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Top 1,000verb, perfective

поста́вить

[pɐˈstavʲɪtʲ]to put, to place, to set, to stand, to station

Frequency rank #590 About 1 in every 6,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
поставить #590

Meaning

  1. to put, to place, to set, to stand, to station
  2. to apply, to put on
  3. to put on stage, to stage, to produce, to present

Examples

Поста́вь ча́йник.

Put the kettle on.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • поста́витьinfinitive#1,961
  • поста́вилmasculine, singular, past#3,030
  • поста́вьimperative, singular, 2nd person#4,852
  • поста́вилиplural, past#5,187
  • поста́влюsingular, 1st person, future#6,131
  • поста́вилаfeminine, singular, past#7,058
  • поста́вьтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#8,666
  • поста́вимplural, 1st person, future#9,722
  • поста́витsingular, 3rd person, future#15,853
  • поста́вишьsingular, 2nd person, future#20,660
  • поста́вятplural, 3rd person, future#26,192
  • поста́витеplural, 2nd person, future#40,248
  • поста́вилоneuter, singular, past#43,808
  • поста́вивpast, gerund#44,790

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Words near #590

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