Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sed-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti
Proto-Germanic *satjaną
Proto-West Germanic *sattjan
Old English settan
Middle English setten
English set
From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”).
Cognate with Dutch zetten, German setzen, Danish sætte, Norwegian Bokmål sette, Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk setja, Swedish sätta, Faroese seta.
Meanings
(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
Set the tray there.
(transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
I have set my heart on running the marathon.
The Lord set a mark upon Cain. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:15:
(transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
Every incident sets him thinking. 1827, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hamlet:
The Lord thy God will set thee on high. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:1:
I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 10:35:
(transitive) To start (a fire).
(dated, transitive) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
to set a coach in the mud
(transitive) To determine or settle.
to set the rent
(transitive) To adjust.
I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
I set the alarm for 6 a.m.
(transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
(transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
Please set the table for our guests.
(transitive) To introduce or describe.
An incident which happened about this time will set the characters of these two lads more fairly before the discerning reader than is in the power of the longest dissertation. 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.
(transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
He says he will set his next film in France.
Her debut novel is set during the U.S. Civil War.
(transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
This crossword was set by Araucaria.
(transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
(transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
(transitive) To arrange (type).
It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.
(transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
(transitive) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
(intransitive) To gel; to solidify.
This jelly sets within a few hours when refrigerated.
This glue sets in five minutes.
(transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
to set milk for cheese
(intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight.
(transitive) To defeat a contract.
(as in set out, followed by “out”, obsolete) To begin to move; to go forth.
The king is set from London, and the scene is now transported, gentles, to Southampton 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
(transitive) To produce after pollination.
to set seed
Many fruit trees will only flower and set fruit following a cold winter. 2012, Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows, page 155:
(intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
In the Annapolis Valley, in spite of an irregular bloom, the fruit has set well and has, as yet, been little affected by scab. 1906, Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Fruit Branch, Fruit crop report:
(Midwestern-US, Southern-US, dialectal, intransitive) To sit (be in a seated position).
And if Mrs. Garner didn't need me right there in the kitchen, I could get a chair and you and me could set out there while I did the vegetables. 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 227:
He sets in that chair all day.
Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
(Midwestern-US, Southern-US, dialectal, intransitive) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
Well, we rolled up Interstate 44
Like a rocket-sled on rails.
We tore up all of our swindle sheets
And left 'em settin' on the scales. 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
(ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
The dog sets the bird.
Your dog sets well.
To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
If he set industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him. 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
(ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
That I might sing it (Madam) to a tune:
Giue me a Note, your Ladiship can set c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute. 1709, J[ohn] Dryden, J[ohn] Oldham, “(please specify the page)”, in Mac Flecknoe: A Poem. […] With Spencer’s Ghost: Being a Satyr Concerning Poetry. […], London: […] H[enry] Hills, […], →OCLC:
(ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
to set pear trees in an orchard
We saw him with eight men setting potatoes within a week of mid-summer. 1774, John Robinson, Thomas Rispin, A Journey Through Nova-Scotia, York: C. Etherington, page 19:
At Eastertime one year, she helped him to set potatoes. 1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 204:
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
(intransitive) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing them and moving first to one side and then to the other, while they do the opposite.
Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller.
To place or fix in a setting.
to set a precious stone in a border of metal
And him too rich a jewel to be set / In vulgar metal for a vulgar use. 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act IV, page 58:
to set glass in a sash
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
to set a saw
to set (that is, to hone) a razor
To extend and bring into position; to spread.
to set the sails of a ship
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
[…] I ſhould be very vvilling to be his Clerk; for vvhich you knovv I am qualified, being able to read, and to ſet a Pſalm. 1742, Henry Fielding, “Here Joseph Andrews Writ a Letter to His Sister Pamela”, in The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I, page 25:
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
to set a broken bone
(dialectal, intransitive) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to. 1917 February 12, “If You Knew What Foods?” (advertisement), in The Independent, volume 59, number 3558, New York: Independent Corporation, page 280:
To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
(obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
I have set my life upon a cast, / And I will stand the hazard of the die. c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
High on their heads, with jewels richly set, / Each lady wore a radiant coronet. 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
pastoral dales thin set with modern farms 1815, William Wordsworth, Poems of the Imagination:
(obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
Be you contented, wearing now the garland, / To have a son set your decrees at naught. c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
I do not set my life at a pin's fee. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
to set a good example
(Scotland) To suit; to become.
It sets him ill.
To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
To set a hen.
To arrange the casting of a movie.
Paramount Pictures has set Jennifer Love Hewitt for a movie called Two Can Play This Game.
ru расставля́ть (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · tl maglagay (to put something down) · ang tō setle gān (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · pl ustalać (to determine) · fr assigner (to devise and assign work) · cs zapadnout (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · pt pregar (to punch a nail into wood) · no sette sammen (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · pl wysychać (to solidify) · az qurmaq (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · ga cruaigh (to solidify) · sv ställa in (to adjust) · ba байыу (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · no plassere (to locate, to backdrop) · pl umiejscawiać (to locate, to backdrop) · tl magsimula (to introduce) · ro trimite (to direct the ball to a teammate for an attack) · he הֵנִיח (to put something down) · fi lavastaa (to prepare (a stage or film set)) · el ορίζω (to determine) · fi asettua (to solidify) · bg определям (to determine) · hu állít (to put something down) · ro așeza (to put something down) · fa گذاشتن (to put something down) · ro fixa (to determine) · az quraşdırmaq (to adjust) · pl zachodzić (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · he כיוון (to adjust) · it localizzare (to locate, to backdrop) · hu lenyugszik (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ba батыу (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ru соста́вить (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · nl zetten (to arrange type) · de schränken (to adjust (bend) the teeth of a saw) · pt pôr (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · de stellen (to put something down) · ro asfinți (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · it collocare (to put something down) · ro potrivi (to fit (someone) up in a situation) · ro pune (to put something down) · nl zetten (to put something down) · ru устана́вливать (to adjust) · pl kłaść (to put something down) · mk задава (to devise and assign work) · ro pregăti (to prepare (a stage or film set)) · it descrivere (to introduce) · as লহিয়া (to put something down) · de festsetzen (to determine) · el βάζω (to put something down) · pl przygotowywać (to prepare (a stage or film set)) · af plaas (to put something down) · bg връзвам (to form as a fruit) · no størkne (to solidify) · fa نهادن (to put something down) · ru расста́вить (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · fi panna (to put something down) · sdc appariccià (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · ru ста́вить (to put something down) · he ערך (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · hu tesz (to put something down) · pl zastygać (to solidify) · ro poziționa (to adjust) · af sit (to put something down) · it rapprendersi (to solidify) · it allicciare (to adjust (bend) the teeth of a saw) · mk ста́ва (to put something down) · sc preparà (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · he בָּא (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · tr dizmek (to adjust) · nl dekken (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · da fastsætte (to determine) · bg съставям (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · gd riaraich (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · az vurmaq (to punch a nail into wood) · tl mamuo (to solidify) · mi whakawhenua (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · pl wstawić (to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place — see also mount, snap, encase) · tl pasimulan (to devise and assign work) · el δύω (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · da udlægge (to adjust (bend) the teeth of a saw) · vi sửa soạn (to prepare (a stage or film set)) · ia solidificar se (to solidify) · es setear (to determine) · pt localizar (to locate, to backdrop) · es colocar (to arrange type) · ru установи́ть (to determine) · hu terít (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · el προσδιορίζω (to determine) · es setear (to adjust) · pl tężeć (to solidify) · mi ngakuru (to form as a fruit) · ga cuir (to put something down) · uk устано́влювати (to determine) · no introdusert (to introduce) · da konstruere (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · mi ahuahu (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ca parar (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · vi xếp (chữ) (to arrange type) · sdn innandià (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · ja 用意する (to adjust) · sl zaiti (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · pt solidificarse (to solidify) · tr koymak (to put something down) · sv lägga (to put something down) · it fissare (to determine) · uk задава́ти (to devise and assign work) · haw napoʻo (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · pl wstawiać (to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place — see also mount, snap, encase) · ko 두다 (to put something down) · mk заоѓа (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ru устана́вливать (to determine) · tl pasimulan (to introduce) · ru заходи́ть (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · tl mabuo (to solidify) · uk встанови́ти (to determine) · mi tetepe (to solidify) · tl isaayos (to adjust) · es engastar (to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place — see also mount, snap, encase) · la dēterminō (to determine) · fr mettre (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · ar غَرَبَ (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · mi tō (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · zdj hutswa (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · no sette (to locate, to backdrop) · fr régler (to adjust) · ru снять (to locate, to backdrop) · sl se strditi (to solidify) · hu megszilárdul (to solidify) · af lê (to put something down) · ru заби́ть (to punch a nail into wood) · hu állít (to adjust) · ro pasa (to direct the ball to a teammate for an attack) · fi kovettua (to solidify) · ro pune (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · haw anapoʻo (Niʻihau) (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · pt distribuir (to devise and assign work) · hu meghatároz (to determine) · uk зайти́ (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · de fest werden (to solidify) · oc pausar (to put something down) · eo alĝustigi (to adjust) · it regolare (to adjust) · fi asettaa (to determine) · fi kuvailla (to introduce) · mk сме́стува (to put something down) · no stille (to adjust) · es frogar (to solidify) · es montar (to determine) · da forsænke (to punch a nail into wood) · he שקע (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · sl nastaviti (to adjust) · tl ilagay (to put something down) · chr ᏭᏕᎵᎦ (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · hu helyez (to put something down) · it tramontare (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · es localizar (to locate, to backdrop) · fi kattaa (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · mi tōwenewene (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · es ponerse (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · sw kutua (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · mk наме́стува (to put something down) · gl pousar (to put something down) · pt colocar (to put something down) · sv sätta (to put something down) · el βάζω (to devise and assign work) · da placere (to put something down) · mi rumaki (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · da indstille (to adjust) · es cuajar (to solidify) · dv އޮއްސެނީ (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · scn tracuḍḍari (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · nap mette (to put something down) · sv placera (to put something down) · fi laittaa (to put something down) · da gå ned (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · mi torongi (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ca fixar (to determine) · de aufstellen (to determine) · fy ynstelle (to adjust) · uga 𐎌𐎚 (to put something down) · nl harden (to solidify) · uk захо́дити (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · el εκτυλίσσομαι (to locate, to backdrop) · hu lemegy (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · fi upottaa (to punch a nail into wood) · sv försänka (to punch a nail into wood) · rup apun (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · el παρουσιάζω (to introduce) · fi antaa tehtäväksi (to devise and assign work) · hu támaszt (to put something down) · ca posar (to put something down) · it deporre (to put something down) · ga stalc (to solidify) · ru задава́ть (to determine) · nl neerzetten (to put something down) · nl bepalen (to determine) · de setzen (to arrange type) · bg намествам (to adjust) · vi điều chỉnh (to adjust) · tl magtakda (to determine) · it inchiodare (to punch a nail into wood) · tl lumubog (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ru задава́ть (to devise and assign work) · da opstille (to prepare (a stage or film set)) · pt ajustar (to adjust) · it stabilire (to devise and assign work) · fi säätää (to adjust) · eo meti (to put something down) · no stivne (to solidify) · ru зада́ть (to determine) · it apparecchiare (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · fr poser (to put something down) · pl stawiać (to put something down) · fi muodostua (to form as a fruit) · tl mag-ayos (to adjust) · ru составля́ть (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · da sætte (to put something down) · es fraguar (to solidify) · nl opdragen (to devise and assign work) · hu megszab (to determine) · ro se solidifica (to solidify) · nl aanpassen (to adjust) · sv sätta (to arrange type) · ru застыва́ть (to solidify) · tr ayarlamak (to adjust) · it terminare (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · bg слагам (to locate, to backdrop) · sv sänka (to punch a nail into wood) · ca establir (to determine) · it posare (to put something down) · acw حَطّ (to put something down) · eo subiri (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · az qoymaq (to put something down) · es ambientar (to locate, to backdrop) · sl postaviti (to put something down) · fi jähmettyä (to solidify) · rap hata (to put something down) · sga fo·ceird (to put something down) · bg залязвам (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · sv gå ned (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · it riporre (to put something down) · sc apparicciài (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · cmn 放 (to put something down) · sv passa (to direct the ball to a teammate for an attack) · fi latoa (to arrange type) · az təqdim etmək (to introduce) · he שָׂם (to put something down) · pl określać (to determine) · txb tā- (to put something down) · he קָרַשׁ (to solidify) · mi toene (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · mk поста́вува (to put something down) · mk заковува (to punch a nail into wood) · pt pôr (to put something down) · da størkne (to solidify) · fr sceller (to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place — see also mount, snap, encase) · ar وَضَع (to put something down) · ru определя́ть (to determine) · sa दधाति (to put something down) · it introdurre (to introduce) · el πήζω (to solidify) · ga suigh (to locate, to backdrop) · mk одре́дува (to determine) · ro pune (to introduce) · sv lägga upp (to direct the ball to a teammate for an attack) · nl verdwijnen (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · sv skränka (to adjust (bend) the teeth of a saw) · nl ondergaan (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · pl zastawić (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · de untergehen (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · de aufstellen (to put something down) · la pōnō (to put something down) · de aufstellen (to introduce) · it determinare (to determine) · bg задавам (to devise and assign work) · hu szabályoz (to adjust) · ru зайти́ (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · uk установи́ти (to determine) · no fastlegge (to determine) · es poner en hora (to adjust) · mk опреде́лува (to determine) · nl instellen (to adjust) · vi để (to put something down) · sl naravnati (to adjust) · mi torengi (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · sc preparai (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · el καθορίζω (to determine) · pt introduzir (to introduce) · tl magsimula (to devise and assign work) · he הקצה (to devise and assign work) · arz حط (to put something down) · cs nastavit (to adjust) · fr disparaître (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ru сесть (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · tl umpisahan (to introduce) · tl ihanda (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · da placere (to locate, to backdrop) · fr enfoncer (to punch a nail into wood) · it sceneggiare (to prepare (a stage or film set)) · ro așeza (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · tr tamamlamak (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · da stille (to put something down) · ro introduce (to introduce) · vi bắt (phải) (to devise and assign work) · de justieren (to adjust) · tr kurmak (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · es engarzar (to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place — see also mount, snap, encase) · hu megállapít (to determine) · vi se lại (to solidify) · he קבע (to determine) · it fruttificare (to form as a fruit) · swb utswa (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · bg втвърдявам (to solidify) · sv ställa (to put something down) · ro se întări (to solidify) · mk се зацврснува (to solidify) · ca introduir (to introduce) · el βάζω (to adjust) · it mettere (to put something down) · es configurar/poner para (to adjust) · vi bày (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · bg поставям (to put something down) · rup ascapit (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · no stille opp (to prepare (a stage or film set)) · ru класть (to put something down) · it stabilire (to introduce) · txb yäp- (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ca pondre's (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ru ста́вить (to locate, to backdrop) · da stille (to devise and assign work) · it passare (to direct the ball to a teammate for an attack) · tl itakda (to determine) · mk поставува (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · no sette (to put something down) · it assegnare (to devise and assign work) · it distribuire (to devise and assign work) · gl axustar (to adjust) · sv ställa (to adjust) · fi sijoittaa (to locate, to backdrop) · sv placera (to locate, to backdrop) · da stille (to adjust) · fi asettaa (to put something down) · pl składać (to arrange type) · ba ҡуйыу (to put something down) · it solidificarsi (to solidify) · vi đặt (to introduce) · fr se coucher (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · tl mag-umpisa (to devise and assign work) · no putte (to put something down) · ru снима́ть (to locate, to backdrop) · de härten (to solidify) · mi whakatoka (to solidify) · fi määrätä (to determine) · de setzen (to put something down) · ro regla (to adjust) · pt determinar (to determine) · el στοιχειοθετώ (to arrange type) · la occidō (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ro fixa (to adjust) · no gå ned (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · uk встано́влювати (to determine) · vi sắp (chữ) (to arrange type) · tr donatmak (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · nl introduceren (to introduce) · el στερεοποιούμαι (to solidify) · fi valmistella (to put in order in a particular manner; to prepare) · no justere (to adjust) · it raffigurare (to introduce) · no dekke (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · hy մայր մտնել (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · cy machlud (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ru положи́ть (to put something down) · fr geler (to solidify) · da sætte (to arrange type) · de einführen (to introduce) · he מיקם (to locate, to backdrop) · ro stabili (to determine) · la locō (to put something down) · de bestimmen (to determine) · pt passar (to direct the ball to a teammate for an attack) · it completare (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · vi lặn (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · mi tāhere (to put in order in a particular manner; to prepare) · it coricarsi (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · fi valmistella (to fit (someone) up in a situation) · pl nakryć (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · pl zadawać (to devise and assign work) · fi laatia (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · tl mag-ayos (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · ja 拵える (to adjust) · sv stelna (to solidify) · el ρυθμίζω (to adjust) · pl nastawić (to adjust) · de aushärten (to solidify) · de festlegen (to determine) · vi dọn (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · sv gå ner (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · el στρώνω (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · tr belirlemek (to determine) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to put something down) · ca ajustar (to adjust) · mk назна́чува (to determine) · izh laskiissa Loojaa (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · hu beállít (to adjust) · fi pistää (to put something down) · ca determinar (to determine) · de decken (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · da indfatte (to punch a nail into wood) · es colocar (to put something down) · ru забива́ть (to punch a nail into wood) · mi tāpiko (to put in order in a particular manner; to prepare) · pt apresentar (to introduce) · tl ayusin (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · pt dispor (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · grc τίθημι (to put something down) · tl iayos (to adjust) · ja 準備する (to adjust) · sv presentera (to introduce) · mk кова (to punch a nail into wood) · pt preparar (to prepare (a stage or film set)) · no bestemme (to determine) · ru определи́ть (to determine) · fr fixer (to determine) · it porre (to put something down) · ro descrie (to introduce) · es desarrollarse (to locate, to backdrop) · tl ayusin (to adjust) · ang on setl gān (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · ru поста́вить (to locate, to backdrop) · tl manigas (to solidify) · sv sätta (to adjust) · vi đặt lại (to solidify) · sv beskriva (to introduce) · id memperkenalkan (to introduce) · da dække (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · no stille (to put something down) · sc ammannire (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · el στήνω (to prepare (a stage or film set)) · pt atribuir (to devise and assign work) · sl določiti (to determine) · pl nakreślić (to introduce) · it riprendere (to locate, to backdrop) · dsb stajaś (to put something down) · pl ustawiać (to adjust) · pt completar (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · ro apune (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · hu megterít (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · ja 置く (to put something down) · uk зада́ти (to devise and assign work) · fi passata (to direct the ball to a teammate for an attack) · de vergeben (to devise and assign work) · it stabilire (to determine) · ru зада́ть (to devise and assign work) · ca arreglar (to put in order in a particular manner; to prepare) · da stille (to fit (someone) up in a situation) · tl lagyan (to put something down) · ca assignar (to devise and assign work) · ru установи́ть (to adjust) · fi asettaa (to adjust) · fi laskea (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · no plassere (to put something down) · ru сади́ться (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · af neersit (to put something down) · sl pogrniti (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · ro bate (to punch a nail into wood) · da lægge op til (to direct the ball to a teammate for an attack) · ru поста́вить (to put something down) · tl tumigas (to solidify) · de einstellen (to adjust) · vi đặt (to put something down) · ru засты́ть (to solidify) · grc δύω (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · sv duka (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) · dsb stajiś (to put something down) · mk составува (to compile, to make (a crossword)) · mk ме́сти (to adjust) · de stellen (to adjust) · de legen (to put something down) · es ambientar (to introduce) · ro scăpăta (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) · el διαδραματίζομαι (to locate, to backdrop)
From Middle English set, sette, from Old English set (“seat, place of residence, camp, settlement, entrenchment, stable, pen”), from Proto-West Germanic *set (“seat”), from Proto-Germanic *setą (“seat”).
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A punch for setting nails in wood.
nail set
A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
television set
Say, you can watch 60 Minutes / Even Captain Kangaroo / But there's only one set, so whatever you watch / Well, you know I gotta watch it too 1984, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “The Brady Bunch”, in "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D:
(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
The wings were bent or set permanently 2 to 3 inches upward at the wingtips; however, the set was within the manufacturer's allowable tolerances. 1986 March 29, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12 Wreckage and Impact Information”, in Aircraft Accident Report: China Airlines Boeing 747-SP, N4522V, 300 Nautical Miles Northwest of San Francisco, California, February 19, 1985, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2022, page 12:
the set of a spring
A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
(dated) The width of the body of a type.
A young oyster when first attached.
Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
(colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
Mr. Joolby lay on the floor beside his special chair, his face doubly terrible in its rigid set, his body writhing this way and that with spasmodic jerks and contortions. 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
the set of a coat
So much of our culture, hidden by necessity for so long, involves subtle codes and signals: the set of her shoulders, the sway of his hips. 1984 December 29, Amy Hoffman, “Dyke Detectives Solve Murder Mysteries”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 7:
The pattern of a tartan, etc.
The camber of a curved roofing tile.
The full number of eggs set under a hen.
(obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
We will in France, by God's grace, play a set / Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard. 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
That was but civil war, an equal set. 1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
Thenceforth the Dowager, with a light and careless humour, often recounted to her particular acquaintance how, after a hard trial, she had found it impossible to know those people who belonged to Henry’s wife, and who had made that desperate set to catch him. 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
A tool for dressing forged iron.
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mk при́емник (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · mi huinga (series of, a group of) · ru устро́йство (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · it serie (series of, a group of) · mi panihi (punch for setting nails in wood) · vi loạt (series of, a group of) · ru набо́р (series of, a group of) · el δέκτης (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · it apparato (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · ca aparell (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · pt conjunto (series of, a group of) · fr série (series of, a group of) · ga sceallán (horticulture: small tuber or bulb used instead of seed) · ru разво́д зу́бьев пилы́ (amount the teeth of a saw diverge) · fi lyöntilevy (piledriving: piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile) · el συσκευή (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · sv apparat (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · sh се̏т (series of, a group of) · fi kuvio (pattern of a tartan) · fi upotuspiikki (punch for setting nails in wood) · fi tapa (bias of mind, pattern of behaviour) · fi sarja (series of, a group of) · es juego (series of, a group of) · ga slí (series of, a group of) · nl toestel (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · rsk приємнїк (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · ro receptor (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · da apparat (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · ru приёмник (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · fi haritus (amount the teeth of a saw diverge) · da anlæg (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · ru се́рия (series of, a group of) · sh sȅt (series of, a group of) · pt aparelho (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · fi asenne (bias of mind, pattern of behaviour) · vi máy thu thanh (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · pt trem (series of, a group of) · it apparecchio (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · ru аппара́т (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · vi bộ (series of, a group of) · fr poste (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · de Gerät (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · ro aparat (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · fr récepteur (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · da sætning (punch for setting nails in wood) · ru гру́ппа (series of, a group of) · bg апарат (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · pl odbiornik (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · fr lot (series of, a group of) · fr appareil (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · fi siemen- (horticulture: small tuber or bulb used instead of seed) · pt série (series of, a group of) · fi leveys (printing: width of a type) · fi satsi (full number of eggs set under a hen) · fi muodonmuutos (engineering: permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain) · fi vastaanotin (device for receiving broadcast radio waves) · ru компле́кт (series of, a group of) · pl zbiór (series of, a group of) · es conjunto (series of, a group of) · lv uztvērējs (device for receiving broadcast radio waves)
From Middle English sett, from Old English ġesett, past participle of settan.
Meanings
Fixed in position.
Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found. 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
Rigid, solidified.
Ready, prepared.
on your marks, get set, go!; on your marks, set, go!
Intent, determined (to do something).
set on getting to his destination
And she likes you so much, and thinks you so accomplished and distingué-looking, and was just as set as I was to have you for best man. 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “In which Jim and I Take Different Ways”, in The Wrecker, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 179:
Prearranged.
a set menu
a set book
The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long. 1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 18:
Fixed in one’s opinion.
I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them.
(of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
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From Middle English set, sete, sette (“that which is set, the act of setting, seat”), from Old English set (“setting, seat, a place where people remain, habitation, camp, entrenchment, a place where animals are kept, stall, fold”) and Old English seten (“a set, shoot, slip, branch; a nursery, plantation; that which is planted or set; a cultivated place; planting, cultivation; a setting, putting; a stopping; occupied land”), related to Old English settan (“to set”). Compare Middle Low German gesette (“a set, suite”), Old English gesetl (“assembly”). According to Skeat, in senses denoting a group of things or persons, representing an alteration of sept, from Old French sette (“a religious sect”), from Medieval Latin secta (“retinue”), from Latin secta (“a faction”). See sect. It is quite possible that the modern word is more of a merger between both, however.
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A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
A rudimentary fruit.
The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
The weary sun hath made a golden set. c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
And a rose-bush leans upon, / Thou that faintly smilest still, / As a Naiad in a well, / Looking at the set of day, […] 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Adeline”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 41:
(figuratively, literally) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
He put his eye to the alidade. “I thought so! Zero five four and that's allowing nothing for set and drift along the line of bearing. We're inside the departure point now[…]” 1951, Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny, page 238:
Here and there, amongst individuals alive to the particular evils of the age, and watching the very set of the current, there may have been even a more systematic counteraction applied to the mischief. 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Style:
A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
a set of tables
A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
a set of tools
An object made up of several parts.
a set of steps
A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
(informal, plural, qualifier:“sets”) Set theory.
A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
That he took perfumed baths is a truth; and he used to say that he took them after meeting certain men of a very low set in hall. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XIX, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
“Good gracious, child, you didn't join the Theosophists and kiss Buddha's big toe, did you ? I tried to get into their set once, but they cast me out for a sceptic — without a chance of improving my poor little mind, too.” 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 21:
They were very private people, though they did have their circle of friends at Bilignin. They had little or no association with the Natalie Barney set, in their eyes much too frivolous. 1984 December 29, H. W. Seng, “Alice, Gertrude and Sammy Dearest”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 13:
the country set
The scenery for a film or play.
The general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
The initial or basic formation of dancers.
A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
Meronym: reps
The old practitioners we sometimes still see, though in far fewer numbers: still working out too hard, a lost expression on their faces as they rest between sets, as if unable to snap out of the broken promise. 1986, Paul Reed, “Serenity”, in Eric E. Rofes, editor, Gay Life: Leisure, Love, and Living for the Contemporary Gay Male, page 11:
This is the fourth set of benchpresses. 1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 22:
A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
You heard “oh, Jeremy Corbyn” everywhere: at the silent disco, during Radiohead’s Friday night headlining set, midway through the Other stage appearance by rapper Stormzy, who gamely joined in. 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:
A drum kit, a drum set.
He plays the set on Saturdays.
(UK) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
Looking at pupil attainment, the study found that students with the same Key Stage 3 scores could have their GCSE grade raised or lowered by up to half a grade as a result of being placed in a higher or lower set. 2012 April 26, “Themes: Pupil grouping and organisation of classes”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Department for Education, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012:
(slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
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from Etymology 4 of set) · budset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · instruction set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · cut-set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · leafset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · Meyer set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · game, set, match (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · Fatou set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · kitset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · steak set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · uncountable set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · setless (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · boneset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · negligible set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · underlying set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · trainset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · film-set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · tagset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · lower set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · crystal set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · roomset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · subset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · spectral set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · sibset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · contrast set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · key set identifier (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · ordered set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · thermoset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · tumbleset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · bedroom set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · countable set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · bitset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · axiom of power set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · playset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · difference set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · prong-set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · moonset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · patchset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · dope set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · soundset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · fullset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · conversation set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · Islington set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · cookset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · finite set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · giant set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · Julia set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · film set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · brakeset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · perfect set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · biset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · tileset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · fieldset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · item set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · sake set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · reduction set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · doorset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · starset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · giftset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · disjoint set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · callset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · poset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · dining set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · filmset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set theory (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · moveset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · box set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · cutset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · codeset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · cordset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · earset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · ruleset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · showerset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · breakfast set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · headset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · directed set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · discrete set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · wheelset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · floorset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · expansion set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · scuba set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · riveting set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · mess set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set point (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · gearset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · setmark (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · rowset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · cabana set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · totally ordered set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · golden set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · working set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · perceptual set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · chipset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · changeset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · letterset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · smart set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · data set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · gifset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set function (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · resultset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · wideset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · ground set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set-jetting (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · shadeset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · Borel set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · service set identifier (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · trap set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · boxed set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · metaset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · miniset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set of wheels (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · Delone set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · frameset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · sieve set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · universal set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · two set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · hopset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · pointset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set-builder notation (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · goodset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · Kakeya set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · fixed set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · groupset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · wandering set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · geneset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · shipset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · midset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · singleton set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · upper set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · learnset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · interset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · limbo set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · Besicovitch set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · power set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · Caccioppoli set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · Hintikka set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · setlike (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · level set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · bump set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · country set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · homeset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set difference (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · fileset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · infoset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · filterset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · causal set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · shelveset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · train set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · seedset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set designer (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · arithmetical set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · lexical set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · crankset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · handset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · companion set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · IP set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · jet set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · transitive set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · answer set programming (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · drop set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · partially ordered set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · laminaset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · morphism set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · quotient set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · fruitset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · coreset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · Cantor set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set design (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · causet (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · fireset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · gift set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · sunset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · keyset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · taskset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · swoon set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · chainset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · triset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · nodeset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · stage set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · toilet set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · dominating set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · age set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · null set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · intraset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · independent set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · antiset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · edge set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · earthset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set piece (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set dressing (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · rule set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · cord set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · convex set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · bedset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · coset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · chemistry set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · skill set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · lockset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · grow a set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · set operation (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · point-set topology (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · twinset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · sampleset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · sumset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · afterset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · hot set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · fireside set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · game set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · measurable set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · mapset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · evoked set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · cruet set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · recordset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · chess set (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set) · romset (terms derived from Etymology 4 of set)
Relateds
bag ((set theory) collection of objects) · closed set ((set theory) collection of objects) · subset ((set theory) collection of objects) · superset ((set theory) collection of objects) · multiset ((set theory) collection of objects) · open set ((set theory) collection of objects) · empty set ((set theory) collection of objects) · Mandelbrot set ((set theory) collection of objects)
Synonyms
club (group of people, usually meeting socially) · eve (close of the day) · tendency (general movement) · sunset (close of the day) · block (matching collection of similar things) · sundown (close of the day) · drum set (drum kit) · coterie (group of people, usually meeting socially) · drift (general movement) · drum kit (drum kit) · evening (close of the day) · gig (performance of several musical pieces) · heading (general movement) · scenery (scenery) · path (general movement) · dusk (close of the day) · three of a kind (three of a kind) · trend (general movement) · motion (general movement) · session (performance of several musical pieces) · set theory · drums (drum kit) · movement (general movement) · direction (general movement) · suite (matching collection of similar things)
Translations (263)
vi bộ (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · el πλατό (scenery for a film or play) · sv band (group of people, usually meeting socially) · pl zestaw (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · ru сет (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · vi ván (in tennis) · he קבוצה (set theory: collection of objects) · ca set (volleyball) · ro trusă (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · fa مجموعه (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · sv mängd (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · he סט (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · ja セット (in tennis) · sv grupp (group of people, usually meeting socially) · da samling (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · cmn 套 (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · fr scène (scenery for a film or play) · ro ansamblu (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · tr takım (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · pl set (in tennis) · vi giới (group of people, usually meeting socially) · sl zbirka (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · acw طقم (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · ja 一式 (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · ur مجموعہ (set theory: collection of objects) · pl dekoracje (scenery for a film or play) · pt cenário (scenery for a film or play) · sw seti (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · ro grup (group of people, usually meeting socially) · ro platou de filmare (scenery for a film or play) · tr plato (scenery for a film or play) · pt conjunto (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · ja 一揃い (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · pt set (volleyball) · be сэ́рыя (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · es localización (scenery for a film or play) · la collectum (set theory: collection of objects) · lt aibė (set theory: collection of objects) · tl magkakasama (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · sv set (in tennis) · kk жиын (set theory: collection of objects) · fi kuvio (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · fr set (volleyball) · nl set (group of people, usually meeting socially) · sv kotteri (group of people, usually meeting socially) · hu halmaz (set theory: collection of objects) · az çoxluq (set theory: collection of objects) · ga foireann (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · fr jeu (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · ca grup (group of people, usually meeting socially) · eu multzo (set theory: collection of objects) · de Satz (in tennis) · pt jogo (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · vi đoàn (group of people, usually meeting socially) · hu játszma (in tennis) · el συνάφι (group of people, usually meeting socially) · fi erä (volleyball) · de Set (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · pl grupa (group of people, usually meeting socially) · sv lag (group of people, usually meeting socially) · ckb دەستە (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · vi lũ (group of people, usually meeting socially) · fr set (in tennis) · la conjunctum (set theory: collection of objects) · ko 세트 (in tennis) · de Menge (set theory: collection of objects) · de Satz (volleyball) · da mængde (set theory: collection of objects) · ga tacar (set theory: collection of objects) · vi loạt (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · nl verzameling (set theory: collection of objects) · pl zbiór (set theory: collection of objects) · ru сет (in tennis) · vi bộ (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · ca conjunt (set theory: collection of objects) · fa مجموعه (set theory: collection of objects) · da dekoration (scenery for a film or play) · mk друштво (group of people, usually meeting socially) · ca joc (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · pt kit (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · mk сцена (scenery for a film or play) · sl množica (set theory: collection of objects) · pt jogo (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · ro mulțime (set theory: collection of objects) · ro set (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · fi erä (in tennis) · sl set (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · eo aro (group of people, usually meeting socially) · fi ryhmä (group of people, usually meeting socially) · vi cảnh dựng (scenery for a film or play) · bg част (in tennis) · cs množina (set theory: collection of objects) · nl set (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · sl zbirka (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · el σύνολο (set theory: collection of objects) · he אוסף (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · sl set (in tennis) · it scenario (scenery for a film or play) · ko 세트 (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · nl verzameling (group of people, usually meeting socially) · fr ensemble (set theory: collection of objects) · cs série (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · he סט (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · es foro (scenery for a film or play) · de Set (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · pt set (in tennis) · cs sada (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · cmn 盘 (in tennis) · ru компле́кт (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · vi bộ (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · la virgulta (a young plant fit for setting out, a slip, shoot.) · fr manche (in tennis) · vi dãy (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · es juego (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · pt grupo (group of people, usually meeting socially) · tr küme (set theory: collection of objects) · es plató (scenery for a film or play) · ru набо́р (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · tl pulutong (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · vi bọn (group of people, usually meeting socially) · ga aicme (group of people, usually meeting socially) · de Gruppe (group of people, usually meeting socially) · vi tập hợp (set theory: collection of objects) · sl scena (scenery for a film or play) · ja セット (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · ja 一揃い (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · ckb سێت (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · el κύκλος (group of people, usually meeting socially) · cs komplet (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · da sæt (volleyball) · el κλίκα (group of people, usually meeting socially) · ia insimul (set theory: collection of objects) · ar مَجْمُوعَة (set theory: collection of objects) · ro platou (scenery for a film or play) · hy սպասք (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · es locación (scenery for a film or play) · fi alkuasema (dancing: initial or basic formation of dancers) · uk множина́ (set theory: collection of objects) · ckb تاقم (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · nl set (in tennis) · uk се́рія (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · fr ensemble (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · bg компле́кт (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · ru се́рия (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · be кампле́кт (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · it insieme (set theory: collection of objects) · sv liga (group of people, usually meeting socially) · fi sarja (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · sv mängd (set theory: collection of objects) · ar مَجْمُوعَة (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · ar طَقْم (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · ro set (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · nl set (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · ja セット (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · mk множество (set theory: collection of objects) · pl set (volleyball) · es escenario (scenery for a film or play) · fr série (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · bg сет (in tennis) · acw مجموعة (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · et hulk (set theory: collection of objects) · be набо́р (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · be се́рыя (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · sv krets (group of people, usually meeting socially) · fr plateau/plateau de tournage (scenery for a film or play) · sv set (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · pt conjunto (set theory: collection of objects) · es set (in tennis) · tl tangkas (set theory: collection of objects) · is mengi (set theory: collection of objects) · af versameling (set theory: collection of objects) · el σετ (in tennis) · el σετ (volleyball) · es juego (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · el σκηνικό (scenery for a film or play) · cmn 組 /组 (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · id himpunan (set theory: collection of objects) · sl set (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · uk компле́кт (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · lv kopa (set theory: collection of objects) · ru набо́р (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · mk сет (in tennis) · sk množina (set theory: collection of objects) · da gruppe (group of people, usually meeting socially) · vi đám (group of people, usually meeting socially) · fi piiri (group of people, usually meeting socially) · ru гру́ппа (group of people, usually meeting socially) · mk прибор (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · ko 집합 (set theory: collection of objects) · hu szett (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · cy criw (group of people, usually meeting socially) · pl plan (scenery for a film or play) · sl set (volleyball) · tl pangkat (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · de Satz (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · tg маҷмӯъа (set theory: collection of objects) · pl zestaw (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · cs sada (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · de Set (scenery for a film or play) · sl društvo (group of people, usually meeting socially) · fi sarja (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · fr semis (a young plant fit for setting out, a slip, shoot.) · lv komplekts (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · ja 一式 (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · mi pae whakaari (scenery for a film or play) · da aggregat (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · cs skupina (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · ko 세트 (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · da sæt (in tennis) · ro colecție (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · el σειρά (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · da scenario (scenery for a film or play) · vi ván (volleyball) · sl prizorišče (scenery for a film or play) · da sætstykke (scenery for a film or play) · fi lavastus (scenery for a film or play) · sv klick (group of people, usually meeting socially) · cmn 集 (set theory: collection of objects) · ca plató (scenery for a film or play) · ru колле́кция (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · fi sarja (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · eo ensemblo (set theory: collection of objects) · nl serie (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · bg декор (scenery for a film or play) · ro set (in tennis) · es set (scenery for a film or play) · fi passi (volleyball) · cmn 集合 (set theory: collection of objects) · uk набі́р (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · hu szett (in tennis) · ru мно́жество (set theory: collection of objects) · sh skȕp (set theory: collection of objects) · sv umgängeskrets (group of people, usually meeting socially) · ja 集合 (set theory: collection of objects) · bg мно́жество (set theory: collection of objects) · he ערכה (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · eo aro (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · fi lajitelma (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · fi kokoelma (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · da samlesæt (object made up several parts, such as a set of steps) · bg гейм (volleyball) · fi joukko (set theory: collection of objects) · grc ἀριθμός (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · pl komplet (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · mk компле́т (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · sv uppsättning (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · ca set (in tennis) · el σετ (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · da opstilling (dancing: initial or basic formation of dancers) · ru пас (volleyball) · sh ску̏п (set theory: collection of objects) · nl verzameling (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · nl set (set theory: collection of objects) · sl skupina (group of people, usually meeting socially) · bg компания (group of people, usually meeting socially) · pl agregat (set theory: collection of objects) · ro set (volleyball) · fi setti (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) · pl zespół (group of people, usually meeting socially) · be мно́ства (set theory: collection of objects) · cs sada (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) · es conjunto (set theory: collection of objects) · da samling (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables)
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Meanings
(UK) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
At Amber Hill, setting was a high-profile concept, and the students were frequently reminded of the set to which they belonged. 2002, Jo Boaler, Experiencing School Mathematics: Traditional and Reform Approaches and Their Impact on Student Learning:
In setted classes, students are brought together because they are believed to be of similar 'ability'. Yet, setted lessons are often conducted as though students are not only similar, but identical—in terms of ability, preferred learning style and pace of working. 2008, Patricia Murphy, Robert McCormick, Knowledge and Practice: Representations and Identities:
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting. 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30: