What is the meaning of putting?

noun

  • Hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter.
    • usage: "his putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet"

verb

  • Put into a certain place or abstract location.
    • usage: "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
  • Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation.
    • usage: "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"
  • Formulate in a particular style or language.
    • usage: "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
  • Attribute or give.
    • usage: "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"
  • Make an investment.
    • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • Estimate.
    • usage: "We put the time of arrival at 8 P. M."
  • Cause (someone) to undergo something.
    • usage: "He put her to the torture"
  • Adapt.
    • usage: "put these words to music"
  • Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.
    • usage: "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
  • Strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter.
    • usage: "he putted the ball several feet past the hole"
  • Hit a putt.
    • usage: "he lost because he putted so poorly"
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APAWordNet. (2010). putting. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/putting/definitions/1329622
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "putting" http://smartdefine.org/putting/definitions/1329622 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, putting, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/putting/definitions/1329622>.
MLAWordNet. "putting" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/putting/definitions/1329622>
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