Definition

1. Verb (transitive):
   • To propose or nominate for a position or honor: To formally suggest someone as a candidate.
   • To provide or supply (money, funds): To contribute a required amount of money.
   • To provide accommodation or lodging for: To give someone a place to stay.
   • To preserve (food) by canning: To store food in sealed cans or jars.
   • To offer for sale, especially at an auction: To make an item available for bidding.
   • To construct, build, or erect: To assemble and set up a structure.
   • To display or attach in a visible place: To fix something in a position where it can be seen.
2. Verb (intransitive, with 'with'):
   • To tolerate or endure something unpleasant: To accept or bear an annoying situation or person (used in the phrasal verb "put up with").

Usage Examples

• Verb (transitive):
  • The party decided to put up a new candidate for the election.
  • The government agreed to put up the necessary funds for the project.
  • Can you put up our guests for the weekend?
  • She spent the afternoon putting up jars of homemade jam.
  • Several rare paintings were put up for auction.
  • The volunteers helped put up a new fence.
  • Please put up the notice on the bulletin board.
• Verb (intransitive, with 'with'):
  • I can't put up with this noise any longer.

Advanced Usage

• "to put up a fight/struggle/resistance": To offer opposition or defend oneself.
  • The team put up a good fight but lost in the final minutes.
• "to put up a front": To pretend to feel or believe something one does not.
  • He was sad but put up a brave front for his family.

Variants and Related Words

• Put-upon (adjective): Feeling taken advantage of or unfairly treated.
  • She felt put-upon after doing all the extra work.
• Put-up job (noun, informal): A situation or event that has been secretly arranged or is dishonest.
  • The trial was widely seen as a put-up job.

Synonyms

• Propose, nominate (for candidacy).
• Supply, contribute (for providing funds).
• House, accommodate (for lodging).
• Can, preserve (for food).
• Offer, list (for sale).
• Build, erect, assemble (for constructing).
• Post, display, mount (for attaching visibly).
• Tolerate, endure, bear, stand (for "put up with").

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Put up with: To tolerate or endure.
  • You don't have to put up with bad service.
• Put someone up to something: To encourage or persuade someone to do something, often something mischievous.
  • I think his friends put him up to the prank.

Related Idioms

• Put your feet up: To relax and rest.
  • After a long day, I like to put my feet up and read.
• Put up or shut up: (Informal) To either take action to prove what you say or stop talking about it.
  • If you think you can do better, it's time to put up or shut up.

Verb

1. propose as a candidate for some honor
2. provide
   • The city has to put up half the required amount
3. provide housing for
   • The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town
4. preserve in a can or tin
   • tinned foods are not very tasty
5. make available for sale at an auction
   • The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction
6. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   • I cannot bear his constant criticism
   • The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
   • he learned to tolerate the heat
   • She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
7. construct, build, or erect
   • Raise a barn
8. mount or put up
   • put up a good fight
   • offer resistance
9. place so as to be noticed
   • post a sign
   • post a warning at the dump