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Verb: set (set,setting) set- Put into a certain place or abstract location
"Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children" - Noun: set set- 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" - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
"the set of prime numbers is infinite" - Several exercises intended to be done in series
"he did four sets of the incline bench press" - exercise set - Representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
"the sets were meticulously authentic" - stage set - An unofficial association of people or groups
"the smart set goes there" - circle, band, lot - A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
"the set of his mind was obvious" - bent - The act of putting something in position
"he gave a final set to his hat" - A unit of play in tennis or squash
"they played two sets of tennis after dinner" - The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
"he tested the set of the glue" - hardening, solidifying, solidification, curing - The descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
"before the set of sun" - (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" - readiness - Any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
"the early sets ran on storage batteries" - A badger's burrow
- sett Adjective: set set- (usually followed by 'to' or 'for') on the point of or strongly disposed
"we are set to go at any time" - fit, primed - Fixed and unmoving
"with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look" - fixed, rigid - Situated in a particular spot or position
"a house set on a hilltop" - located, placed, situated - Set down according to a plan
"a carefully laid table with places set for four people" - laid - Being below the horizon
"the moon is set" - Determined or decided upon as by an authority
"the time set for the launching" - determined, dictated - Converted to solid form (as concrete)
- hardened Noun: Set set- Evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris
- Seth
Sounds like: sett Derived forms: set, setting, sets See also: arranged, down, hard, nonmoving, ordered, ready, set ahead, set apart, set aside, set back, set down, set off, set out, set up, setting, settled, unmoving Type of: abstract entity, abstraction, accumulation, action, activity, aggregation, alter, approximate, arrange, assail, assault, assemblage, attack, bury, change, choose, cognitive state, collection, come down, compose, descend, descent, displace, disposition, Egyptian deity, electronic equipment, emplacement, equip, establish, estimate, exercise, exercising, fall, fit, fit out, gauge, go down, groom, guess, hone, impress, inclination, initiate, judge, lay down, locating, location, make, modify, move, multiply, natural action, natural process, neaten, originate, outfit, period of play, physical exercise, physical exertion, pick out, placement, play, playing period, position, positioning, present, print, procreate, represent, representation, reproduce, select, set on, set up, sink, social group, solidify, stage, start, state of mind, take, tendency, workout, write Antonym: rise Part of: communication equipment, communication system, mise en scène, plastination, setting, stage setting Encyclopedia: Set |