set sth out
— phrasal verb with set uk/set/us/set/verb present participle setting, past tense and past participle set
(DETAILS)
B2 formal set sth forth to give the details of something or to explain it, especially in writing, in a clear, organized way:
The board has set out its goals/plans/proposals for the coming year.
Your contract will set out the terms and conditions of your employment.
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Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- demystify
- descriptive
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- explicate
- fill
- get sth across
- justify
- mean
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
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(ARRANGEMENT)
to arrange something, usually a number of things, in an attractive or organized way:
The farmers' market was full of brightly coloured vegetables set out on stalls.
Every evening Michael sets out the breakfast dishes on the table, ready for the morning.
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Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- arrange
- arrangement
- catalogue
- categorize
- format
- kingdom
- precedence
- prioritize
- put sth/sb in a pigeonhole idiom
- range
- reconstruct
- rejig
- stream
- tick sth off
- topology
- track
- tracking
- triage
- umbrella
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