Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To put (someone) into (a particular state, emotion etc.).

  2. (intransitive)To cohere with; to accord with, to be in keeping with.

  3. (transitive)To make (someone) focus or concentrate on (something); to make (someone) understand.

    Walter wasn't on the same page as the rest of us at first, but we talked about it and keyed him into it.

Examples

30 sentences
  1. Tom put the key into the lock.

    Том вставив ключ у замок. — deniko

    ruТом вставил ключ в замок. — marafon

    deTom steckte den Schlüssel ins Schloss. — dinkel_girl

  2. Tom put his keys into his pocket.

    Том поклав свої ключі до кишені. — deniko

    ruТом положил ключи в карман. — odexed

  3. Tom put the key into his pocket.

    ruТом положил ключ в свой карман. — Lenin_1917

    deTom steckte den Schlüssel in seine Tasche. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. This key doesn't fit into this lock.

  5. Tom put his keys back into his pocket.

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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