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mettere — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dispose verb To get rid of something (usually with 'of').
  • don noun A senior member of the teaching staff at a British university, especially Oxford or Cambridge.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • place noun A particular area, location, or spot.
  • play verb To engage in an activity purely for fun or recreation.
  • put verb To move something into a particular place or position.
  • set verb To put something in a particular place or position.

Senses

mettere is used for these senses in English:

  • dispose (intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.
  • don (transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.
  • draw up (transitive) To arrange in order or formation.
  • get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  • place (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
  • set (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.

dispose — full definition

  1. verb To get rid of something (usually with 'of').
  2. verb To arrange or place things in a particular order.
  3. verb To make someone inclined or willing to feel or act a certain way.

don — full definition

  1. noun A senior member of the teaching staff at a British university, especially Oxford or Cambridge.
  2. noun A leader in an organized crime family, especially in the Mafia.
  3. verb To put on an item of clothing.

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