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
- verb To get rid of something (usually with 'of').
- verb To arrange or place things in a particular order.
- verb To make someone inclined or willing to feel or act a certain way.
don — full definition
- noun A senior member of the teaching staff at a British university, especially Oxford or Cambridge.
- noun A leader in an organized crime family, especially in the Mafia.
- verb To put on an item of clothing.
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