Translation of put – English–Norwegian dictionary

put

verb [ transitive ]

/pʊt/

past , past participle put

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to move sth to a particular place

legge , sette , putte

I put the book on the table. Jeg la boken på bordet.

Put the plants in the sun. Sett plantene i solen.

We have nowhere to put all these boxes. Vi har ikke noe sted å putte alle disse eskene.

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to attach sth to sth, or build sth on sth

sette

I put new buttons on the coat. Jeg satte nye knapper i jakken.

They put an apartment building in the lot across the street. De satte opp en boligblokk på tomten over veien.

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to cause to be in a particular situation

sette , drive , føre

The bad economy put the store out of business. Den dårlige økonomien drev butikken til konkurs.

new rules that put children at risk nye regler som utsetter barn for risiko

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to write sth somewhere, or enter data into sth

legge , sette

I put his number into my cellphone. Jeg la inn nummeret hans i mobiltelefonen min.

Put a period at the end of the sentence. Sett punktum ved slutten av setningen.

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to place in a category, on a list, etc.

sette

Getting outdoors is something I put high on my list of priorities. Det å komme meg utendørs er noe jeg setter høyt på prioriteringslisten.

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to make sb go to a place

sette , plassere

They put the children in an orphanage. De plasserte barna i et hjem for foreldreløse.

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to say in a particular way

si , formulere

It’s hard to explain – I’m trying to think how to put it. Det er vanskelig å forklare – jeg prøver å finne ut hvordan jeg kan si det.

(let me) put it this way

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indicates you are about to say sth true but slightly unkind

la meg si det sånn

Let me put it this way, she’s not a quiet person. La meg si det sånn, hun er ingen rolig person.

put a stop/an end to

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to cause to stop or end

sette en stopper for

A fall in the second round put an end to her hopes for an Olympic medal. Et fall i andre runde satte en stopper for håpet hennes om olympisk medalje.

I wouldn’t put it past sb (to)

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indicates you think sb is capable of doing sth bad, unhelpful, etc.

noen er troende (til)

I wouldn’t put it past him to let the secret out. Han er troende til å røpe hemmeligheten.

Translation of put | PASSWORD English–Norwegian Dictionary

put

verb

/put/

present participle putting | past tense, past participle put

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to place in a certain position or situation

sette , legge , ha i , putte , uttrykke

He put the plate in the cupboard

Did you put any sugar in my coffee?

He put his arm round her

I’m putting a new lock on the door

You’re putting too much strain on that rope

When did the Russians first put a man into space?

You’ve put me in a bad temper

Can you put (=translate) this sentence into French?

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to submit or present (a proposal, question etc)

stille , sette fram , framstille

I put several questions to him

She put her ideas before the committee.

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to express in words

uttrykke

He put his refusal very politely

Children sometimes have such a funny way of putting things!

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to write down

skrive

I’m trying to write a letter to her, but I don’t know what to put.

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to sail in a particular direction

sette ut; stikke til sjøs; løpe i havn

We put out to sea

The ship put into harbour for repairs.

The job of the fire brigade is to put out (not put off) fires.

Examples of put

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She would put on a scarf and play various roles.

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That last observation puts in my mind a perhaps unrealistic suggestion.

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Given the qualitative nature of the survey, the results were interpreted and put in relation to existing estimates in the literature.

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My parents put a lot of responsibility on us children.

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But this does not help us very much in understanding their human significance without being put into a much broader social and historical context.

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Some novel utterances may have been put together by combining individual words that have already been learned.

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They were then told to put the sounds together to say the whole word.

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Otherwise, we take a process, run its first part, take the continuation, and put that at the back of the list.

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Translations of put

in Chinese (Traditional)

移動, 把…放在, 放置…

Translation of put – English–Norwegian dictionary

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