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Synonyms for set

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
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Phonetic Transcription : sɛt

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Définition of set

Origin :
  • Old English settan (transitive) "cause to sit, put in some place, fix firmly; build, found; appoint, assign," from Proto-Germanic *(bi)satjan "to cause to sit, set" (cf. Old Norse setja, Swedish sätta, Old Saxon settian, Old Frisian setta, Dutch zetten, German setzen, Gothic satjan), causative form of PIE *sod-, variant of *sed- "to sit" (see sit (v.)). Also cf. set (n.2).
  • Intransitive sense from c.1200, "be seated." Used in many disparate senses by Middle English; sense of "make or cause to do, act, or be; start" and that of "mount a gemstone" attested by mid-13c. Confused with sit since early 14c. Of the sun, moon, etc., "to go down," recorded from c.1300, perhaps from similar use of the cognates in Scandinavian languages. To set (something) on "incite to attack" (c.1300) originally was in reference to hounds and game.
  • adj decided
  • adj firm, hardened; inflexible
  • noun physical bearing
  • noun stage setting
  • noun group, assortment
  • verb position, place
  • verb decide upon
  • verb harden
  • verb decline
  • verb start, incite
Example sentences :
  • I certainly did need you to come along right now and set me straight.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Blowing out the candle, he advanced to the table and set it down.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Why should we tarry any longer to see everything moiled and set at nought?
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • If my mother could have guessed that he was to be set over me, I had never come here.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • When he set out he meant to reach the car and go back to town at once.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • This set them to looking up some other article which might impart variety to their fare.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • When they first set foot in Egypt that country was already terribly old.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Her mind is set on taking it down, yet she will not peril her husband.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • There was a pen the nibs of which were of ruby, set in gold, made by Doughty.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
  • The first task that was set her was that of sweeping and dusting a parlor.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

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