set

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set [1] ► VERB (setting; past and past part. set) 1) put, lay, or stand in a specified place or position. 2) put, bring, or place into a specified state. 3) cause or instruct (someone) to do something. 4) give someone (a task). 5) decide on or fix (a time, value, or limit). 6) establish as (an example or record). 7) adjust (a device) as required. 8) prepare (a table) for a meal by placing cutlery, crockery, etc., on it. 9) harden into a solid, semi-solid, or fixed state. 10) arrange (damp hair) into the required style. 11) put (a broken or dislocated bone or limb) into the correct position for healing. 12) (of the sun, moon, etc.) appear to move towards and below the earth's horizon as the earth rotates. 13) Printing arrange (type or text) as required. 14) (set something to) provide (music) so that a written work can be produced in a musical form. 15) (of a tide or current) take or have a specified direction or course. 16) (of blossom or a tree) form into or produce (fruit).

● set about — Cf. ↑set about

● set apart — Cf. ↑set apart

● set aside — Cf. ↑set aside

● set back — Cf. ↑set back

● set down — Cf. ↑set down

● set forth — Cf. ↑set forth

● set in — Cf. ↑set in

● set off — Cf. ↑set off

● set on (or upon) — Cf. ↑set upon

● set out — Cf. ↑set out

● set out one's stall — Cf. ↑set out one's stall

● set sail — Cf. ↑set sail

● set one's teeth — Cf. ↑set one's teeth

● set to — Cf. ↑set to

● set up — Cf. ↑set up

● set the wheels in motion — Cf. ↑set the wheels in motion

ORIGIN Old English, related to SIT(Cf. ↑sit).

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set [2] ► NOUN 1) a number of things or people grouped together as similar or forming a unit. 2) a group of people with common interests or occupations: the literary set. 3) the way in which something is set, disposed, or positioned: that cold set of his jaw. 4) a radio or television receiver. 5) (in tennis, darts, and other games) a group of games counting as a unit towards a match. 6) a collection of scenery, stage furniture, etc., used for a scene in a play or film. 7) (in jazz or popular music) a sequence of songs or pieces constituting or forming part of a live show or recording. 8) Mathematics a collection of distinct entities satisfying specified conditions and regarded as a unit. 9) a cutting, young plant, or bulb used in the propagation of new plants: an onion set. 10) (also dead set) a setter's pointing in the presence of game. 11) variant spelling of SETT(Cf. ↑sett).

● make a dead set at — Cf. ↑make a dead set at

ORIGIN partly from Old French sette, from Latin secta 'sect' , partly from SET(Cf. ↑set).

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set [3] ► ADJECTIVE 1) fixed or arranged in advance. 2) firmly fixed and unchanging. 3) having a conventional or predetermined wording. 4) ready, prepared, or likely to do something. 5) (set on) determined to do.