What does set off mean?

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set off

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch offverb

    put in motion or move to act

    "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

  2. depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take offverb

    leave

    "The family took off for Florida"

  3. bring out, set offverb

    direct attention to, as if by means of contrast

    "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"

  4. explode, detonate, blow up, set offverb

    cause to burst with a violent release of energy

    "We exploded the nuclear bomb"

  5. cancel, offset, set offverb

    make up for

    "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

  6. set offverb

    set in motion or cause to begin

    "The guide set the tour off to a good start"

  7. incite, instigate, set off, stir upverb

    provoke or stir up

    "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

Wiktionary

  1. set offverb

    To leave; to begin a journey or trip.

  2. set offverb

    To begin; to cause; to initiate.

  3. set offverb

    To cause to explode.

  4. set offverb

    To make angry.

  5. set offverb

    To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect.

ChatGPT

  1. set off

    Set off is a verb that means to begin a journey or to cause something to start happening. It can also mean to initiate an display, like setting off fireworks. In a financial context, it can refer to the use of a loss to counterbalance a profit for tax purposes.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of set off in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of set off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of set off in a Sentence

  1. Daniel Griffin:

    It didn't seem to set off any alarms, and I think part of Columbia University Medical Center was that this is a happily married man, works in an office. He had no reported risk factors that would have raised someone's concern, which is unfortunate.

  2. Kenny Ausubel:

    Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another.

  3. Dan Ives:

    Last week's email set off nervousness with investors around demand for no reason and put pressure on the stock, you can see why Musk is not waking up a good mood before he sent that email. That said, he probably he should have had coffee before he sent it. It clearly backfired.

  4. Alick McWhirter:

    The blast was felt by officers 10-15 meters (32-49 foot) away -- this was not a casual act, the attack required planning and the attack place was chosen. They waited until officers exited their vehicles (to set off the bomb).

  5. Elsa Ortiz:

    The days are passing, and I miss him, that's why I came to ask Donald Trump that he gives me back my little boy soon, i think two months are enough punishment for mothers to learn, and for them not to set off again on journeys they shouldn't set off on.


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