Set Meaning and Definition

Word: Set

How to pronounce: set

Verb

Definitions:

1. Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Example sentences: "Dana set the mug of tea down"

2. Put or bring into a specified state.

Example sentences: "The hostages were set free"

3. Adjust (a clock or watch), typically to show the right time.

Example sentences: "Set your watch immediately to local time at your destination"

4. Harden into a solid or semisolid state.

Example sentences: "Cook for a further thirty-five minutes until the filling has set"

5. (of the sun, moon, or another celestial body) appear to move toward and below the earth's horizon as the earth rotates.

Example sentences: "The sun was setting and a warm red glow filled the sky"

6. (of a tide or current) take or have a specified direction or course.

7. Start (a fire)

Example sentences: "The school had been broken into and the fire had been set"

8. (of blossom or a tree) develop into or produce (fruit)

Example sentences: "Wait until first flowers have set fruit before planting out the peppers"

9. Sit.

Example sentences: "A perfect lady—just set in her seat and stared"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Example sentences: "A set of false teeth"

2. The way in which something is set, disposed, or positioned.

3. A radio or television receiver.

Example sentences: "A TV set"

4. A collection of scenery, stage furniture, and other articles used for a particular scene in a play or film.

Example sentences: "Behind every actor you'll find props, stage scenery and sets."

5. An arrangement of the hair when damp so that it dries in the required style.

Example sentences: "A shampoo and set"

6. A cutting, young plant, or bulb used in the propagation of new plants.

7. The last coat of plaster on a wall.

8. The amount of spacing in type controlling the distance between letters.

9. Variant spelling of sett

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Fixed or arranged in advance.

Example sentences: "There is no set procedure"

2. Ready, prepared, or likely to do something.

Example sentences: "The first family was set for a quiet night of rest"

Synonyms:

establish

adjust

configure

lay

put

pose

cast

specify

assign

designate

arrange

fit

agree

do

determine

define

preset

pinpoint

array

body

set of

typeset

seth

pack

package

batch

gang

party

tune

feature set

suite

placed

located

laid

lodged

plant

rig

place

emplace

stage set

scene

clutch

fix

settle

sit

go down

decide

collection

family

assemblage

block

bloc

set out

secure

fasten

express

bunch

constellation

group

cluster

network

huddle

community

value

level

certain

determinate

prepared

decor

situate

dispose

hold

intended

lot

crowd

freeze

congeal

position

rank

ready

sic

determined

out

fixed

species

type

solidifying

hardened

mark

name

prepare

gear up

head

frozen

muster

go

tier

specific

settled

harden

solidification

Antonyms:

ask

remove

cancel

eliminate

revoke

disassemble

inset

unset

Derivations:

setting

setup

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Set in Other Languages...

Spanish: Establecer

German: Setzen

French: Définir

Italian: Impostare

Turkish: Ayarlamak