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单词 setting aside
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setting aside

phrase

present participle of set aside
1
as in dedicating
to keep or intend for a special purpose He set aside $100 a month for a down payment on a car.

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • dedicating
  • devoting
  • setting apart
  • setting by
  • saving
  • giving up (to)
  • allocating
  • earmarking
  • reserving
  • consecrating
  • using
  • blessing
  • hallowing
  • entrusting
  • sanctifying
  • confiding
  • employing
  • applying
  • consigning
  • intrusting
  • committing
  • bestowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ignoring
  • neglecting
  • misapplying
  • misusing
2
as in abolishing
to put an end to by formal action The company set aside the old strict dress code and allowed employees to dress a little more casually.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • abolishing
  • repealing
  • rolling back
  • striking down
  • canceling
  • cancelling
  • avoiding
  • overturning
  • doing away with
  • voiding
  • vacating
  • invalidating
  • calling off
  • nullifying
  • quashing
  • rescinding
  • dissolving
  • nulling
  • dismissing
  • negating
  • annulling
  • abrogating
  • withdrawing
  • revoking
  • suspending
  • abating
  • writing off
  • reversing
  • disannulling
  • vetoing
  • throwing out
  • retracting
  • removing
  • overriding
  • eliminating
  • rejecting
  • breaking down
  • forbidding
  • overruling
  • recalling
  • banning
  • prohibiting
  • countermanding
  • aborting
  • outlawing
  • erasing
  • enjoining
  • calling
  • eradicating
  • disallowing
  • dropping
  • liquidating
  • annihilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • laying down
  • enacting
  • establishing
  • founding
  • legislating
  • instituting
  • passing
  • validating
  • permitting
  • allowing
  • authorizing
  • approving
  • ratifying
  • clearing
  • ordering
  • endorsing
  • prescribing
  • legalizing
  • commanding
  • sanctioning
  • warranting
  • legitimizing
  • legitimating
  • formalizing
  • mandating
  • indorsing
  • decreeing
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3
as in dumping
to get rid of as useless or unwanted The professional organizer helped us set aside anything we didn't need or want anymore.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dumping
  • unloading
  • discarding
  • ditching
  • throwing away
  • disposing of
  • losing
  • laying by
  • throwing out
  • sluffing (off)
  • casting (off)
  • sloughing (off)
  • shucking (off)
  • flinging (off or away)
  • abandoning
  • scrapping
  • shedding
  • rejecting
  • removing
  • tossing
  • kicking out
  • eighty-sixing
  • exorcising
  • junking
  • jettisoning
  • chucking
  • wiping out
  • eliminating
  • cashiering
  • exorcizing
  • dismissing
  • deep-sixing
  • pitching
  • 86ing
  • abolishing
  • forsaking
  • abdicating
  • deserting
  • stamping (out)
  • eradicating
  • rooting (out)
  • exterminating
  • expunging
  • extirpating
  • extinguishing
  • liquidating
  • annihilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • adopting
  • taking on
  • using
  • employing
  • utilizing
  • embracing
  • holding back
  • retaining
  • holding
  • keeping
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4
as in storing
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place She set aside her wedding dress in case her own daughter might want to wear it some day.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • storing
  • stashing
  • laying in
  • laying up
  • laying by
  • laying away
  • putting by
  • salting away
  • hoarding
  • squirrelling (away)
  • squirreling (away)
  • accumulating
  • rounding up
  • collecting
  • saving
  • conserving
  • acquiring
  • stockpiling
  • caching
  • stowing
  • treasuring
  • setting by
  • preserving
  • keeping
  • gathering
  • scraping (together)
  • piling
  • picking up
  • depositing
  • stacking
  • assembling
  • retaining
  • amassing
  • garnering
  • banking
  • concentrating
  • holding
  • reserving
  • heaping
  • stocking
  • burying
  • withholding
  • concealing
  • husbanding
  • secreting
  • coffering
  • ensconcing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • throwing away
  • throwing out
  • flinging (off or away)
  • using up
  • unloading
  • dumping
  • handing out
  • casting
  • handing over
  • discarding
  • consuming
  • ditching
  • wasting
  • running through
  • jettisoning
  • frittering (away)
  • spending
  • squandering
  • relinquishing
  • blowing
  • surrendering
  • dissipating
  • exhausting
  • scattering
  • depleting
  • lavishing
  • expending
  • impoverishing
  • dispersing
  • dispelling
  • dissipating
  • misspending
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