Definitions for set down
set down

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. write down, set down, get down, put downverb

   put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

2. land, set downverb

   reach or come to rest

   "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"

3. set downverb

   put or settle into a position

   "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley"

4. set down, put down, place downverb

   cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place

   "set down your bags here"

5. disembark, debark, set downverb

   go ashore

   "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"

6. drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, dischargeverb

   leave or unload

   "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. set downverb

   To write

2. set downverb

   To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying.

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1. set down

   To set down generally means to put or place something in a particular location, or to establish, prescribe, or specify something like rules or principles. Additionally, it can also refer to writing or recording something.

Matched Categories

1. • Arrive
   • Land
   • Place
   • Put
   • Write

Anagrams for set down »

1. down-set

2. downset

How to pronounce set down?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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How to say set down in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of set down in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of set down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of set down in a Sentence

1. Simon Weedon:

   I think Hutchison is prepared to do a lot in England to get regulatory approval but the commission has set down a tough line with the Denmark decision.

2. Horace:

   Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth. And set down as gain each day that Fortune grants.

3. Christian Yates:

   Traditionally people thought that cells didn't make it to the front of embryos to pigment the belly because they just weren't migrating fast enough, what we've been able to show through our studies is that actually, if anything, cells in piebald animals migrate faster but they're just not proliferating enough. They're not making enough daughter cells to colonize - or cover - the whole region of the skin that needs to be covered by the time the pigmentation pattern is set down.

4. Alex Trebek:

   It is true that for the most recent Jeopardy! contestant tryouts, Canadians were precluded from taking the online test, since the show must now comply with new rules set down by the Canadian government.

5. Johann von Goethe:

   If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=set down
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Set_Down
3. ^ ChatGPT
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