No. 5,585 in Russian
поставьте
"Put" or "place."
In a sentence
Пожалуйста, поставьте книгу на стол.
Please place the book on the table.
Here, 'поставьте' is used as a polite imperative form of the verb 'поставить', which means 'to place' or 'to put' in an upright position.
Поставьте задачу ясно перед началом работы.
State the task clearly before starting the work.
Here, 'поставьте' is used metaphorically to mean 'to set' or 'to state' in the context of defining a goal or problem.
Поставьте фильм на паузу, я отойду ненадолго.
Pause the movie; I'll step away briefly.
Here, 'поставьте' means 'to set' or 'to activate' in the context of pausing a playback device.
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