# put on
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Verb

put on (third-person singular simple present puts on, present participle putting on, simple past and past participle put on) (transitive)
* (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
    Why don't you put on your jacket. It's cold.
* (ditransitive) To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.
    I put a coat on my daughter.
    I put tinsel on the Christmas tree.
* (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive.
    You must be putting me on.
    She's putting on that she's sicker than she really is.
* (transitive) To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
    Why are you putting that silly voice on?
    He's just putting on that limp -- his leg's actually fine.
* (transitive) To play (a recording).
    I'll put your favorite record on.
    Can you put on The Sound of Music? I'd like to see it again.
* (ditransitive) To play (a recording) on (a sound system).
    I'll put blues on the stereo.
    We usually put The Beatles on on my boombox.
* (transitive) To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
    I'll put on some coffee for everybody.
* (transitive) To perform for an audience.
    The actors put on a show last Saturday.
    The actors will put "Macbeth" on only one more time.
* (transitive) To organize a performance for an audience.
    The theatre company is putting on "Into the Woods" this season.
* (transitive) To provide.
** 2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 58:Peterbough United have been playing at Lincoln, in something of a local derby. EMR has put on a six-car Class 158 as an additional train, to take 'Posh' fans home (Posh is the team's nickname, by the way).
* (obsolete, intransitive) To hurry up; to move swiftly forward.
** 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (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.
* (ditransitive) To bet (money or other items) on (something).
    I put five pounds on that racehorse.
* (ditransitive) To assign or apply (something) to a target.
    The gang boss put some goons on the other gang.
    The witch put a hex on me.
    Carl has been put on the front desk for tonight's shift.
* (transitive) To give (someone) a role in popular media.
    I hope they put me on TV.
    They put her on a billboard.
* (transitive) To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.
    I put SpongeBob on when the kid gets fussy.
* (transitive) To gain (weight).
    I put on at least five kilos over the holidays.
* 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

* (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

* (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

* put-on
* put one over (on)

#### See also

* don
* wear

### References

* “put on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

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