English Explanatory Dictionary

set

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To put (something) down, to rest.
  2. To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
  3. To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
  4. To start (a fire).
  5. To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
  6. To determine or settle.
  7. To adjust.
  8. To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
  9. To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
  10. To introduce or describe.
  11. To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
  12. To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
noun
  1. A punch for setting nails in wood.
  2. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
  3. Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
  4. Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
  5. Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
  6. A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
  7. The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
  8. A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
  9. A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
  10. A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
  11. The width of the body of a type.
  12. A young oyster when first attached.
adj
  1. Fixed in position.
  2. Rigid, solidified.
  3. Ready, prepared.
  4. Intent, determined (to do something).
  5. Prearranged.
  6. Fixed in one’s opinion.
  7. Fixed in a certain style.
noun
  1. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
  2. A rudimentary fruit.
  3. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
  4. General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
  5. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
  6. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
  7. An object made up of several parts.
  8. 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.
  9. Set theory.
  10. A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
  11. The scenery for a film or play.
  12. 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.
verb
  1. To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
name
  1. An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.
noun
  1. Gene for a human protein involved in apoptosis, transcription and nucleosome assembly.
  2. Initialism of Simulated Emergency Test, an amateur radio training exercise.
name
  1. Initialism of Strategic Energy Technologies Plan of the European Union.
  2. Initialism of Stock Exchange of Thailand, the national stock exchange of Thailand.

Pronunciation

sĕt /sɛt/ en-us-set.ogg /ˈsɛt/

Word forms

set sets setting setten no-table-tags glossary settest setteth more set most set setted Seth Sutekh

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

put lay set down light typeset set up cure jell jell out go down go west determined intent dictated prearranged predetermined prescribed specified fixed rigid set theory dusk eve evening sundown sunset direction drift heading motion movement path tendency trend suite block club coterie scenery gig session drums drum kit drum set three of a kind Bab Baba

Antonyms

pick up extinguish put out quench

Related words

bag closed set empty set Mandelbrot set multiset open set subset superset

Derived words

backset beset coldset foreset forset forthset gainset have one's heart set upon heatset inset level set misset nailset newset overset reset set aback set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil set about set adrift set afire set after set against set ahead set alight set-and-forget set an example set apart set aright set-aside set aside set a spell set a sponge set at defiance set a thief to catch a thief set at naught set at nought set back setbolt set by set by the ears set down set eyes on set-fair set fair setfast set fire set fire by set fire in set fire into set fire of set fire on set fire to set fire unto set fire upon set foot set foot on land set forth set forward set forwards

Translations

Bulgarian: връзвам Finnish: muodostua Italian: fruttificare Māori: ngakuru Spanish: fructificar Bulgarian: гейм Catalan: set Danish: sæt Finnish: passi Finnish: erä French: set German: Satz Greek: σετ Polish: set Portuguese: set Romanian: set Russian: пас Slovene: set Vietnamese: ván
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