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I'm going to be 50 soon. I'm single, I'm looking for something meaningful. By the time you've been single for quite a long time, you can get quite specific about what you can and can't put up with.
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Meaning of "put up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUT UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUT UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Put up is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES PUT UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of put up in the English dictionary

The first definition of put up in the dictionary is to build; erect. Other definition of put up is to accommodate or be accommodated at. Put up is also to increase.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUT UP

put the moz on
put the nips in
put the question
put the record straight
put the wind up
put their heads together
put through
put to bed
put to death
put to flight
put to sea
put to shame
put to the torch
put two and two together
put up the shutters
put up to
put up with
put upon
put wise
put words into someone´s mouth

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUT UP

beat up
belt up
cut up
eat up
front up
get up
hot up
keep it up
let up
light up
lit up
live it up
mix it up
set up
shoot up
shut up
sit up
split up
start up
straight up

Synonyms and antonyms of put up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «put up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUT UP

Find out the translation of put up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of put up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «put up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

建造
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

erigir
570 millions of speakers

English

put up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उम्मीदवार होना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُقِيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

воздвигать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

construir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপ রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

supporter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memasang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufstellen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

建てる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

설치하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sijine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xây dựng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर ठेवले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çıkarmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zbudować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зводити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a monta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στήνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sätta upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bygge opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of put up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT UP»

The term «put up» is very widely used and occupies the 15.501 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «put up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «put up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about put up

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10 QUOTES WITH «PUT UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word put up.
1
Muammar al-Gaddafi
The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilized the masses are only a worthless currency. Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money.
2
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money.
3
Neil Armstrong
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
4
Mark Barrowcliffe
The reason some younger women were willing to go out with my flabby, ageing self was that no one of their own age would put up with them for more than 10 minutes.
5
James Chanos
Dubai was a property bubble. Plain and simple. Go to Dubai and see what happened. It was... what I call it the 'Edifice complex' - it's just, we can grow by putting up lots and lots of buildings and trying to attract people to come here, stay here, and put up offices here and sooner or later, you put up too many.
6
Jackie Collins
All of my books have the potential to become movies, it's just a question of finding a studio who wants to get behind me and put up the money to make the movie.
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Brendan Coyle
I'm going to be 50 soon. I'm single, I'm looking for something meaningful. By the time you've been single for quite a long time, you can get quite specific about what you can and can't put up with.
8
Jerry Dammers
When I was a school kid in Coventry, I used to put up anti-apartheid stickers.
9
Jacques Derrida
The boarding-school experience in Paris was very hard, I didn't put up with it very well. I was sick all the time, or in any case frail, on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
10
Dennis Eckersley
They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUT UP»

Discover the use of put up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to put up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rode Hard, Put Up Wet
Working up a hot, sticky sweat is pure pleasure with a hard-riding cowboy--ortwo--in James' sizzling romantic novel.
Lorelei James, 2008
2
Put 'em Up!: A Comprehensive Home Preserving Guide for the ...
Real food advocate Sherri Brooks Vinton offers recipes with exciting flavor combinations to please contemporary palates and put preserved fruits and vegetables on dinner-party menus everywhere.
Sherri Brooks Vinton, 2010
3
Put Up Thy Sword; a Study of War
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
James Henry MacLaren, 2010
4
Ridden Hard--Put Up Wet
Serially published in 2001 by "American Western Magazine," these stories follow the life of Tom Geiger as he reaches adulthood.
Fredrick W. Boling, 2002
5
I Put Up With Crap When I Should Have Raised Hell
Lora Angeline Flemming. I put up with crap when... I Should Have W Raised HELL f" V % ~ j “a 'A Memoir by 4' ' * Lbra' Flemming I > I I Put Up with Crap When I Should Have Raised. Front Cover.
Lora Angeline Flemming, 2013
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You Don't Have To Put Up With The Devil"s Crap!!!: none
none HolyGhost7. Holyghost7 YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE DEVIL'S CRAP!!! Written by: Henry Clowers You Don't Have to Put uP WitH tHe Devil's CraP!!! Cover page.
HolyGhost7, 2013
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Survey of English Dialects: The Dictionary and Grammar
... pack away, pack up, pack up together, pick together, pick up, pick up tidy, pull together, push up together, put away, put away tidy, put by, put bye =» put by, put together, put up, put up tidy, put up together, sam up, sam up and side, scoop up,  ...
Clive Upton, David Parry, John David Allison Widdowson, 1994
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Put Up And Shut Up
1st in the Nasty 90s trilogy
Aislin, 1997
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Phrasal Verbs
Unit 49: PUT UP something/someone STUDY THE EXAMPLES abc OTHER PATTERNS put something/someone up, put She dressed formally and put her hair up. We'll put you up at the hotel of your choice. I was put up with this wonderful ...
Michael Barlow, Stephanie Burdine, 2006
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You Put Up with Me, I'll Put Up with You
Forced to move to a new town just as she thinks she is finally starting to fit in with other young people, twelve-year-old Kelly finds her feeling of alienation slowly fading as she builds relationships with new family and friends.
Barbara Corcoran, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUT UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term put up is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Confusion over speed sign put up in a bush
Residents are confused as to why a speed sign has been put up in the middle of a bush. A pole for a speed indicator device - which tells motorists how fast they ... «Halstead Gazette, Jul 15»
2
When a Company Is Put Up for Sale, in Many Cases, Your Personal …
The privacy policy for Hulu, a video-streaming service with about nine million subscribers, opens with a declaration that the company “respects your privacy.”. «New York Times, Jun 15»
3
Huckabee: If Obama Can Put Up Rainbow Lights, Don't Be …
Speaking on Sunday's “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” on ABC, 2016 GOP nominee candidate Mike Huckabee reacted to President Barack Obama ... «Breitbart News, Jun 15»
4
United Airlines Customers Outraged After Being Put Up in Military …
United Airlines passengers expressed frustration on social media Saturday after their flight to London was diverted to Canada — and they were put up in army ... «NBCNews.com, Jun 15»
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Prime Century City land is put up for sale
Century City landlord JMB Realty Corp. has dropped plans to develop an office skyscraper on Avenue of the Stars and instead has put the land up for sale. «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
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George Osborne tells SNP to 'put up or shut up' over cuts
George Osborne has infuriated SNP ministers by telling them to “put up or shut up” after announcing a surprise £177 million cut to their budget for this year. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
7
Science Deletes Column Advising Student to 'Put Up With' Advisor …
Science Magazine retracted a career-advice column published Monday that counseled a student to “put up with” sexual harassment, a move that came after ... «TIME, Jun 15»
8
Toddler put up for adoption because parents are heavy smokers
A two-year-old boy has been put up for adoption because his parents are smokers. A judge ruled that the youngster should be taken into care after hearing that ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Many Mines Put Up for Sale, but Buyers Are Scarce
Miners across the world want to sell off their mines, but they have a problem: Almost no one wants to buy them. Some veteran bankers in the mining industry say ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
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When Your Online Course Is Put Up for Adoption
Jennifer V. Ebbeler always knew that somebody else would end up teaching her online Roman-history course. But that didn't make giving it up any easier. «Chronicle of Higher Education, May 15»

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