Dictionary

set aside en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /sɛt.əˈsaɪd/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (transitive) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
   • Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.
2. (transitive) To leave out of account; to omit or neglect.
   • […] therefore setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavour to know the truth, and yield to that. 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious; republished as “Sermon I”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, London: B. Aylmer, 1696, page 31:
   • In 1883, the contract came up for renewal, the L.N.W.R. received it, and the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company was set aside. But there was a certain miasma of secrecy about the affair, so that many, especially in Ireland, looked for information and insisted on getting it. 1960 May 14, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 305:
3. (transitive) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
4. (transitive) To declare something invalid or null and void.
   • As is well-known, pikuaḥ nefesh [saving a life], sets aside all the commandments in the Torah except for idol worship, forbidden sexual relationships and murder. 2024, David Golinkin, “Are Thee Ways Of Hidinng A Mezuzah In Times Of Danger?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 213:

Forms

Antonyms

beg (antonym(s) of “omit or neglect”) · raise (antonym(s) of “omit or neglect”)

Deriveds

setaside · set-aside

Synonyms

invalidate (declare something invalid) · allocate (reserve something for a specific purpose) · rescind (declare something invalid) · earmark · refuse (disagree with something) · decline (disagree with something) · annul (declare something invalid) · shelve · put aside (omit or neglect) · turn down (disagree with something)

Translations (26)

mi tāpui (separate and reserve for a specific purpose) · sc arrenconài (declare something invalid) · pt separar (separate and reserve for a specific purpose) · nb tilsidesette (declare something invalid) · it mettere via (separate and reserve for a specific purpose) · fi mitätöidä (declare something invalid) · fr écarter (disagree with something) · cmn 撤銷 /撤销 (declare something invalid) · fi tyrmätä (disagree with something) · fr laisser de côté (disagree with something) · fi kumota (declare something invalid) · cmn 宣布……無效 /宣布……无效 (declare something invalid) · it accantonare (declare something invalid) · it fare scorta (separate and reserve for a specific purpose) · ga cuir ar ceal (declare something invalid) · fr mettre de côté (separate and reserve for a specific purpose) · es provisionar (separate and reserve for a specific purpose) · fr réserver (separate and reserve for a specific purpose) · fi kieltäytyä (disagree with something) · it mettere da parte (separate and reserve for a specific purpose) · nb tilsidesette (separate and reserve for a specific purpose) · fi hylätä (disagree with something) · it accantonare (separate and reserve for a specific purpose) · sdn accagnà (declare something invalid) · fi varata (separate and reserve for a specific purpose) · it riservare (separate and reserve for a specific purpose)