What does set mean?

Definitions for set
sɛtset

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word set.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. setnoun

    a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

    "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"

  2. setnoun

    (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols

    "the set of prime numbers is infinite"

  3. set, exercise setnoun

    several exercises intended to be done in series

    "he did four sets of the incline bench press"

  4. stage set, setnoun

    representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production

    "the sets were meticulously authentic"

  5. set, circle, band, lotnoun

    an unofficial association of people or groups

    "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"

  6. bent, setnoun

    a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

    "the set of his mind was obvious"

  7. setnoun

    the act of putting something in position

    "he gave a final set to his hat"

  8. setnoun

    a unit of play in tennis or squash

    "they played two sets of tennis after dinner"

  9. hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curingnoun

    the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

    "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"

  10. Set, Sethnoun

    evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris

  11. setnoun

    the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon

    "before the set of sun"

  12. set, readinessnoun

    (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way

    "the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set"

  13. setadjective

    any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals

    "the early sets ran on storage batteries"

  14. fit(p), primed(p), set(p)adjective

    (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed

    "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time"

  15. fixed, set, rigidadjective

    fixed and unmoving

    "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain"

  16. located, placed, set, situatedadjective

    situated in a particular spot or position

    "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"

  17. laid, setadjective

    set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"

    "stones laid in a pattern"

  18. set(p)adjective

    being below the horizon

    "the moon is set"

  19. determined, dictated, setadjective

    determined or decided upon as by an authority

    "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching"

  20. hardened, setverb

    converted to solid form (as concrete)

  21. put, set, place, pose, position, layverb

    put into a certain place or abstract location

    "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

  22. determine, setverb

    fix conclusively or authoritatively

    "set the rules"

  23. specify, set, determine, define, fix, limitverb

    decide upon or fix definitely

    "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"

  24. set, markverb

    establish as the highest level or best performance

    "set a record"

  25. setverb

    put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state

    "set the house afire"

  26. setverb

    fix in a border

    "The goldsmith set the diamond"

  27. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setverb

    make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

    "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

  28. setverb

    set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly

    "set clocks or instruments"

  29. set, localize, localise, placeverb

    locate

    "The film is set in Africa"

  30. set, go down, go underverb

    disappear beyond the horizon

    "the sun sets early these days"

  31. arrange, setverb

    adapt for performance in a different way

    "set this poem to music"

  32. plant, setverb

    put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

    "Let's plant flowers in the garden"

  33. setverb

    apply or start

    "set fire to a building"

  34. jell, set, congealverb

    become gelatinous

    "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme"

  35. typeset, setverb

    set in type

    "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics"

  36. setverb

    put into a position that will restore a normal state

    "set a broken bone"

  37. set, countersinkverb

    insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)

  38. setverb

    give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor

  39. sic, setverb

    urge to attack someone

    "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits"

  40. place, put, setverb

    estimate

    "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

  41. rig, set, set upverb

    equip with sails or masts

    "rig a ship"

  42. set up, lay out, setverb

    get ready for a particular purpose or event

    "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"

  43. adjust, set, correctverb

    alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

    "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"

  44. fructify, setverb

    bear fruit

    "the apple trees fructify"

  45. dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffureverb

    arrange attractively

    "dress my hair for the wedding"

GCIDE

  1. Setverb

    To congeal; to concrete; to solidify; -- of cements, glues, gels, concrete, substances polymerizing into plastics, etc.

  2. Setnoun

    Any collection or group of objects considered together.

  3. Setnoun

    A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. Called also nail set.

Wiktionary

  1. Setnoun

    An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.

  2. Etymology: Compare the verb settan

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Setnoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    Sensations and passions seem to depend upon a particular set of motions. Collier.

    All corpuscles of the same set or kind agree in every thing. John Woodward.

    ’Tis not a set of features or complexion,
    The tincture of a skin, that I admire. Addison.

    I shall here lay together a new set of remarks, and observe the artifices of our enemies to raise such prejudices. Addison.

    introduced that monstrous character to show the marvellous, and paint it in a new set of colours. William Broome.

    He must change his comrades;
    In half the time he talks them round,
    There must another set be found. Jonathan Swift.

    They refer to those criticks who are partial to some particular set of writers to the prejudice of others. Alexander Pope.

    Perhaps there is no man, nor set of men, upon earth, whose sentiments I intirely follow. Isaac Watts.

    ’Tis raised by sets or berries, like white thorn, and lies the same time in the ground. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

    The weary sun hath made a golden set;
    And, by the bright track of his firy car,
    Gives signal of a goodly day to-morrow. William Shakespeare, R. III.

    When the battle’s lost and won.
    —— That will be ere set of sun. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Before set of sun that day, I hope to reach my Winterquarters. Francis Atterbury, to Pope.

    That was but civil war, an equal set,
    Where piles with piles, and eagles eagles fight. Dryden.

    Have I not here the best cards for the game,
    To win this easy match plaid for a crown?
    And shall I now give o’er the yielded set? William Shakespeare.

    When we have match’d our rackets to these balls,
    We will, in France, play a set
    Shall strike his father’s crown into the hazard. William Shakespeare, H. V.

  2. Setpart. adj.

    Regular; not lax; made in consequence of some formal rule.

    Etymology: from the verb.

    Rude am I in my speech,
    And little bless’d with the set phrase of peace. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    Th’ indictment of the good lord Hastings,
    In a set hand fairly is ingross’d. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

    He would not perform that service by the hazard of one set battle, but by dallying off the time. Richard Knolles.

    Set speeches, and a formal tale,
    With none but statesmen and grave fools prevail. Dryden.

    In ten set battles have we driv’n back
    These heathen Saxons, and regain’d our earth. Dryden.

    What we hear in conversation has this general advantage over set discourses, that in the latter we are apt to attend more to the beauty and elegance of the composure than to the matter delivered. John Rogers.

  3. To SETverb

    preterite I set; part. pass. I am set.

    Etymology: Satgan, or satyan, Gothick; settan , Saxon; setten, Dutch.

    E’re I could
    Give him that parting kiss which I had set
    Betwixt two charming words, comes in my father. William Shakespeare.

    But that my admirable dexterity of wit, counterfeiting the action of an old woman, delivered me, the knave constable had set me i’ th’ common stocks for a witch. William Shakespeare.

    They that are younger have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. Job. xxx. 1.

    He that hath received his testimony, hath set to his seal, that God is true. John iii. 33.

    They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain. Ezek. xxxii.

    God set them in the firmament, to give light upon the earth. Gen. i. 17.

    In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, they have defiled my holy name. Ezek. xliii. 8.

    I have set thee for a tower among my people. Jer. vi. 27.

    By his aid aspiring
    To set himself in glory above his peers. John Milton.

    She sets the bar that causes all my pain;
    One gift refused, makes all their bounty vain. Dryd.

    The lives of the revealers may be justly enough set over against the revelation, to find whether they agree. Francis Atterbury.

    They thought the very disturbance of things established an hire sufficient to set them on work. Richard Hooker.

    That man that sits within a monarch’s heart,
    Would he abuse the count’nance of the king,
    Alack! what mischiefs might he set abroach? William Shakespeare.

    Our princely general,
    Will give you audience; and wherein
    It shall appear that your demands are just,
    You shall enjoy them; ev’ry thing set off
    That might so much as think you enemies. William Shakespeare.

    This present enterprize set off his head,
    I do not think a braver gentleman
    Is now alive. William Shakespeare, Hen. IV.

    Ye caused every man his servant, whom he had set at liberty, to return. Jer. xxxiv. 16.

    Every sabbath ye shall set it in order. Lev. xxiv. 8.

    I am come to set a man at variance against his father. Mat.

    Thou shalt pour out into all those vessels, and set aside that which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4.

    The beauty of his ornament he set in majesty, but they made images; therefore have I set it far from them. Ezek.

    The gates of thy land shall be set wide open. Nah. iii. 13.

    The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. Jer. xxxi. 20.

    The tongue defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell. Ja. iii. 6.

    The shipping might be set on work by fishing, by transportations from port to port. Francis Bacon.

    This wheel set on going, did pour a war upon the Venetians with such a tempest, as Padua and Trevigi were taken from them. Francis Bacon.

    That this may be done with the more advantage, some hours must be set apart for this examination. Brian Duppa.

    Finding the river fordable at the foot of the bridge, he set over his horse. John Hayward.

    Equal success had set these champions high,
    And both resolv'd to conquer, or to die. Edmund Waller.

    Nothing renders a man so inconsiderable; for it sets him above the meaner sort of company, and makes him intolerable to the better. Govern. of the Tongue.

    Some are reclaimed by punishment, and some are set right by good nature. Roger L'Estrange.

    The fire was form'd, she sets the kettle on. Dryd.

    Leda's present came,
    To ruin Troy, and set the world on flame. Dryd.

    Set calf betimes to school, and let him be
    Instructed there in rules of husbandry. Dryd.

    Over labour'd with so long a course,
    'Tis time to set at ease the smoking horse. Dryd.

    The punish'd crime shall set my soul at ease,
    And murm'ring manes of my friend appease. Dryd.

    Jove call'd in haste
    The son of Maia with severe decree,
    To kill the keeper, and to set her free. Dryd.

    If such a tradition were at any time endeavoured to be set on foot, it is not easy to imagine how it should at first gain entertainment. John Tillotson.

    When the father looks sour on the child, every body else should put on the same coldness, till forgiveness asked, and a reformation of his fault has set him right again, and restored him to his former credit. John Locke, on Educat.

    His practice must by no means cross his precepts, unless he intend to set him wrong. John Locke, on Educat.

    If the fear of absolute and irresistible power set it on upon the mind, the idea is likely to sink the deeper. John Locke.

    When he has once chosen it, it raises desire that proportionably gives him uneasiness which determines his will, and sets him at work in pursuit of his choice, on all occasions. John Locke.

    This river,
    When nature's self lay ready to expire,
    Quench'd the dire flame that set the world on fire. Addis.

    The many hospitals every where erected, serve rather to encourage idleness in the people than to set them at work. Add.

    A couple of lovers agreed at parting, to set aside one half hour in the day to think of each other. Addis.

    Your fortunes place you far above the necessity of learning, but nothing can set you above the ornament of it. Henry Felton.

    Their first movement and impressed motions demand the impulse of an almighty hand to set them agoing. George Cheyne.

    Men of quality look upon it as one of their distinguishing privileges, not to set other people at ease, with the loss of the least of their own. Alexander Pope.

    That the wheels were but small, may be guessed from a custom they have of taking them off, and setting them on. Alexander Pope.

    Be frequent in setting such causes at work, whose effects you desire to know. Isaac Watts.

    Struck with the sight, inanimate she seems,
    Set are her eyes, and motionless her limbs. Samuel Garth.

    Hereon the prompter falls to flat railing in the bitterest terms; which the gentleman with a set gesture and countenance still soberly related, until the ordinary, driven at last into a mad rage, was fain to give over. Carew.

    The town of Bern has handsome fountains planted, at set distances, from one end of the streets to the other. Addison.

    In court they determine the king's good by his desires, which is a kind of setting the sun by the dial. John Suckling.

    God bears a different respect to places set apart and consecrated to his worship, to what he bears to places designed to common uses. South.

    Our palates grow into a liking of the seasoning and cookery, which by custom they are set to. John Locke.

    He rules the church's blest dominions,
    And sets men's faith by his opinions. Matthew Prior.

    Against experience he believes,
    He argues against demonstration;
    Plead's when his reason he deceives,
    And sets his judgment by his passion. Matthew Prior.

    Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute. Dryden.

    Grief he tames that fetters it in verse;
    But when I have done so,
    Some man, his art or voice to show,
    Doth set and sing my pain;
    And by delighting many, frees again
    Grief, which verse did restrain. John Donne.

    I had one day set the hundredth psalm, and was singing the first line, in order to put the congregation into the tune. Spect.

    Whatsoever fruit useth to be set upon a root or a slip, if it be sown, will degenerate. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

    I prostrate fell,
    To shrubs and plants my vile devotion paid,
    And set the bearded leek to which I pray'd. Matthew Prior.

    As with stars, their bodies all
    And wings were set with eyes. John Milton.

    High on their heads, with jewels richly set,
    Each lady wore a radiant coronet. Dryden.

    The body is smooth on that end, and on this 'tis set with ridges round the point. John Woodward.

    Can honour set to a leg? no: or an arm? no: honour hath no skill in surgery then? no. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    Considering what an orderly life I had led, I only commanded that my arm and leg should be set, and my body anointed with oil. George Herbert.

    The fracture was of both the focils of the left leg: he had been in great pain from the time of the setting. Richard Wiseman.

    Credit is gained by course of time, and seldom recovers a strain; but if broken, is never well set again. William Temple.

    Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Col. iii. 2.

    They should set their hope in God, and not forget his works. Ps. lxxviii. 7.

    Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, the heart of men is fully set in them to do evil. Eccl.

    Set to work millions of spinning worms,
    That in their green shops weave the smooth hair'd silk
    To deck her sons. John Milton.

    Set not thy heart
    Thus overfond on that which is not thine. John Milton.

    When we are well, our hearts are set,
    Which way we care not, to be rich or great. John Denham.

    Our hearts are so much set upon the value of the benefits received, that we never think of the bestower. Roger L'Estrange.

    These bubbles of the shallowest, emptiest sorrow,
    Which children vent for toys, and women rain
    For any trifle their fond hearts are set on. John Dryden.

    Should we set our hearts only upon these things, and be able to taste no pleasure but what is sensual, we must be extremely miserable when we come unto the other world, because we should meet with nothing to entertain ourselves. John Tillotson.

    No sooner is one action dispatched, which we are set upon, but another uneasiness is ready to set us on work. John Locke.

    Minds, altogether set on trade and profit, often contract a certain narrowness of temper. Addison.

    Men take an ill-natured pleasure in disappointing us in what our hearts are most set upon. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

    An Englishman, who has any degree of reflection, cannot be better awakened to a sense of religion in general, than by observing how the minds of all mankind are set upon this important point, and how every nation is attentive to the great business of their being. Addison.

    I am much concerned when I see young gentlemen of fortune so wholly set upon pleasures, that they neglect all improvements in wisdom and knowledge. Addison.

    We may still doubt whether the Lord, in such indifferent ceremonies as those whereof we dispute, did frame his people of set purpose unto any utter dissimilitude with Egyptians, or with any other nation. Richard Hooker.

    He remembers only the name of Conon, and forgets the other on set purpose, to shew his country swain was no great scholar. Dryden.

    Of all helps for due performance of this service, the greatest is that very set and standing order itself, which, framed with common advice, hath for matter and form prescribed whatsoever is herein publickly done. Richard Hooker.

    It pleased the king to send me, and I set him a time. Neh. ii.

    Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? Job vii. 12.

    He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection. Job xxviii. 3.

    In studies, whatsoever a man commandeth upon himself, let him set hours for it; but whatsoever is agreeable to his nature, let him take no care for any set times: for his thoughts will fly to it of themselves, so as the spaces of other business or studies will suffice. Francis Bacon.

    For using set and prescribed forms, there is no doubt but that wholsome words, being known, are aptest to excite judicious and fervent affections. Charles I .

    His seed, when is not set, shall bruise my head. John Milton.

    Though set form of prayer be an abomination,
    Set forms of petitions find great approbation. John Denham.

    Set places and set hours are but parts of that worship we owe. South.

    That law cannot keep men from taking more use than you set, the want of money being that alone which regulates its price, will appear, if we consider how hard it is to set a price upon unnecessary commodities; but how impossible it is to set a rate upon victuals in a time of famine. John Locke.

    Set him such a task, to be done in such a time. John Locke.

    As in the subordinations of government the king is offended by any insults to an inferior magistrate, so the sovereign ruler of the universe is affronted by a breach of allegiance to those whom he has set over us. Addison.

    Take set times of meditating on what is future. Francis Atterbury.

    Should a man go about, with never so set study and design, to describe such a natural form of the year as that which is at present established, he could fearcely ever do it in so few words that were so fit. John Woodward.

    Through the variety of my reading, I set before me many examples both of ancient and later times. Francis Bacon.

    Reject not then what offer'd means: who knows
    But God hath set before us, to return thee
    Home to thy country and his sacred house? John Milton.

    Long has my soul desir'd this time and place,
    To set before your sight your glorious race. Dryden.

    All that can be done is to set the thing before men, and to offer it to their choice. John Tillotson.

    A spacious veil from his broad shoulders flew,
    That set th' unhappy Phaeton to view:
    The flaming chariot and the steeds it shew'd,
    And the whole fable in the mantle glow'd. Addison.

    When his fortune sets before him all
    The pomps and pleasures that his soul can wish,
    His rigid virtue will accept of none. Joseph Addison, Cato.

    He supplies his not appearing in the present scene of action, by setting his character before us, and continually forcing his patience, prudence, and valour upon our observation. William Broome.

    Be you contented
    To have a son set your decrees at nought?
    To pluck down justice from your awful bench,
    To trip the course of law? William Shakespeare, H. IV.

    The backwardness parents shew in divulging their faults, will make them set a greater value on their credit themselves, and teach them to be the more careful to preserve the good opinion of others. John Locke.

    If we act by several broken views, and will not only be virtuous, but wealthy, popular, and every thing that has a value set upon it by the world, we shall live and die in misery. Addis.

    Have I not set at nought my noble birth,
    A spotless fame, and an unblemish'd race,
    The peace of innocence, and pride of virtue?
    My prodigality has giv'n thee all. Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore.

    Though the same sun, with all diffusive rays,
    Blush in the rose and in the diamond blaze,
    We prize the stronger effort of his pow'r,
    And always set the gem above the flow'r. Alexander Pope.

    What sad disorders play begets!
    Desp'rate and mad, at length he sets
    Those darts, whose points make gods adore. Matthew Prior.

    Who sets me else? I'll throw at all. William Shakespeare, R. II.

    Think so vast a treasure as your son
    Too great for any private man's possession;
    And him too rich a jewel to be set
    In vulgar metal, or vulgar use. Dryden.

    He may learn to cut, polish, and set precious stones. John Locke.

    Those who raise popular murmurs and discontents against his majesty's government, that they find so very few and so very improper occasions for them, shew how hard they are set in this particular, represent the bill as a grievance. Addis.

    The proud have laid a snare for me, they have set gins. Ps.

    Unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury, that the Lord may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to. Deut.

    With whate'er gall thou set'st thyself to write,
    Thy inoffensive satires never bite. Dryden.

    I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and bring them again to this land. Jer. xxiv. 6.

    Joy salutes me when I set
    My blest eyes on Amoret. Edmund Waller.

    There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man; for such an one setteth his own soul to sale. Ecclus. x. 9.

    After it was framed, and ready to be set together, he was, with infinite labour and charge, carried by land with camels, through that hot and sandy country, from Caire to Suetia. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

    Cœnus has betray'd
    The bitter truths that our loose court upbraid:
    Your friend was set upon you for a spy,
    And on his witness you are doom'd to die. Dryden.

    Will you set your wit to a fool's? William Shakespeare.

    They should make them play-games, or endeavour it, and set themselves about it. John Locke.

    The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Job vi. 4.

    The king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem. Ezek.

    The devil hath reason to set himself against it; for nothing is more destructive to him than a soul armed with prayer. Brian Duppa.

    There should be such a being as assists us against our worst enemies, and comforts us under our sharpest sufferings, when all other things set themselves against us. John Tillotson.

    This perishing of the world in a deluge is set against, or compared with, the perishing of the world in the conflagration. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    They highly commended his forwardness, and all other matters for that time set apart. Richard Knolles.

    Set your knighthood and your soldiership aside, and give me leave to tell you that you lie in your throat. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

    In 1585 followed the prosperous expedition of Drake and Carlile into the West Indies; in the which I set aside the taking of St. Jago and St. Domingo in Hispaniola, as surprizes rather than encounters. Francis Bacon.

    My highest interest is not to be deceived about these matters; therefore, setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavour to know the truth, and yield to that. John Tillotson.

    I'll look into the pretensions of each, and shew upon what ground 'tis that I embrace that of the deluge, and set aside all the rest. John Woodward, Nat. History.

    No longer now does my neglected mind
    Its wonted stores and old ideas find:
    Fix'd judgment there no longer does abide,
    To taste the true, or set the false aside. Matthew Prior.

    Several innovations, made to the detriment of the English merchant, are now intirely set aside. Addison.

    There may be
    Reasons of so much pow'r and cogent force,
    As may ev'n set aside this right of birth:
    If sons have rights, yet fathers have 'em too. Nicholas Rowe.

    He shows what absurdities follow upon such a supposition, and the greater those absurdities are, the more strongly do they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow, and consequently the truth of the doctrine set aside by that supposition. Francis Atterbury.

    David behaved himself more wisely than all, so that his name was much set by. 1 Sa. xviii. 30.

    You shall hardly edify me, that those nations might not, by the law of nature, have been subdued by any nation that had only policy and moral virtue; though the propagation of the faith, whereof we shall speak in the proper place, were set by, and not made part of the case. Francis Bacon.

    They have set down, that a rose set by garlick is sweeter, because the more fetid juice goeth into the garlick. Francis Bacon.

    Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army. Edward Hyde.

    I shall set down an account of a discourse I chanced to have with one of these rural statesmen. Addison.

    Let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

    Every man, careful of virtuous conversation, studious of scripture, and given unto any abstinence in diet, was set down in his calendar of suspected Priscilianists. Richard Hooker.

    Take
    One half of my commission, and set down
    As best thou art experienc'd, since thou know'st
    Thy country's strength and weakness. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    The reasons that led me into the meaning which prevailed on my mind, are set down. John Locke.

    An eminent instance of this, to shew what use can do, I shall set down. John Locke.

    I cannot forbear setting down the beautiful description Claudian has made of a wild beast, newly brought from the woods, and making its first appearance in a full amphitheatre. Addison.

    Finding him so resolutely set down, that he was neither by fair nor foul means, but only by force, to be removed out of his town, he inclosed the same round. Richard Knolles.

    This law we may name eternal, being that order which God before all others hath set down with himself, for himself to do all things by. Richard Hooker.

    My willing love,
    The rather by these arguments of fear,
    Set forth in your pursuit. William Shakespeare.

    The poems, which have been so ill set forth under his name, are as he first writ them. Edmund Waller.

    Our merchants, to their great charges, set forth fleets to descry the seas. George Abbot.

    The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty gallies, set forth by the Venetians. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.

    They agreed, all with one consent, at a prefixed day, to send unto Vienna such warlike forces, as they had in any time before set forth, for the defence of the Christian religion. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

    When poor Rutilus spends all his worth,
    In hopes of setting one good dinner forth,
    'Tis downright madness. John Dryden, Juvenal.

    As for words to set forth such lewdness, it is not hard for them to give a goodly and painted shew thereunto, borrowed even from the praises proper to virtue. Edmund Spenser.

    So little have these false colours dishonoured painting, that they have only served to set forth her praise, and to make her merit further known. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

    Up higher to the plain, where we'll set forth
    In best appointment all our regiments. William Shakespeare, K. John.

    To render our errours more monstrous, and what unto a miracle sets forth the patience of God, he hath endeavoured to make the world believe he was God himself. Browne.

    Whereas it is commonly set forth green or yellow, it is inclining to white. Brown's Vulg. Err.

    To set forth great things by small. John Milton.

    The two humours of a chearful trust in providence, and a suspicious diffidence of it, are very well set forth here for our instruction. Roger L'Estrange.

    They yield that reading may set forward, but not begin the work of salvation. Richard Hooker.

    Amongst them there are not those helps which others have, to set them forward in the way of life. Richard Hooker.

    In the external form of religion, such things as are apparently or can be sufficiently proved effectual, and generally fit to set forward godliness, either as betokening the greatness of God, or as beseeming the dignity of religion, or as concuring with celestial impressions in the minds of men, may be reverently thought of. Richard Hooker.

    They mar my path, they set forward my calamity. Job.

    Dung or chalk, applied seasonably to the roots of trees, doth set them forwards. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

    If you please to assist and set me in, I will recollect myself. Collier.

    Like bright metal on a sullen ground,
    My reformation, glittering o'er my fault,
    Shall shew more goodly, and attract more eyes,
    Than that which hath no foil to set it off. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

    The prince put thee into my service for no other reason than to set me off. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    Neglect not the examples of those that have carried themselves ill in the same place; not to set off thyself by taxing their memory, but to direct thyself what to avoid. Francis Bacon.

    May you be happy, and your sorrows past
    Set off those joys I wish may ever last. Edmund Waller.

    The figures of the groupes must contrast each other by their several positions: thus in a play some characters must be raised to oppose others, and to set them off. Dryden.

    The men, whose hearts are aimed at, are the occasion that one part of the face lies under a kind of disguise, while the other is so much set off, and adorned by the owner. Addison.

    Their women are perfect mistresses in shewing themselves to the best advantage: they are always gay and sprightly, and set off the worst faces with the best airs. Addison.

    The general good sense and worthiness of his character, makes his friends observe these little singularities as foils, that rather set off than blemish his good qualities. Addison.

    The work will never take, if it is not set off with proper scenes. Addison.

    Claudian sets off his description of the Eridanus with all the poetical stories. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

    You had either never attempted this change, set on with hope, or never discovered it, stopt with dispair. Philip Sidney.

    He upbraids Iago, that he made him
    Brave me upon the watch; whereon it came
    That I was cast; and even now he spake
    Iago set him on. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this. William Shakespeare.

    Baruch setteth thee on against us, to deliver us unto the Chaldeans. Jer. xliii. 3.

    He should be thought to be mad, or set on and employed by his own or the malice of other men to abuse the duke. Edward Hyde.

    In opposition sits
    Grim death, my son and foe, who sets them on. John Milton.

    The vengeance of God, and the indignation of men, will join forces against an insulting baseness, when backed with greatness and set on by misinformation. Robert South, Serm.

    The skill used in dressing up power, will serve only to give a greater edge to man's natural ambition: what can this do but set men on the more eagerly to scramble? John Locke.

    A prince's court introduces a kind of luxury, that sets every particular person upon making a higher figure than is consistent with his revenue. Addison.

    There you missing me, I was taken up by pyrates, who putting me under board prisoner, presently set upon another ship, and maintaining a long fight, in the end put them all to the sword. Philip Sidney.

    Cassio hath here been set on in the dark:
    He's almost slain, and Rodorigo dead. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    So other foes may set upon our back. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

    Alphonsus, captain of another of the galleys, suffering his men to straggle too far into the land, was set upon by a Turkish pyrate, and taken. Richard Knolles.

    Of one hundred ships there came scarce thirty to work: howbeit with them, and such as came daily in, we set upon them, and gave them the chace. Francis Bacon, War with Spain.

    If I had been set upon by villains, I would have redeemed that evil by this which I now suffer. Taylor.

    When once I am set upon, 'twill be too late to be whetting when I should be fighting. Roger L'Estrange.

    When some rival power invades a right,
    Flies set on flies, and turtles turtles fight. Samuel Garth, Dispens.

    Set on thy wife t' observe. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    It becomes a true lover to have your heart more set upon her good than your own, and to bear a tenderer respect to her honour than your satisfaction. Philip Sidney.

    Some I found wond'rous harsh,
    Contemptuous, proud, set on revenge and spite. John Milton.

    The rest, unable to serve any longer, or willing to fall to thrift, should be placed in part of the lands by them won, at better rate than others, to whom the same shall be set out. Edmund Spenser.

    The squaring of a man's thoughts to the lot that providence has set out for him is a blessing. Roger L'Estrange.

    I will use no other authority than that excellent proclamation set out by the king in the first year of his reign, and annexed before the book of Common Prayer. Francis Bacon.

    If all should be set out to the world by an angry whig, the consequence must be a confinement of our friend for some months more to his garret. Jonathan Swift.

    Time and place, taken thus for determinate portions of those infinite abysses of space and duration, set out, or supposed to be distinguished from the rest by known boundaries, have each a twofold acceptation. John Locke.

    An ugly woman, in a rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become. Dryden.

    The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity, thirty men of war, a hundred gallies, and ten galeasses. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

    Barbarossa, in his discourses concerning the conquest of Africk, set him out as a most fit instrument for subduing the kingdom of Tunis. Richard Knolles.

    I could set out that best side of Luther, which our author, in the picture he has given us of him, has thrown into shade, that he might place a supposed deformity more in view. Francis Atterbury.

    Those very reasons set out how heinous his sin was. Francis Atterbury.

    There are many excellent institutions of charity lately set up, and which deserve all manner of encouragement, particularly those which relate to the careful and pious education of poor children. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

    Who could not win the mistress, woo'd the maid,
    Set up themselves, and drove a sep'rate trade. Alexander Pope.

    Their ancient habitations they neglect,
    And set up new: then, if the echo like not
    In such a room, they pluck down those. Ben. Johnson's Catil.

    Jacob took the stone, that he had for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar. Gen. xxviii. 18.

    Saul set him up a place, and is passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 1 Sa. xv. 12.

    Such delight hath God in men
    Obedient to his will, that he vouchsafes
    Among them to set up his tabernacle. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    Images were not set up or worshipped among the heathens, because they supposed the gods to be like them. Edward Stillingfleet.

    Statues were set up to all those who had made themselves eminent for any noble action. Dryden.

    I shall shew you how to set up a forge, and what tools you must use. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exer.

    Patrons, who sneak from living worth to dead,
    With-hold the pension, and set up the head. Alexander Pope.

    He was skilful enough to have lived still, if knowledge could be set up against mortality. William Shakespeare.

    I'll translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and set up the throne of David over Israel. 2 Sa. iii. 10.

    Of those that lead these parties, if you could take off the major number, the lesser would govern; nay, if you could take off all, they would set up one, and follow him. John Suckling.

    Homer took all occasions of setting up his own countrymen the Grecians, and of undervaluing the Trojan chiefs. Dryd.

    Whatever practical rule is generally broken, it cannot be supposed innate; it being impossible that men should, without shame or fear, serenely break a rule which they could not but evidently know that God had set up. John Locke.

    He hath taken me by my neck, shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. Job xvi. 12.

    Scarecrows are set up to keep birds from corn and fruit. Francis Bacon.

    Thy father's merit sets thee up to view,
    And shows thee in the fairest point of light,
    To make thy virtues or thy faults conspicuous. Addison.

    Whilst we set up our hopes here, we do not so seriously, as we ought, consider that God has provided another and better place for us. William Wake.

    My right eye itches, some good luck is near;
    Perhaps my Amaryllis may appear;
    I'll set up such a note as she shall hear. Dryden.

    The authors that set up this opinion were not themselves satisfied with it. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    In a soldier's life there's honour to be got, and one lucky hit sets up a man for ever. Roger L'Estrange.

  4. To Setverb

    The sun was set. Gen. xxviii. 11.

    Whereas the setting of the pleiades and seven stars is designed the term of Autumn and the beginning of Winter, unto some latitudes these stars do never set. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Err.

    That sun once set, a thousand meaner stars
    Gave a dim light to violence and wars. Edmund Waller.

    Now the latter watch of wasting night,
    And setting stars, to kindly rest invite. John Dryden, Æn.

    Not thicker billows beat the Libyan main,
    When pale Orion sets in wintry rain,
    Than stand these troops. John Dryden, Æn.

    My eyes no object met,
    But distant skies that in the ocean set. John Dryden, Ind. Emp.

    The Julian eagles here their wings display,
    And there like setting stars the Decii lay. Samuel Garth, Ovid.

    A gathering and serring of the spirits together to resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against another. Francis Bacon.

    Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set, by reason of his age. Kings xiv. 4.

    That I might sing it, madam, to a tune,
    Give me a note: your ladyship can set.
    —— As little by such toys as may be possible. William Shakespeare.

    That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak; that is, to exchange its fluidity for firmness. Boyle.

    So let him land,
    And solemnly see him set on to London. William Shakespeare, H. V.

    On Wednesday next, Harry, thou shalt set forward;
    On Thursday we ourselves will march. William Shakespeare.

    The king is set from London, and the scene
    Is now transported to Southampton. William Shakespeare, Hen. V.

    The faithless pirate soon will set to sea,
    And bear the royal virgin far away. Dryden.

    When sets he forward?
    —— He is near at hand. John Dryden, Ind. Emp.

    He with forty of his gallies, in most warlike manner appointed, set forward with Solyman’s ambassador towards Constantinople. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

    When I go a hawking or setting, I think myself beholden to him that assures me, that in such a field there is a covey of partridges. Boyle.

    In gard’ning ne’er this rule forget,
    To sow dry, and set wet. Old Proverb.

    If they set down before’s, ’fore they remove,
    Bring up your army. William Shakespeare.

    If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him. Henry Hammond.

    We find it most hard to convince them, that it is necessary now, at this very present, to set about it: we are thought a little too hot and hasty, when we press wicked men to leave their sins to-day, as long as they have so much time before them to do it in. Edmund Calamy, Sermons.

    How preposterous is it, never to set about works of charity, whilst we ourselves can see them performed? Francis Atterbury.

    When the weather was set in to be very bad, I have taken a whole day’s journey to see a gallery furnished by great masters. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

    As November set in with keen frosts, so they continued through the whole of that month, without any other alteration than freezing with more or less severity, as the winds changed. Henry Ellis, Voyage.

    A storm accordingly happened the following day; for a southern monsoon began to set in. Gulliver’s Travels.

    Be’t your charge
    To see perform’d the tenor of our word:
    Set on. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    He that would seriously set upon the search of truth, ought to prepare his mind with a love of it. John Locke.

    The understanding would presently obtain the knowledge it is about, and then set upon some new inquiry. John Locke.

    Hence every leader to his charge;
    For on their answer we will set on them. William Shakespeare, Hen. IV.

    If any invisible casualty there be, it is questionable whether its activity only set out at our nativity, and began not rather in the womb. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours.

    The dazzling lustre to abate,
    He set not out in all his pomp and state,
    Clad in the mildest lightning. Addison.

    At their setting out they must have their commission from the king. Francis Bacon.

    I shall put you in mind where you promised to set out, or begin your first stage. Henry Hammond.

    Me thou think’st not slow,
    Who since the morning-hour set out from heav’n,
    Where God resides, and ere mid-day arriv’d
    In Eden. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

    My soul then mov’d the quicker pace;
    Your’s first set out, mine reach’d her in the race. Dryden.

    These doctrines, laid down for foundations of any science, were called principles, as the beginnings from which we must set out, and look no farther backwards. John Locke.

    He that sets out upon weak legs will not only go farther, but grow stronger too, than one who with firm limbs only sits still. John Locke.

    For these reasons I shall set out for London to-morrow. Add.

    Look no more on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity. Addison.

    If we slacken our arms, and drop our oars, we shall be hurried back to the place from whence we first set out. Addison.

    Eudoxus, at his first setting out, threw himself into court. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

    Eugenio set out from the same university, and about the same time with Corusodes. Jonathan Swift.

    I may appeal to some, who have made this their business, whether it go not against the hair with them to set to any thing else. Government of the Tongue.

    We have stock enough to set up with, capable of infinite advancement, and yet no less capable of total decay. Decay of Piety.

    A man of a clear reputation, though his bark be split, yet he saves his cargo; has something left towards setting up again, and so is in capacity of receiving benefit not only from his own industry, but the friendship of others. Gov. of the Tongue.

    Those who have once made their court to those mistresses without portions, the muses, are never like to set up for fortunes. Alexander Pope.

    This habit of writing and discoursing was acquired during my apprenticeship in London, and a long residence there after I had set up for myself. Jonathan Swift.

    Eumenes, one of Alexander’s captains, setting up for himself after the death of his master, persuaded his principal officers to lend him great sums; after which they were forced to follow him for their own security. Arbuthnot.

    A severe treatment might tempt them to set up for a republick. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

    Scow’ring the watch grows out of fashion wit;
    Now we set up for tilting in the pit. Dryden.

    Can Polyphemus, or Antiphates,
    Who gorge themselves with man,
    Set up to teach humanity, and give,
    By their example, rules for us to live? John Dryden, Juvenal.

    It is found by experience, that those men who set up for morality, without regard to religion, are generally but virtuous in part. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. set

    A set is a collection of distinct elements or objects that are considered as a single entity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Set

    of Set

  2. Setverb

    to cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end

  3. Setverb

    hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place

  4. Setverb

    to make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be

  5. Setverb

    to fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to

  6. Setverb

    to cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud

  7. Setverb

    to fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance

  8. Setverb

    to fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard

  9. Setverb

    to fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash

  10. Setverb

    to render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese

  11. Setverb

    to put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt

  12. Setverb

    to put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw

  13. Setverb

    to extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship

  14. Setverb

    to give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm

  15. Setverb

    to reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone

  16. Setverb

    to make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock

  17. Setverb

    to lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure

  18. Setverb

    to stake at play; to wager; to risk

  19. Setverb

    to fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing

  20. Setverb

    to determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse

  21. Setverb

    to adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there

  22. Setverb

    to value; to rate; -- with at

  23. Setverb

    to point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs

  24. Setverb

    to establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned

  25. Setverb

    to suit; to become; as, it sets him ill

  26. Setverb

    to compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page

  27. Setverb

    to pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end

  28. Setverb

    to fit music to words

  29. Setverb

    to place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant

  30. Setverb

    to be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom)

  31. Setverb

    to become fixed or rigid; to be fastened

  32. Setverb

    to congeal; to concrete; to solidify

  33. Setverb

    to have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward

  34. Setverb

    to begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out

  35. Setverb

    to indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter

  36. Setverb

    to apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out

  37. Setverb

    to fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well

  38. Setadjective

    fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance

  39. Setadjective

    firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices

  40. Setadjective

    regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle

  41. Setadjective

    established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer

  42. Setadjective

    adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted

  43. Setnoun

    the act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination

  44. Setnoun

    that which is set, placed, or fixed

  45. Setnoun

    a young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn

  46. Setnoun

    that which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture

  47. Setnoun

    permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring

  48. Setnoun

    a kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set

  49. Setnoun

    a piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece

  50. Setnoun

    a short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface

  51. Setnoun

    a number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc

  52. Setnoun

    a number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique

  53. Setnoun

    direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current

  54. Setnoun

    in dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed

  55. Setnoun

    the deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade

  56. Setnoun

    a young oyster when first attached

  57. Setnoun

    collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality

  58. Setnoun

    a series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce

  59. Setnoun

    that dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width

  60. Etymology: [Perhaps due to confusion with sect, sept.]

Wikidata

  1. Set

    In mathematics, a set is a collection of distinct objects, considered as an object in its own right. For example, the numbers 2, 4, and 6 are distinct objects when considered separately, but when they are considered collectively they form a single set of size three, written {2,4,6}. Sets are one of the most fundamental concepts in mathematics. Developed at the end of the 19th century, set theory is now a ubiquitous part of mathematics, and can be used as a foundation from which nearly all of mathematics can be derived. In mathematics education, elementary topics such as Venn diagrams are taught at a young age, while more advanced concepts are taught as part of a university degree.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Set

    set, v.t. to make to sit: to place: to fix: to put in a condition for use, to make ready, to arrange, prepare, furnish, draw up: to render motionless: to determine beforehand: to obstruct: to plant, place so as to promote growth: to place a brooding fowl on a nest containing eggs: to fix in metal: to put and fix in its proper place, as a broken limb, &c.: to assign, as a price: to sharpen: to spread, as sails: to pitch, as a tune: to adapt music to: to frame, mount, or adorn with something fixed: to stud: to point, as a dog: to accompany part or the whole of the way: (Scot.) to let to a tenant: to compose, put into type: (prov.) to become, as a dress, &c.—v.i. to sink below the horizon: to decline: to become fixed: to congeal: to begin the growth of fruit: to have a certain direction in motion: to acquire a set or bend: to point out game: to apply (one's self):—pr.p. set′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. set.—n. Set′-back, a check to progress: an overflow.—adj. Set-by′ (Scot.), proud, reserved.—ns. Set′-down, a rebuke, snubbing; Set′-off, a claim set up against another: a counterbalance: an ornament; Set′-out, preparations: a display of dishes, dress, &c.: a company, clique; Set′-to, a conflict in boxing, argument, &c.; Set′-up, bearing of a person.—adj. hilarious, tipsy.—Set about, to begin; Set abroach, to tap and leave running: to give publicity to; Set against, to oppose; Set agoing, to make begin to move; Set apart, to separate from the rest, to reserve: (B.) to promote; Set aside, to put away, to omit or reject; Set at ease, to quiet, content; Set at naught (see Naught); Set at work, to put to a task; Set before, to put in front of one; Set by, to put aside: (B.) to value or esteem; Set by the compass, to note the bearing by the compass; Set down, to lay on the ground: to put down in writing: to fix in one's mind: to attribute, charge: to lay down authoritatively: to give a severe rebuke to; Set eyes on, to see, fix one's eyes on; Set forth, to exhibit, display: to praise, recommend: to publish: (B.) to set off to advantage: to set out on a journey; Set forward (B.), to further, promote; Set free, to release, put at liberty; Set in, to put in the way: to begin; Set in order, to adjust or arrange; Set little, much, &c., by, to regard, esteem little, much, &c.; Set off, to adorn: to place against as an equivalent; Set on (B.), to attack; Set on, or upon, to instigate: to employ: to fix upon: (B.) to attack; Set one's face, to turn one's self resolutely towards; Set one's hand to, to sign; Set one's self, to bend one's energies toward anything; Set one's self against, to discountenance, oppose; Set one's teeth, to set one's teeth together, as in a strong resolution; Set on fire, to apply fire; Set on foot, to set agoing, to start; Set out, to mark off, to assign: (Bacon) to publish, to adorn: to equip, to furnish: to recommend: to prove: to start; Set over, to appoint as ruler over; Set sail (see Sail); Set the fashion, to lead or establish the fashion; Set the teeth on edge (see Edge); Set to, to affix: to apply one's self; Set up, to erect, to exalt: to begin: to enable to begin: to place in view: (print.) to put in type: to begin a new course: to make pretensions. [A.S. settan; cog. with Ger. setzen, Ice. setja, Goth. satjan; settan is the weak causative of sittan, to sit.]

  2. Set

    set, adj. fixed: firm: determined: regular: established: having reached the full growth: (B.) seated.—n. a number of things similar or suited to each other, set or used together: a group of games played together: the full number of eggs set under a hen: the couples that take part in a square dance, also the movements in a country-dance or quadrille: a number of persons associated: direction, drift, tendency: act of setting: a young plant ready for setting out, a cutting, slip: the appearance of young oysters in a district in any season: a mine or set of mines on lease, a distance set off for excavation, a system of pumps in a mine (also Sett): a tool for dressing forged iron: any permanent change of shape or bias of mind: fit, way in which a dress hangs: the pattern of a tartan, &c.: bearing, carriage, build.—n. Set′-square, a triangular piece of wood having one of its angles a right angle, used in mechanical drawing.—Set fair, a barometric indication of steady, fair weather; Set piece, a piece of theatrical scenery with a supporting framework, as distinguished from a side-scene or drop-scene; Set speech, a speech carefully premeditated.

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  1. SET

    SET is a digital video technology company that enables advertisers to complete high quality, targeted, and brand safe campaigns at scale. By leveraging scene classification with object and facial recognition, SET is uniquely positioned to target video content that is safe and relevant for brands. In addition to targeting capabilities, SET provides campaign analytics by individual video thumbnail, giving you the ability to actually see each video you ran against to ensure maximum brand safety and performance. In addition to advertisers, SET works with networks and publishers around the world and has offices in San Francisco and New York. The company is funded by Highland Capital Partners and Crosslink Capital. For more information, visit http://set.tv.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. set

    The direction in which a current flows, or of the wind. (See DIRECTION.)--To set, is to observe the bearings of any distant object by the compass. (See BEARING.) Also applied to the direction of the tide, as "the tide setting to the south," is opposed to a swelling sea setting to the north-west. Also, when applied to sails, implies the loosing and spreading them, so as to force the ship through the water on weighing. When in chase, or other emergency, the term is sometimes used as synonymous with make sail.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. set

    A word used in a military sense in various combinations; as, to set a sentinel, is to place a soldier at any particular spot for its security. To set on, is to attack. To set at defiance, is to defy, to dare to combat, etc. To set up, is to make a man fit for military movements and parade.

Rap Dictionary

  1. setnoun

    A denomination of one of the larger gangs, a set is not necessarily friendly with other sets in the same gang. "Baby girl asked me what set am I claiming" - Sir Mix A Lot (Rapper's Reputation)

  2. setnoun

    The group of songs in a concert by a specific performer.

Editors Contribution

  1. set

    A group for a specific purpose.

    They had a set of patio table and chairs for the garden.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 11, 2020  

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  2. set

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  3. SET

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SET

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Set is ranked #108199 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Set surname appeared 164 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Set.

    68.9% or 113 total occurrences were Asian.
    14.6% or 24 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    13.4% or 22 total occurrences were White.
    3% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'set' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #247

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'set' in Written Corpus Frequency: #506

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'set' in Nouns Frequency: #295

  4. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'set' in Verbs Frequency: #52

Anagrams for set »

  1. EST

  2. Est

  3. ETS

  4. StE

  5. Ste

  6. Ste.

  7. TSE

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of set in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of set in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of set in a Sentence

  1. Andy Murray:

    The Murrays was The Murrays, to come back from the disappointment of losing the fourth set, we kept creating chances, we stuck together like brothers should and managed to come up with enough good returns.

  2. General Motors:

    Every day, everyone at General Motors is expected to uphold a set of values that are integral to the fabric of our culture, discrimination and harassment are not acceptable and [ are ] in stark contrast to how we expect people to show up at work.

  3. Republican Party:

    Eric Adams is trying to attack the problem from the top down, which won't work, you've got to attack the problem from the bottom up. And we saw that it worked with Rudy Giuliani, who turned the city around in 1993. Why wouldn't you use the same set of principles that worked in the '90s? Why are you trying to reinvent the process?

  4. Andrew Witty:

    By doing so we will strongly position GSK to achieve the medium-term outlook set out to investors last year and deliver a return to core earnings growth in 2016.

  5. Robert J. McKain:

    Set priorities for your goals. A major part of successful living lies in the ability to put first things first. Indeed, the reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.

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Translations for set

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • versameling, neersit, sit, plaas, lêAfrikaans
  • مجموعةArabic
  • grup, conjunt, set, aparell, joc, plató, ajustar, posar, determinar, parar, pondre's, assignar, fixar, establir, introduir, establert, llest, preparatCatalan, Valencian
  • sada, skupina, série, množina, nastavit, zapadnoutCzech
  • anlæg, samling, apparat, aggregat, sætstykke, gruppe, sæt, mængde, sætning, samlesæt, opstilling, scenario, dekoration, indstille, placere, sætte, dække, gå ned, størkne, stille, lægge op til, fastsætte, præsentere, indfatte, opstille, forsænke, konstruere, færdig, fast, klar, bestemt, fastsat, opsatDanish
  • Set, Satz, Gerät, Gruppe, Menge, untergehen, legen, decken, festlegen, stellen, setzen, festsetzen, aufstellen, aushärten, einführen, härten, vergeben, fest werden, justieren, einstellen, bestimmen, fertig, bereitGerman
  • κύκλος, σετ, συσκευή, συνάφι, πλατό, σκηνικό, σύνολο, δέκτης, σειρά, κλίκα, στήνω, παρουσιάζω, προσδιορίζω, στρώνω, καθορίζω, δύω, στοιχειοθετώ, ρυθμίζω, πήζω, εκτυλίσσομαι, βάζω, ορίζω, διαδραματίζομαι, στερεοποιούμαι, συγκεκριμένος, αμετάβλητος, αμετακίνητος, αποφασισμένος, έτοιμος, προκαθορισμένοςGreek
  • aro, ensemblo, subiri, alĝustigi, meti, pretaEsperanto
  • juego, plató, escenario, batería, aparato, conjunto, set, grupo, asignar, poner, solidificarse, ajustar, establecer, presentar, colocar, ambientar, dejar, listoSpanish
  • hulkEstonian
  • مجموعهPersian
  • alkumuodostelma, vastaanotin, sarja, TV, kokoelma, ryhmä, alkuasetelma, erä, kuvio, passi, lavastus, setti, joukko, piiri, upotuspiikki, lajitelma, valikoima, passata, laskea, asettaa, laatia, antaa tehtäväksi, pistää, sijoittaa, asettua, panna, määrätä, lavastaa, laittaa, kovettua, upottaa, kuvailla, asetella, jähmettyä, säätää, kattaa, kiinteä, laitettu, päättäväinen, määrätty, vakuuttunut, määrätietoinen, vakio -, valmisFinnish
  • set, ensemble, plateau de tournage, récepteur, série, scene, appareil, jeu, plateau, poste, régler, geler, fixer, assigner, poser, mettre, coucher, enfoncer, établi, prêtFrench
  • tacar, foireann, aicmeIrish
  • riaraichScottish Gaelic
  • אוסף, ערכה, סט, קבוצה, מיקם, שָׁם, הֵנִיח, קבע, בָּא, שקע, ערך, כיוון, קָרַשׁ, הקצה, מוכןHebrew
  • szett, halmaz, beállítHungarian
  • սպասքArmenian
  • solidificarInterlingua
  • mengiIcelandic
  • apparato, scenario, apparecchio, insieme, riporre, riprendere, rapprendersi, fruttificare, raffigurare, assegnare, passare, regolare, stabilire, localizzare, sceneggiare, determinare, deporre, collocare, completare, inchiodare, introdurre, fissare, tramontare, mettere, porre, posare, distribuire, coricarsi, apparecchiare, descrivere, terminare, solidificarsi, prontoItalian
  • 集合, セットする, 準備, 用意Japanese
  • 두다Korean
  • سێت, تاقم, ده‌سته‌Kurdish
  • pōnoLatin
  • aibėLithuanian
  • kopa, uztvērējs, komplektsLatvian
  • ngakuru, whakawhenua, whakatokaMāori
  • сцена, приемник, комплет, друштво, множество, сет, прибор, поставува, составува, назначува, става, заоѓа, мести, определува, сместува, се зацврснува, кова, заковува, наместува, одредува, задава, наместен, готов, подготвен, непоколеблив, одлученMacedonian
  • set, toestel, verzameling, serie, zetten, aanpassen, harden, introduceren, bepalen, neerzetten, instellen, opdragen, ondergaan, dekken, klare, voorbereid, ingesteld, voorbereide, ingestelde, klaarDutch
  • sette, fastlegge, stivne, introdusert, stille opp, plassere, stille, størkne, dekke, bestemme, justere, putte, gå ned, sette sammenNorwegian
  • odbiornik, komplet, zbiór, zestaw, plan, zespół, grupa, dekoracje, set, wysychać, nastawić, składać, kłaść, tężeć, określać, nakryć, przygotowywać, nakreślić, zastygać, ustalać, zastawić, umiejscawiać, zadawać, zachodzić, stawiać, ustawiać, ustalony, określony, ułożony, zdeterminowany, gotowyPolish
  • aparelho, jogo, cenário, grupo, set, conjunto, distribuir, localizar, atribuir, pôr, pregar, introduzir, ajustar, colocar, dispor, preparar, solidificar, apresentar, passar, determinar, completar, preparado, pronto, determinadoPortuguese
  • scenariu, receptor, grup, aparat, set, ansamblu, colecție, pregăti, împietri, găsi, dezlega, trimite, introduce, așeza, ajusta, scăpăta, pune, deduce, potrivi, apune, repara, localiza, înțelege, fixa, descoperi, pasa, determinat, pregătit, așezatRomanian
  • группа, приёмник, набор, множество, сет, развод зубьев пилы, пас, прибор, забить, поставить, составить, задавать, устанавливать, снять, задать, класть, установить, снимать, заходить, расставлять, застыть, сесть, ставить, составлять, застывать, садиться, положить, забивать, зайти, расставить, установленный, готовыйRussian
  • skupSerbo-Croatian
  • množinaSlovak
  • zbirka, skupina, set, scena, društvo, množica, prizorišče, zaiti, nastaviti, se strditi, določiti, postaviti, pogrniti, naravnati, pripravljen, gotov, predpripravljen, odločenSlovene
  • mängd, krets, apparat, set, band, liga, lag, grupp, umgängeskrets, kotteri, klick, uppsättning, duka, stelna, placera, försänka, sänka, sätta, gå ned, lägga, passa, ställa, beskriva, lägga upp, gå ner, presentera, ställa in, färdig, uppsatt, bestämd, satt, besluten, spikad, redo, fast, klarSwedish
  • సెట్Telugu
  • маҷмӯъаTajik
  • takım, küme, tamamlamak, koymak, kurmak, belirlemek, ayarlamak, kararlı, yapılmış, hazırTurkish
  • مجموعہUrdu
  • ván, [[cảnh]] [[dựng]], bộ, tập hợp, đoàn, máy thu thanh, đám, loạt, bọn, giới, xét, lũ, xéc, dãy, để, bày, [[xếp]] ([[chữ]]), lặn, [[bắt]] ([[phải]]), se lại, đặt, đặt lại, dọn, [[sắp]] ([[chữ]]), sửa soạn, kiên quyết, sẵn sàng, đã định, nhất định, cố ýVietnamese

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