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put into words

put into words verb: to express using words, either written or spoken.

Verb

put into words (third-person singular simple present puts into words, present participle putting into words, simple past and past participle put into words)

  1. To express using words, either written or spoken.
    • I can't put into words what you mean to me.

Forms of put into words

third-person singular presentputs into words
present participleputting into words
past participleput into words
pastput into words

Questions about put into words

What does put into words mean?
Put into words means to express using words, either written or spoken.
What part of speech is put into words?
Put into words is a verb.
What is the past tense of put into words?
The past tense of put into words is put into words.

Words near put into words in the dictionary

  1. put into action
  2. put into context
  3. put into effect
  4. put into one's own head
  5. put into practice
  6. put into words
  7. put it about
  8. put it down
  9. put it mildly
  10. put it off on
  11. put it past

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