set down
verb
set down; setting down; sets down
transitive verb
1
: to cause to sit down : seat
2
: to place at rest on a surface or on the ground
3
: to suspend (a jockey) from racing
4
: to cause or allow to get off a vehicle : deliver
5
: to land (an airplane) on the ground or water
6
a
: ordain, establish
b
: to put in writing
7
a
: regard, consider
set him down as a liar
b
: attribute
Synonyms
- seat
- sit
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Example Sentences
set the toddler down in her seat set down the names of those in attendance
Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
setting down
verb
1
as in sitting
to cause to sit down set the toddler down in her seat Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sitting
- seating
- putting
- resting
- lying
- placing
- laying
- settling
- ensconcing
- reclining
- reposing
2
as in recording
to make a written note of set down the names of those in attendance Synonyms & Similar Words
- recording
- logging
- writing down
- taking down
- reporting
- transcribing
- jotting (down)
- putting down
- noting
- marking
- entering
- registering
- chronicling
- chalking (up)
- enregistering
- minuting
- notching
- inscribing
- scoring
3
as in regarding
to think of in a particular way early in the campaign, voters set the senator down as an opportunist, and the perception stuck Synonyms & Similar Words
- regarding
- considering
- taking for
- viewing
- looking (on or upon)
- calling
- accounting
- counting
- rating
- thinking
- feeling
- believing
- holding
- reckoning
- esteeming
- sensing
- deeming
- imagining
- fancying
- conceiving