English Dictionary

put on

verb

To don (clothing, equipment, or the like). / To fool, kid, deceive. / To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense. / To play (a recording).

I put on my jacket before going outside.

意味（1）

To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).

Why don't you put on your jacket. It's cold.

意味（2）

To fool, kid, deceive.

You must be putting me on.

意味（3）

To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.

Why are you putting on that silly voice?

意味（4）

To play (a recording).

I'll put on your favorite record.

意味（5）

To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.

I'll put on some coffee for everybody.

意味（6）

To perform for an audience.

The actors put on a show.

意味（7）

To organize a performance for an audience.

意味（8）

(obsolete) To hurry up; to move swiftly forward.

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.

意味（9）

(transitive) To bet on.

I put five pounds on that racehorse.

意味（10）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.

He put the pen on the table.