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- An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction
- Prearranged
a set menu.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery
Please set the table for our guests.
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match
- A punch for setting nails in wood
nail set.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets
- to sit
He set down on the stool in the corner of the room.
- Three of a kind in poker. In community card games, the term is usually reserved for a situation in which a pair in a player's hand is matched by a single card on the board. Compare with trips. Weisenberg, Michael (2000) . MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
- Fixed in one’s opinion
I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them.
- To prepare (a stage or film set)
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves; a radio or television
television set.
- Fixed in a certain style
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form
In the Annapolis Valley, in spite of an irregular bloom, the fruit has set well and has, as yet, been little affected by scab.
- A drum kit, a drum set
He plays the set on Saturdays.
- Ready, prepared
- 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
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest
This is the fourth set of benchpresses.
- Set theory
- Intent, determined (to do something)
set on getting to his destination.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose
a set of tools.
- To begin to move; to go forth
The king is set from London, and the scene is now transported, gentles, to Southampton.
- To introduce or describe
An incident which happened about this time will set the characters of these two lads more fairly before the discerning reader than is in the power of the longest dissertation.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially
the country set.
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match
- To compile, to make (a crossword)
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf
- To locate, to backdrop (a play, etc)
He says he will set his next film in France.
- An object made up several parts
a set of steps.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as it rotates
The moon sets at 8:00 PM tonight.
- To devise and assign (work) to
The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
- The scenery for a film or play
- To arrange (type)
It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.
- To put (something) down, to rest
Set the tray there.
- To determine or settle
to set the rent.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack
- To adjust
I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack
- To defeat a contract
- A matching collection of similar things
a set of tables.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface
- To solidify
The glue sets in 4 minutes.
- A sett; a hole made and lived in by a badger
- {v} to place, put, plant, fix, value, disappear, fall below the horizon
- {a} placed, planted, fixed, regular, formal
- {n} a number of things or persons suited to each other, living plant, game, wager at dice
- (in E-commerce) trademark for a standard protocol for security of financial transactions carried out by Internet credit card
- evil beast-headed Egyptian god with high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris
- disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days"
- Sometimes written sett
- equip with sails, masts, etc ; "rig a ship"
- To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; now followed by out
- an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
- The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination
- SET (Secure Electronic Transaction) is a system for ensuring the security of financial transactions on the Internet It was supported initially by Mastercard, Visa, Microsoft, Netscape, and others With SET, a user is given an electronic wallet (digital certificate) and a transaction is conducted and verified using a combination of digital certificates and digital signatures among the purchaser, a merchant, and the purchaser's bank in a way that ensures privacy and confidentiality SET makes use of Netscape's Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Microsoft's Secure Transaction Technology (STT), and Terisa System's Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP) SET uses some but not all aspects of a public key infrastructure (PKI)
- put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
- Secure Electronic Transaction, a protocol developed by Visa and MasterCard to allow secure credit card transactions of the Internet
- determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching"
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm
- decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- (psychology) a temporary readiness 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"
- A complete series of games
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals; "the early sets ran on storage batteries"
- To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to
- 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"
- A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well i
- set about
- To attack
Two youths set about him.
- set about
- To initiate or begin some action
He set about designing his homepage.
- set apart
- To select something or someone for a specific purpose
- set apart
- To separate or isolate
- set aside
- To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose
Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.
- set aside
- To disagree with something and reject or overturn it
- set aside
- To declare something invalid or null and void
- set back
- To delay or obstruct
I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile.
- set back
- To remove from or allow distance
Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet.
- set back
- To cost money, as
How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?.
- set down
- To write
I set down this account so others may benefit from my experience.
- set down
- To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying
- set fire
- to light using fire
They set fire to the house.
- set foot
- To enter
Yet had I scarce set foot in the passage when I stopped, remembering how once already this same evening I had played the coward, and run home scared with my own fears.
- set foot
- To step onto
After the boat capsized, I thought that I would never set foot on dry land again.
- set for life
- Possessing sufficient resources, especially financial, to last a lifetime
It wasn't that long ago when getting a bank job after school meant you were set for life.
- set forth
- To present for consideration; to propose
- set forth
- To begin a journey or expedition
- set free
- To release, to free, to give freedom to
Well, you can tell Nan that she won't marry Peter Mallory with my consent. I'll never set her free to be another man's wife..
- set in
- To take root, become established
That was the point at which the rot set in.
- set in one's ways
- Driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences
He's as set in his ways now as a little old man.
- set in stone
- to make permanent, certain, or firm
The plan looks good, but don't set it in stone until we have discussed it a bit more.
- set in stone
- permanent; certain; firm
The decision won't be set in stone until we release the documents.
- set list
- A band's playlist of the order of songs in a live performance
- set of pipes
- A wind instrument incorporating multiple pipes, such as a panpipe or bagpipe
The old man taught the boy to play the flute, and together they constructed a set of pipes—the pipes o' Pan—and out along the river they would play.
- set of pipes
- Voice for singing
Peaches—who usually raps her lyrics in husky tones—also reveals she has one helluva set of pipes, belting out Talk to Me with enough power to give any disco diva pause.
- set off
- To leave; to begin a journey or trip
He set off in search of better opportunities.
- set off
- To cause to explode
What a tragedy, that someone would set off a bomb in a crowded place.
- set off
- To make angry
Don't set him off or he won't shut up all day.
- set off
- To begin; to cause; to initiate
I had no idea that one simple comment would set off such a huge argument.
- set off
- To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect
When a woman had made such a mistake, there was only one way to repair it,—to accept it. One folly was enough, especially it was to last for ever; a second one would not much set it off.
- set on
- To encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone
I will set the dogs on you, if you don't leave right now!.
- set on fire
- To arouse passionate feelings in
You set my heart on fire.
- set on fire
- To cause to begin to burn
- set one's cap at
- to choose the man as a potential husband (of a girl). Or, more generally, to choose something as a goal
How he has escaped marriage until now I cannot tell: the number of caps set in his direction would furnish a warehouse. — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise.
- set one's shoulder to the wheel
- To start hard work; to begin to toil
- set operation
- A mathematical operation that returns a set taking one or more sets as input
- set out
- To go out, leave
I had been calling Nobs in the meantime and was about to set out in search of him, fearing, to tell the truth, to do so lest I find him mangled and dead among the trees of the acacia grove, when he suddenly emerged from among the boles, his ears flattened, his tail between his legs and his body screwed into a suppliant S. He was unharmed except for minor bruises; but he was the most chastened dog I have ever seen.
- set out
- To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing
This contract sets out all the terms of the agreement as we discussed.
- set out
- To start an activity with the intention of finishing it
Many young people set out to change the world.
- set phrase
- A common expression whose words cannot be replaced by synonymous words without compromising the meaning
If it proves clearly unfeasible to make the audience laugh at a thin and far-fetched joke, it is always better to change the way the joke works . . . for instance, a pun based on the speaker's taking literally some set phrase or metaphor with a pun based on phonetic similarity.
- set phrase
- A common expression whose wording is not subject to variation
Bally remarks in passing, as Hall does not, that the inversion in toujours est-il que is part of a set phrase and hence invariable.
- set phrases
- plural form of set phrase
- set piece
- any carefully planned sequence of operations, especially as part of a military operation
- set piece
- any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff
Roberto Carlos is deadly from set pieces.
- set piece
- a piece of freestanding stage scenery
- set piece
- an elaborate action scene in a movie or video game
- set pieces
- plural form of set piece
- set point
- A setting or location that is fixed
- set point
- A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match)
- set sail
- To embark on a voyage by boat
We set sail for the Caribbean.
- set screw
- Any screw used to hold or adjust a setting. Frequently a setscrew (1), but may also refer to any other machine screw or thumb screw used for the purpose of setting
- set screw
- A screw with threads the entire length and no head. Typically, setscrews have a hex or slot drive recessed in the threaded length
- set square
- A flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing
Descartes extended this classification by introducing his set-square compass. This is mechanism of sliding set squares that push each other... .
- set square
- a right angle tool used to determine if two surfaces join at a 90-degree angle, composed of two arms, usually made from metal
- set squares
- plural form of set square
- set straight
- To correct; to make right or true
He misspoke, but I quietly set him straight.
- set the Thames on fire
- To achieve something amazing; to do something which brings great public acclaim
- set the cat among the pigeons
- Alternative form of put the cat among the pigeons
- set the pace
- To establish the speed for a group to move at, for example in a race
- set the pace
- To establish a common goal by example
In May 2003, South Africa set the pace by banning thin plastic bags and imposing a tax on thick ones.
- set the stage
- To prepare; to establish the basis or required conditions
White House policies—on taxing and spending, trade and regulation—will set the stage for recovery.
- set the wheels in motion
- to initiate a chain of events necessary to help one achieve a goal (more quickly)
- set theoretically
- In the sense of set theory
- set theoretically
- In a manner which uses set theory
- set theory
- The mathematical theory of sets
- set to music
- To adapt a literary work by adding music (and often song)
- set to work
- To begin working
Everyday he sets to work at the new assignments.
- set to work
- To begin working at
As soon as I could, I set to work making the entries.
- set to work
- To cause to begin working
I set the pump to work getting the water out of the basement.
- set tool
- A blacksmithing tool meant to be struck by a hammer
- set top box
- A device that converts an incoming signal into a format displayable by a television
- set up
- To trap or ensnare
I've got to set up that tasty rabbit.
- set up
- To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive)
M. Robespierre looked at me sideways and smiled and said to Madame, ‘You're a young lady after my own heart.’ This set her up for the day.
- set up
- Logically order
Set up my CD collection.
- set up
- To gel or harden
Give the cement 24 hours to set up before walking on it.
- set up
- Arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig
The election was set up!.
- set up
- To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people
- set up
- To ready something for use
We set up the sprinkler.
- set up
- In a position to function; ready
Now that I'm set up, this will take moments!.
- set up
- To cause to happen
Even a minor change can set up new bugs.
- set up shop
- To establish a business
these companies could enjoy support required to set up shop for the long term.
- set up shop
- To physically arrange a shop or workplace
He set up shop in his garage every Saturday.
- set-aside
- something that is set aside for a specific purpose
- set-aside
- taken out of agricultural production
- set-aside
- that has or have been set aside
- set-aside
- reserved or booked in advance
- set-aside
- land that has been taken out of agricultural production to reduce crop surpluses
- set-builder notation
- a mathematical notation for describing a set by stating the properties that its members must satisfy
- set-theoretic
- Of, relating to or using set theory
a set-theoretic proof.
- set-theoretic difference
- Given two sets A and B, the set-theoretic difference of A and B is the set that contains exactly those elements belonging to A but not to B; the relative complement of B in A
- set-theoretically
- Alternative spelling of set theoretically
- set-top box
- a device that connects some source of signal to a television set, often decrypting a digitally encrypted signal from a communications satellite or cable network
- set-top boxes
- plural form of set-top box
- set ablaze
- set on fire, ignite
- set him free
- release him, gave him his freedom
- set in stone
- no longer changeable; "the agreement is not yet set in stone"
- set up
- If you set up somewhere or set yourself up somewhere, you establish yourself in a new business or new area. the mayor's scheme offers incentives to firms setting up in lower Manhattan He worked as a dance instructor in London before setting himself up in Bucharest Grandfather set them up in a liquor business
- set out to do something
- (Ev ile ilgili) Begin doing something that is part of a plan
- set the agenda
- Decide what subjects other people should discuss and deal with, often in a way which shows that you have more authority than them
- set about
- start, take care; attack
- set about
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
- set about
- enter upon an activity or enterprise
- set about
- begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
- set about
- begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project
- set against
- If one argument or fact is set against another, it is considered in relation to it. These are relatively small points when set against her expertise on so many other issues
- set against
- compare, weigh
- set against
- To set one person against another means to cause them to become enemies or rivals. The case has set neighbour against neighbour in the village
- set apart
- select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
- set apart
- separate, divide; set aside, allocate; allot
- set apart
- set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
- set apart
- If a characteristic sets you apart from other people, it makes you different from the others in a noticeable way. What sets it apart from hundreds of similar small French towns is the huge factory Li blends right into the crowd of teenagers. Only his accent sets him apart
- set aside
- The Tribunal may set aside a decision under review This means that the Tribunal disagrees with the original decision and makes a new decision in the applicant's favour
- set aside
- Set aside was introduced as part of a programme for tackling the over production of cereals within the EU A major review of the CAP in 1992 (MacSharry reforms) addressed over production and agreed to reduce the amount of subsidies paid to to farmers for cereals by 35% over the proceeding three years To help compensate farmers for their loss of income the Arable Area Payments Scheme was introduced Under this scheme, farmers can claim support payments based on the size of the area used to grow cereals, linseeds, oilseeds and protein crops such as peas, beans and lupins However, to qualify for these payments, all but the smallest producers must 'set aside' part of their arable land, taking it out of production
- set aside
- to annul or void as in "setting aside" a judgment
- set aside
- make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
- set aside
- give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"
- set aside
- allocate; separate; put in reserve; discard, annul
- set aside
- If you set aside a belief, principle, or feeling, you decide that you will not be influenced by it. He urged them to set aside minor differences for the sake of peace
- set aside
- If you set something aside for a special use or purpose, you keep it available for that use or purpose. Some doctors advise setting aside a certain hour each day for worry £130 million would be set aside for repairs to schools
- set back
- The distance from the outside edge of an angle or other member to the edge of a gusset plate or angle welded near the end
- set back
- The distance from the outside edge of the wall exclusive of veneer to the face of a hip master (girder) truss
- set back
- prevent, restrain
- set back
- The distance from the curb or other established line within which no buildings may be erected
- set back
- The distance a building must be set back from the property lines in accordance with local zoning ordinances or deed restrictions
- set back
- If something sets you back a certain amount of money, it costs you that much money. In 1981 dinner for two in New York would set you back £5. see also setback. An offensive back who lines up behind the quarterback
- set back
- cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"
- set back
- hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
- set back
- If something sets you back or sets back a project or scheme, it causes a delay. It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up There will be a risk of public protest that could set back reforms
- set back
- slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"
- set back
- cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000
- set by
- save for the future, set aside, allocate
- set down
- put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley"
- set down
- lay down, return; land an aircraft; write down; relate to
- set down
- put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley
- set down
- go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"
- set down
- If you set down your thoughts or experiences, you write them all down. Old Walter is setting down his memories of village life. = write down
- set down
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc
- set down
- cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"
- set down
- leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo
- set down
- reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"
- set down
- If a committee or organization sets down rules for doing something, it decides what they should be and officially records them. The Convention set down rules for deciding which country should deal with an asylum request. = lay down
- set foot
- trample, go in to -
- set forth
- leave; "The family took off for Florida"
- set forth
- If you set forth a number of facts, beliefs, or arguments, you explain them in writing or speech in a clear, organized way. Dr. Mesibov set forth the basis of his approach to teaching students. = set out
- set forth
- state; "set forth one's reasons
- set forth
- state; "set forth one's reasons"
- set forth
- {f} advertise; go off on a journey, leave; express verbally or in writing, state
- set free
- release, let go, bring out to the wild
- set free
- grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"
