See also: puton, putón, and put-on

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

To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
Why don't you put on your jacket. It's cold.
To fool, kid, deceive.
You must be putting me on.

She's putting on that she's sicker than she really is.
To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
Why are you putting on that silly voice?

He's just putting on that limp -- his leg's actually fine.
To play (a recording).
I'll put on your favorite record.

Can you put on The Sound of Music? I'd like to see it again.
To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
I'll put on some coffee for everybody.
To perform for an audience.
The actors put on a show.
To organize a performance for an audience.
(obsolete) To hurry up; to move swiftly forward.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
  Sophia […] saw several horses coming after on full speed. This greatly alarmed her fears, and she called to the guide to put on as fast as possible.
(transitive) To bet on.
I put five pounds on that racehorse.
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.

Synonyms edit

(literal—on a list): put down; see also Thesaurus:enlist
(don clothing): beclothe; see also Thesaurus:clothe
(fool, kid, deceive): hoodwink; see also Thesaurus:deceive
(move swiftly forward): hasten; see also Thesaurus:speed up

Antonyms edit

(antonym(s) of "literal—on a list"): take off
(antonym(s) of "don clothing"): doff, take off; see also Thesaurus:undress
(antonym(s) of "play a recording"): take off

Related terms edit

put-on
put one over (on)

Translations edit

to place upon

Bulgarian: поставям (bg) (postavjam)
Dutch: zetten op (nl)
Esperanto: surmeti
Finnish: laittaa ...-n päälle, asettaa ...-n päälle, panna ...-n päälle, pistää ...-lle, pistää ...-n päälle
German: aufsetzen (de)
Greek: βάζω (el) (vázo)
Hungarian: rátesz (hu), rárak (hu)
Italian: posare (it), mettere (it), indossare (it)
Russian: ста́вить (ru) impf (stávitʹ), поста́вить (ru) pf (postávitʹ)
Ukrainian: ста́вити (uk) impf (stávyty), поста́вити pf (postávyty)

to don clothing

Arabic: لَبِسَ (ar) (labisa), اِرْتَدَى (irtadā)
Moroccan Arabic: دار (dær), لْبس (lbəs)
Azerbaijani: taxmaq (az), geymək (az)
Bashkir: кейеү (keyew)
Belarusian: надзява́ць impf (nadzjavácʹ), надзе́ць pf (nadzjécʹ)
Bulgarian: обли́чам (bg) impf (oblíčam), облека́ pf (obleká)
Catalan: posar-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 穿上 (zh) (chuānshang), 穿 (zh) (chuān)
Czech: oblékat (cs) impf, obléct (cs) pf
Danish: iføre sig, tage på
Dutch: aantrekken (nl), aandoen (nl)
Esperanto: surmeti
Finnish: pukea ylleen, laittaa päälle, panna päälle, pistää päälle
French: mettre (fr), enfiler (fr)
Friulian: vistî
German: anziehen (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌽 (gahamōn)
Greek: βάζω (el) (vázo)
Ancient: ἕννυμι (hénnumi), ἐνδύω (endúō)

Ancient Greek: βιβάζω (bibázō)
Greenlandic: ativaa
Hindi: पहनना (hi) (pahannā)
Hungarian: felvesz (hu)
Icelandic: fara í
Ido: metar (io)
Irish: cuir ar
Italian: vestire (it)
Japanese: 着る (ja) (きる, kiru), 履く (ja) (はく, haku), 被る (ja) (かぶる, kaburu)
Khmer: ពាក់ (km) (pĕək)
Korean: 입다 (ko) (ipda)
Lao: ໃສ່ (sai)
Latgalian: maukt, viļkt
Latin: induō, sūmō (la)
Latvian: vilkt, aut
Lithuanian: auti
Macedonian: облекува impf (oblekuva)
Ngazidja Comorian: upvamɓa, (shoes) nkabwa
Old English: dōn on
Pashto: اغوستل (ps) (aγustəl)
Persian: پوشیدن (fa) (pušidan)
Polish: wkładać (pl) impf, włożyć (pl) pf
Portuguese: vestir (pt), pôr (pt)
Russian: надева́ть (ru) impf (nadevátʹ), наде́ть (ru) pf (nadétʹ)
Sanskrit: प्रवस्ते (pravaste), वस्ते (sa) (vaste)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: обући pf

Roman: obući (sh) pf
Sidamo: wodhdha
Slovak: obliekať impf, obliecť pf
Slovene: obléči pf
Spanish: ponerse (es)
Swedish: sätta på sig
Thai: ใส่ (th) (sài), สวมใส่ (sǔuam-sài), สวม (th) (sǔuam), ครอง (th) (krɔɔng)
Tocharian B: wäs-
Turkish: giymek (tr)
Ukrainian: надіва́ти impf (nadiváty), надяга́ти impf (nadjaháty), наді́ти pf (nadíty), вдяга́ти (uk) impf (vdjaháty), одягти́ pf (odjahtý)
Urdu: پہننا (pahannā)
Vietnamese: mặc vào, (spectacles, earrings, etc.) đeo vào, (shoes) đi vào (vi)
Walloon: mete (wa)
Yiddish: אָנטאָן (onton)

to fool, kid, deceive

Finnish: vedättää (fi), laskea leikkiä, pelleillä (fi), vitsailla (fi)

to behave in a particular way as a pretense

Finnish: teeskennellä (fi)

to play recorded music

Chinese:
Cantonese: 放 (fong³)
Dutch: opzetten (nl)
Finnish: soittaa (fi), laittaa soimaan, panna soimaan, pistää soimaan
Hungarian: (music, especially LP, occasionally CD) feltesz (hu), (something to be inserted, e.g. VCR cassette, CD, DVD) betesz (hu), berak (hu)
Russian: ста́вить (ru) impf (stávitʹ), поста́вить (ru) pf (postávitʹ)

to initiate cooking or warming

Finnish: laittaa tulemaan

to perform for an audience

Bulgarian: представям (bg) (predstavjam)
Finnish: esittää (fi) (tr.); esiintyä (fi) (intr.)

to organize a performance for an audience

Finnish: esittää (fi); esiintyä (fi)

to hurry up; to move swiftly forward

Finnish: painua tiehensä

References edit

“put on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams edit

Upton, not up, punto, ton-up, unpot, upon't