英语词汇“set”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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/sɛt

verb (sets, setting; past and past participle set)

1 [with object and usually with adverbial] Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position: Delaney set the mug of tea down Catherine set a chair by the bed...

Teddy suddenly stood, setting his coffee cup onto the tray as Christopher and Sara looked to him.
She stood up after setting her tea cup down on a coaster and walked to the coffee table.
Then she stood to set the dish with its few remaining crumbs back on the tray.

Synonyms

put, place, put down, lay, lay down, deposit, position, settle, station;

leave, stow, prop, lean, stand, plant, pose, dispose

informal stick, dump, bung, park, plonk, plump, pop

North American informal plunk

rare posit

1.1 (be set) Be situated or fixed in a specified place or position: the village was set among olive groves on a hill...

Santa Barbara is set among rolling hills and vineyards that were beautifully captured in the film Sideways.
The holiday village is about four miles from Penrith and set among more than 400 acres of woodland and lakes.
The tasteful and triangular green is set bang in the middle of the large village.

Synonyms

be situated, be located, lie, stand, be sited, be perched;

be found

1.2Represent (a story, play, film, or scene) as happening at a specified time or in a specified place: a private-eye novel set in Berlin...

But he sets the film's first act here, and it's obvious where his sympathies lie.
The seventeenth century Oxford where the crime writer sets his substantial historical novel is in some ways very similar to Morson's city.
By setting the film at this time and place, he illustrated that Sade's fantasies had in fact become a horrifying reality.

1.3Mount a precious stone in (something, typically a piece of jewellery): a bracelet set with emeralds...

On his right wrist he wore the silver bracelet set with lapis stones, and on each of his little fingers, the gold rings.

1.4Mount (a precious stone) in something: a huge square-cut emerald set in platinum...

The diamonds have been set close to each other to give them a solitaire look.
She kept the original, which was set into a tiepin for my father in law.

Synonyms

adorn, ornament, decorate, embellish, deck, bedeck

literary bejewel

1.5 Printing Arrange (type) as required: the compositors refused to set the type for an editorial

1.6 Printing Arrange the type for (a piece of text): article headings will be set in Times fourteen point...

The names were set in 6-point type to fit in the six panels for publication on Sunday, May 30.

1.7Prepare (a table) for a meal by placing cutlery, crockery, etc. on it in their proper places: she set the table and began breakfast...

Let your child help with meals by choosing foods, preparing food and setting the table.
He opened the door for her and ushered her outside where a wrought iron table was set for a meal.
I should have asked if he thinks setting a proper table takes no talent!

Synonyms

lay, prepare, arrange, make ready

1.8 (set something to) Provide (music) so that a written work can be produced in a musical form: a form of poetry which can be set to music...

Mathilde subsequently tried, to no avail, to encourage him to use one of her dramas as the basis for an opera, or at least to set her poems to music.
Time and time again I asked myself why I had returned to set religious texts to choral music.
This fascinating CD draws on the talents of composers who have set his poetry to music, interspersed with readings from his works.

1.9 Bell-ringing Move (a bell) so that it rests in an inverted position ready for ringing: the ringer gradually increases the swing until the bell is balanced or set

1.10Cause (a hen) to sit on eggs: you had to set the clucking hens

1.11Put (a seed or plant) in the ground to grow: I set the plants in shallow hollows to facilitate watering...

Plants set too deep or too shallow may start growth but will lack vigor and may die.

1.12 Sailing Put (a sail) up in position to catch the wind: a safe distance from shore all sails were set...

The sailor merrily trotted off to go and do something else, possibly ease a downhaul or help set a sail.
It is hard to get going again, hard to get the sails up and set them after the beatings we got.
Being no flimsy dinghy, this sailboat required a lot of muscle to set so much sail.

2 [with object and usually with adverbial] Put or bring into a specified state: the Home Secretary set in motion a review of the law [with object and complement]: the hostages were set free...

The troops were on their way home a little earlier than planned, and the hostage has been set free.
Enormous plumes of choking black smoke fill the sky where the oil has been set alight.
I write the opening paragraph, which sets everything into motion.

2.1 [with object and present participle] Cause (someone or something) to start doing something: the incident set me thinking...

Goods being offered at ultra-low prices should always set alarm bells ringing.
The rising oil price is setting pulses racing among economists.
He turns a phrase that sets you thinking.

2.2 [with object and infinitive] Instruct (someone) to do something: he’ll set a man to watch you

2.3Give someone (a task or test) to do: schools will begin to set mock tests [with two objects]: the problem we have been set...

She sets herself ‘tasks’, and likes to do them in the morning before going to work.
None of the tasks these men set themselves could be described as easy.
His players, those he inherited and those he has acquired, have passed every character test they have been set.

Synonyms

assign, allocate, give, allot, deal, prescribe

2.4Establish as (an example) for others to follow, copy, or try to achieve: the scheme sets a precedent for other companies...

I felt it would benefit me personally in all future games to set an example and not set such a dangerous precedent.
It would set a precedent the whole of football would have to follow.
Resourcefulness is their trait and she says the example her father has set is a constant influence.

2.5Establish (a record): his time in the 25 m freestyle set a national record...

In June another record will be set when five car carriers dock here - the most ever for any one month.
He is a special player and setting a World Cup record is a marvellous achievement.
He won by a convincing eight shots and also set a new scoring record for his age division.

Synonyms

establish, set up, create, provide, institute

2.6Decide on and announce: they set a date for a full hearing at the end of February...

The meeting will take place towards the end of the month although at the time of going to press no firm date has been set.
To prevent an administrative nightmare, no single date has been set for the changeover.
No date has been set for the introduction of the rule change which is being recommended by council advisors.

Synonyms

decide on, select, choose, arrange, schedule;

fix, fix on, determine, designate, name, appoint, specify, stipulate;

settle, resolve on, agree on, confirm

2.7Fix (a price, value, or limit) on something: the unions had set a limit on the size of the temporary workforce...

Clearly it is important therefore for you to liaise with your client to ensure the Credit Limit is set at a realistic level.
This will execute or abandon the trade automatically within price and time limits set by the user.
The difference is that the government sets a lower limit to the movement of wages and also mandates working conditions and other benefits that are the same for everyone.

3 [with object] Adjust (a clock or watch), typically to show the right time: set your watch immediately to local time at your destination figurative to revert to an old style would be to try to set back the clock and deny the progress which had been made...

You could set your clock or watch with Pat as he drove his herd in our out of the parlour to pasture morning and evening.
Adelaide is the principal city of the state of South Australia (where one sets one's watch back half an hour when crossing the border).
Simply put, if you see the dawn, your biological clock sets itself to morning.

Synonyms

adjust, regulate, synchronize, coordinate, harmonize;

calibrate;

put right, correct

technical collimate

3.1Adjust (an alarm clock) to sound at the required time: I usually set my alarm clock for eight...

I think my alarm clock is set for 5.30 am, so I'd better get my head down for an early night.
I mean, just what do you do when there is no longer the need to set the alarm clock - and the days stretch ahead of you?
My eyes must have been more tired than I realised last night and I set the alarm clock for the wrong time.

3.2Adjust (a device) so that it performs a particular operation: you have to be careful not to set the volume too high...

If any one of those switches had been set the other way, he would still be alive and fitting fire alarms to Kilburn.
In the past all I had to do was just set the oven temperature and the length of time I wanted to cook.
However, I never touched these controls, which were set by the workers who had used the machine before me.

3.3 Electronics Cause (a binary device) to enter the state representing the numeral 1.

4 [no object] Harden into a solid or semi-solid state: cook for a further thirty-five minutes until the filling has set...

It tastes fine but I over boiled it and it has set almost rock solid.
Oh, and if you want a new building material, try having cereal and yogurt, because all the fluid goes into the cereal and the rest of the yogurt sets solid.
Once set, you hardened them in the airing cupboard and painted them with the stuff that was supplied.

Synonyms

solidify, harden, become solid, become hard, stiffen, thicken, gel;

cake, congeal, coagulate, clot;

freeze, crystallize

rare gelatinize

4.1 [with object] Arrange (the hair) while damp so that it dries in the required style: she had set her hair on small rollers

4.2 [with object] Put parts of (a broken or dislocated bone or limb) into the correct position for healing: he lined up the bones and set the arm...

Charlie read how to set a broken leg and wilted at the thought of doing that to Jo.
This was operated on but there was a problem setting the bone and when it failed to heal properly, he had to have it done again.
The surgeon breaks the displaced bone and sets it into a better position.

4.3(Of a bone) be restored to its normal condition by knitting together again after being broken: children’s bones soon set...

By that time, the bones had set, so doctors had to break the bones again in order to permit a proper resetting.

4.4(With reference to a person’s face) assume or cause to assume a fixed or rigid expression: [no object]: her features never set into a civil parade of attention [with object]: Travis’s face was set as he looked up...

When he glanced back at the corner, jaw setting, she laid her hand on his arm.
Following my faint shadow across the tan carpet and up to my feet then leisurely climbing to my face until our eyes meet, the enemy noticeably tenses and her jaw sets.
His jaw sets and he doesn't respond, and I know he knows that was a mean thing for him to say, but I also know he isn't going to apologise.

4.5(Of a hunting dog) adopt a rigid attitude indicating the presence of game.

5 [no object] (Of the sun, moon, or another celestial body) appear to move towards and below the earth’s horizon as the earth rotates: the sun was setting and a warm red glow filled the sky...

I sat in the soccer field gazing up at the sky as the sun was setting and a new moon was rising.
The sun was setting over the horizon, and the skies were stained with faint pinks and lavenders and blues.
Slowly she began to draw a wolf on a cliff looking down on the land below with the sun setting.

Synonyms

go down, sink, dip below the horizon;

vanish, disappear, subside, decline

6 [no object, with adverbial of direction] (Of a tide or current) take or have a specified direction or course: a fair tide can be carried well past Land’s End before the stream sets to the north

7 [with object] chiefly North American Start (a fire): the school had been broken into and the fire had been set...

He was arrested last week for allegedly setting the fire.
Have you ever heard of him throwing televisions out of the hotel windows and setting fires and doing this and that?
He has, apparently burst out of a burning building, from a fire he set himself.

8 [with object] (Of blossom or a tree) form into or produce (fruit): wait until first flowers have set fruit before planting out the peppers...

Hand-pollinated flowers always set fruit whilst unpollinated flowers did not form any capsules.
The tree sets heavy crops of medium to large fruits.
Other authors, have also reported low fractions of flowers setting fruit in pepper.

8.1 [no object] (Of fruit) develop from blossom: once fruits have set, feed weekly with a high potash liquid tomato fertilizer...

Fertilize during the growing season, but to avoid excessive vegetative growth and fewer blooms, do not overapply nitrogen after the first fruit sets.
He applies a third of each plant's yearly allotment before spring growth starts and the rest after fruit sets.
Alex rang in with problem tomatoes - he had good flowers but the fruit is not setting.

8.2(Of a plant) produce (seed): the herb has flowered and started to set seed...

Simply cut the heads in July and August before the flower sets seeds.
Before it sets seeds, Mike digs every last bit of the plant from the soil, then lays it in the sun for a couple of days.
Where flowers had formerly held forth with a cheerful kaleidoscope of petals, plants were now busily setting seeds.

9 [no object] dialect Sit: the rest of them people just set there goggle-eyed for a minute...

She had several picnic tables setting out in the yard and the grill was setting nearby too.
Let set for a few minutes, then pour a kettle of boiling water down the drain to flush it.

Phrases

set one's heart (or hopes) on

set sail

set one's teeth

set the wheels in motion

Phrasal verbs

set about

set someone against

set something against

set someone apart

set something apart

set something aside

set someone/thing back

set something by

set someone down

set something down

set forth (or forward)

set something forth

set in

set something in

set off

set someone off

set something off

set something off against

set on (or upon)

set someone/thing on (or upon)

set out

set something out

set to

set someone up

set something up

set oneself up as

Origin

Old English settan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zetten, German setzen, also to sit.

Old English settan is from a Germanic source and is related to Dutch zetten, German setzen, and English sit (Old English). Confusion between set and sit began as early as the 14th century from similarity of certain past forms and certain senses. Meanings branch into: ‘cause to sit’ (set them upon the camel's back); ‘sink’ (the sun has set); ‘put in a definite place’ (sleeves set into the shirt); ‘appoint, establish’ (set a boundary); ‘arrange, adjust’ (set a snare); ‘place mentally’ (set at naught); ‘come into a settled condition’ (her face set in a sulky stare); and ‘cause to take a certain direction’ (set our course at north north-east). The word for a group or collection is partly from Latin secta ‘sect’, and partly from set ‘fix, place.’

Rhymes

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/sɛt

noun

1A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together: a set of false teeth a new cell with two sets of chromosomes a spare set of clothes...

Some of the toys are considered highly collectable and a full set of toys from the range is highly prized.
Of the last six Christmasses I've spent at home I've collected a full set of the presents I wanted.
Riders would be booked by phone and arrive with a spare set of protective clothes and crash helmet.

Synonyms

group, collection, series, complete series;

assortment, selection, compendium, batch, number, combination, grouping, assemblage;

arrangement, array

1.1A collection of implements, containers, or other objects customarily used together: a fondue set...

Looking for old spanners and fondue sets isn't the main reason for my contemplative melancholia.
Although we knew the tone of the evening when someone forgot the caldron and we had to make do with a fondue set.
Most fondue sets have six to eight forks included.

Synonyms

kit, apparatus, equipment, rig, outfit

canteen;

box, case

service

1.2A group of people with common interests or occupations or of similar social status: it was a fashionable haunt of the literary set...

However grand the chandeliers and oil paintings, life in their social set seems far from Gosford Park.
He may have come within the orbit of the literary set of which Jonson had been the leader.

Synonyms

clique, coterie, circle, crowd, group, lot, crew, band, company, pack, ring, camp, fraternity, school, clan, faction, party, sect, league, cabal

informal gang, bunch

1.3British A group of pupils or students of the same average ability in a particular subject who are taught together: the policy of allocating pupils to mathematics sets...

But his board of management and the school's patron body said that both sets of pupils should be taught religion together.
The government's own research has shattered one of the central planks of his educational philosophy - that the way to raise standards in schools is by putting more pupils in sets.
He said the marking on some papers was ‘scrappy’ and the inconsistent results made it more difficult to place pupils in appropriate sets for next term.

Synonyms

class, form, study group;

stream, band

1.4(In tennis, darts, and other games) a group of games counting as a unit towards a match: he took the first set 6-3...

He can climb all over an opponent, and he can fling a game and a set and match away in moment of sheer lunacy.
Winning it back in the fifth game of that set went some way towards helping him to firm up his play.
He found trouble in the third only because of a loose service game to open the set.

1.5(In jazz or popular music) a sequence of songs or pieces performed together and constituting or forming part of a live show or recording: a short four-song set...

That also didn't go over so well, as they left after a short set of, let's say, five or so songs.
The relatively short set of seven songs makes for a remarkable performance.
There's at least half a dozen anthems in their set, which with a live drummer could be difficult to contain.

1.6A group of people making up the required number for a square dance or similar country dance.

1.7A fixed number of repetitions of a particular bodybuilding exercise: making sure that you perform 3 sets of at least 8 repetitions...

Perform 12-repetition sets of each exercise below, in order.
Each muscle group should be exercised in three sets of eight repetitions each session.
Perform three sets of each exercise, with 15 repetitions in each set.

1.8 Mathematics & Logic A collection of distinct entities regarded as a unit, being either individually specified or (more usually) satisfying specified conditions: the set of all positive integers...

His work on ordered sets and ordinal numbers is fundamental to the subject.
This is an example of what is known as a fractal set since its dimension is not a whole number.
For finite sets, the cardinal numbers are the whole numbers.

2 [in singular] The way in which something is set, disposed, or positioned: the shape and set of the eyes

Synonyms

expression, look;

determined expression, fixed look

2.1The posture or attitude of a part of the body, typically in relation to the impression this gives of a person’s feelings or intentions: the determined set of her upper torso

Synonyms

posture, position, cast, attitude;

bearing, carriage

2.2 short for mindset. he’s got this set against social psychology

2.3Australian /NZ informal A grudge: most of them hear a thing or two and then get a set on you

2.4The flow of a current or tide in a particular direction: the rudder kept the dinghy straight against the set of the tide

2.5 Bell-ringing The inverted position of a bell when it is ready for ringing.

2.6 (also dead set) A setter’s pointing in the presence of game.

2.7The inclination of the teeth of a saw in alternate directions.

2.8A warp or bend in wood, metal, or another material caused by continued strain or pressure.

3A radio or television receiver: a TV set...

He was eight years old when he witnessed the Battle of Britain in the form of Churchillian rhetoric on a radio set.
Knots of people formed on street corners close to anyone who had a portable TV or a radio set.
Early diodes in electronics were made from metal plates sealed inside evacuated glass tubes, which could be seen glowing in the innards of old radio sets.

4A collection of scenery, stage furniture, and other articles used for a particular scene in a play or film.Behind every actor you'll find props, stage scenery and sets....

He also did sets for Jean Cocteau's play Antigone.
The film is nearly flawless from a cinematic and directorial perspective, with gorgeous scenery, sets, and production design.

Synonyms

stage furniture, stage set, stage setting, setting, scenery, backdrop, wings, flats;

French mise en scène

4.1The place or area in which filming is taking place or a play is performed: the magazine has interviews on set with top directors...

These images bear witness to the pair's physical and emotional closeness on set, but the film was not to go smoothly.
The second meeting was when Professor Hawking came on set during filming at Cambridge.
It is only this year that writers in Hollywood gained the right to be on set.

5An arrangement of the hair when damp so that it dries in the required style: a shampoo and set...

Wet sets are a healthy styling option for our hair, so consider using a compact hooded dryer.
A cut, shampoo and set would take about an hour, and a perm would take two hours.

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

6.1A young fruit that has just formed.

7The last coat of plaster on a wall.

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

8.1The width of a piece of type.

9 variant spelling of sett.

10 Snooker another term for plant (sense 4 of the noun).

verb (sets, setting, setted) [with object] British

Group (pupils or students) in sets according to ability.

Phrases

make a dead set at

Origin

Late Middle English: partly from Old French sette, from Latin secta 'sect', partly from set¹.

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/sɛt

adjective

1Fixed or arranged in advance: try to feed the puppy at set times each day...

I've been doing the set work hours thing ever since my first job, but would so much like not to have to.
It only works as a punishment, with no-one receiving extra pay if they work later than their set hours.
It won't be a case of ticking the boxes, as it is at the moment, and fulfilling a set number of hours of broadcasting.

Synonyms

fixed, established, hard and fast, determined, predetermined, arranged, prearranged, prescribed, scheduled, specified, defined, appointed, decided, agreed;

unvarying, unchanging, invariable, unvaried, unchanged, rigid, inflexible, cast-iron, strict, settled, predictable;

routine, standard, customary, regular, normal, usual, habitual, accustomed, wonted, conventional

1.1(Of a view or habit) unlikely to change: I’ve been on my own a long time and I’m rather set in my ways...

I don't come in with a lot of set ideas about how the actors will move or what the staging is.
We need a set idea of core values and principles that are not up for discussion.
Everyone, from the chief executive down, had become trapped in a set pattern of behaviour.

Synonyms

inflexible, rigid, fixed, firm, deep-rooted, deep-seated, ingrained, entrenched, unchangeable

1.2(Of a person’s expression) held for an unnaturally long time without changing, typically as a reflection of determination: Iris was staring in front of her with a set expression...

Matt was now quickly walking over to her and Johnny with a set expression on his face.

1.3(Of a meal or menu in a restaurant) offered at a fixed price with a limited choice of dishes: a three-course set menu...

There are several specials, dozens of curries and lots of side dishes, together with set meals for two or four people.
A set meal was given at lunch time after the supplement to subjects who had fasted overnight.
Go for the set meals and book in advance as all the restaurants (there are now three of them) fill up.

1.4(Of a book) prescribed for study as part of a particular course or for an examination: his book is a set text which has influenced countless schoolchildren...

Every student on a given course simply has to have at least one set book, and probably several.
A psychiatrist told me he was making the book a set text for his students.
I am inspired to read the book which passed me by as a set text at school.

1.5Having a conventional or predetermined wording; formulaic: witnesses often delivered their testimony according to a set speech

Synonyms

stock, standard, routine, rehearsed, well worn, formulaic, unspontaneous, unoriginal, derivative, conventional, stale, hackneyed, stereotyped, overused

informal hacky

2 [predicative] Ready, prepared, or likely to do something: the first family was set for a quiet night of rest both are all set to get married [with infinitive]: water costs look set to increase

Synonyms

ready, prepared, organized, equipped, primed

informal fit, geared up, psyched up, up for it

2.1 (set against) Firmly opposed to: last night you were dead set against the idea...

The new Bill also makes provision for opt-out clauses for people who are set against their tap water being fluoridated.
Ironically, he lives in a street that seems set against the idea.
This understandably heightens Muslims' sense of the world being set against them.

Synonyms

opposed to, averse to, hostile to, in opposition to, resistant to, antipathetic to, unsympathetic to

informal anti

2.2 (set on) Determined to do (something): he’s set on marrying that girl...

The plans were only in their early stages, but Joanne had her heart set on marrying Paul some time next year.
As to the future, he says he is no longer the little boy who had his heart set on playing football in the UK.
It wasn't even the apartment we had our heart set on, it was just one I went to see last Thursday on a whim.

Synonyms

determined to, intent on, bent on, hell bent on, committed to the idea of, resolved to, resolute about, insistent about/on

Origin

Late Old English, past participle of set¹.

单词	set
释义	set1 /sɛt / verb (sets, setting; past and past participle set) 1 [with object and usually with adverbial] Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position: Delaney set the mug of tea down Catherine set a chair by the bed... Teddy suddenly stood, setting his coffee cup onto the tray as Christopher and Sara looked to him. She stood up after setting her tea cup down on a coaster and walked to the coffee table. Then she stood to set the dish with its few remaining crumbs back on the tray. Synonyms put, place, put down, lay, lay down, deposit, position, settle, station; leave, stow, prop, lean, stand, plant, pose, dispose informal stick, dump, bung, park, plonk, plump, pop North American informal plunk rare posit 1.1 (be set) Be situated or fixed in a specified place or position: the village was set among olive groves on a hill... Santa Barbara is set among rolling hills and vineyards that were beautifully captured in the film Sideways. The holiday village is about four miles from Penrith and set among more than 400 acres of woodland and lakes. The tasteful and triangular green is set bang in the middle of the large village. Synonyms be situated, be located, lie, stand, be sited, be perched; be found 1.2Represent (a story, play, film, or scene) as happening at a specified time or in a specified place: a private-eye novel set in Berlin... But he sets the film's first act here, and it's obvious where his sympathies lie. The seventeenth century Oxford where the crime writer sets his substantial historical novel is in some ways very similar to Morson's city. By setting the film at this time and place, he illustrated that Sade's fantasies had in fact become a horrifying reality. 1.3Mount a precious stone in (something, typically a piece of jewellery): a bracelet set with emeralds... On his right wrist he wore the silver bracelet set with lapis stones, and on each of his little fingers, the gold rings. 1.4Mount (a precious stone) in something: a huge square-cut emerald set in platinum... The diamonds have been set close to each other to give them a solitaire look. She kept the original, which was set into a tiepin for my father in law. Synonyms adorn, ornament, decorate, embellish, deck, bedeck literary bejewel 1.5 Printing Arrange (type) as required: the compositors refused to set the type for an editorial 1.6 Printing Arrange the type for (a piece of text): article headings will be set in Times fourteen point... The names were set in 6-point type to fit in the six panels for publication on Sunday, May 30. 1.7Prepare (a table) for a meal by placing cutlery, crockery, etc. on it in their proper places: she set the table and began breakfast... Let your child help with meals by choosing foods, preparing food and setting the table. He opened the door for her and ushered her outside where a wrought iron table was set for a meal. I should have asked if he thinks setting a proper table takes no talent! Synonyms lay, prepare, arrange, make ready 1.8 (set something to) Provide (music) so that a written work can be produced in a musical form: a form of poetry which can be set to music... Mathilde subsequently tried, to no avail, to encourage him to use one of her dramas as the basis for an opera, or at least to set her poems to music. Time and time again I asked myself why I had returned to set religious texts to choral music. This fascinating CD draws on the talents of composers who have set his poetry to music, interspersed with readings from his works. 1.9 Bell-ringing Move (a bell) so that it rests in an inverted position ready for ringing: the ringer gradually increases the swing until the bell is balanced or set 1.10Cause (a hen) to sit on eggs: you had to set the clucking hens 1.11Put (a seed or plant) in the ground to grow: I set the plants in shallow hollows to facilitate watering... Plants set too deep or too shallow may start growth but will lack vigor and may die. 1.12 Sailing Put (a sail) up in position to catch the wind: a safe distance from shore all sails were set... The sailor merrily trotted off to go and do something else, possibly ease a downhaul or help set a sail. It is hard to get going again, hard to get the sails up and set them after the beatings we got. Being no flimsy dinghy, this sailboat required a lot of muscle to set so much sail. 2 [with object and usually with adverbial] Put or bring into a specified state: the Home Secretary set in motion a review of the law [with object and complement]: the hostages were set free... The troops were on their way home a little earlier than planned, and the hostage has been set free. Enormous plumes of choking black smoke fill the sky where the oil has been set alight. I write the opening paragraph, which sets everything into motion. 2.1 [with object and present participle] Cause (someone or something) to start doing something: the incident set me thinking... Goods being offered at ultra-low prices should always set alarm bells ringing. The rising oil price is setting pulses racing among economists. He turns a phrase that sets you thinking. 2.2 [with object and infinitive] Instruct (someone) to do something: he’ll set a man to watch you 2.3Give someone (a task or test) to do: schools will begin to set mock tests [with two objects]: the problem we have been set... She sets herself ‘tasks’, and likes to do them in the morning before going to work. None of the tasks these men set themselves could be described as easy. His players, those he inherited and those he has acquired, have passed every character test they have been set. Synonyms assign, allocate, give, allot, deal, prescribe 2.4Establish as (an example) for others to follow, copy, or try to achieve: the scheme sets a precedent for other companies... I felt it would benefit me personally in all future games to set an example and not set such a dangerous precedent. It would set a precedent the whole of football would have to follow. Resourcefulness is their trait and she says the example her father has set is a constant influence. 2.5Establish (a record): his time in the 25 m freestyle set a national record... In June another record will be set when five car carriers dock here - the most ever for any one month. He is a special player and setting a World Cup record is a marvellous achievement. He won by a convincing eight shots and also set a new scoring record for his age division. Synonyms establish, set up, create, provide, institute 2.6Decide on and announce: they set a date for a full hearing at the end of February... The meeting will take place towards the end of the month although at the time of going to press no firm date has been set. To prevent an administrative nightmare, no single date has been set for the changeover. No date has been set for the introduction of the rule change which is being recommended by council advisors. Synonyms decide on, select, choose, arrange, schedule; fix, fix on, determine, designate, name, appoint, specify, stipulate; settle, resolve on, agree on, confirm 2.7Fix (a price, value, or limit) on something: the unions had set a limit on the size of the temporary workforce... Clearly it is important therefore for you to liaise with your client to ensure the Credit Limit is set at a realistic level. This will execute or abandon the trade automatically within price and time limits set by the user. The difference is that the government sets a lower limit to the movement of wages and also mandates working conditions and other benefits that are the same for everyone. 3 [with object] Adjust (a clock or watch), typically to show the right time: set your watch immediately to local time at your destination figurative to revert to an old style would be to try to set back* the clock and deny the progress which had been made... You could set your clock or watch with Pat as he drove his herd in our out of the parlour to pasture morning and evening. Adelaide is the principal city of the state of South Australia (where one sets one's watch back half an hour when crossing the border). Simply put, if you see the dawn, your biological clock sets itself to morning. Synonyms adjust, regulate, synchronize, coordinate, harmonize; calibrate; put right, correct technical* collimate 3.1Adjust (an alarm clock) to sound at the required time: I usually set my alarm clock for eight... I think my alarm clock is set for 5.30 am, so I'd better get my head down for an early night. I mean, just what do you do when there is no longer the need to set the alarm clock - and the days stretch ahead of you? My eyes must have been more tired than I realised last night and I set the alarm clock for the wrong time. 3.2Adjust (a device) so that it performs a particular operation: you have to be careful not to set the volume too high... If any one of those switches had been set the other way, he would still be alive and fitting fire alarms to Kilburn. In the past all I had to do was just set the oven temperature and the length of time I wanted to cook. However, I never touched these controls, which were set by the workers who had used the machine before me. 3.3 Electronics Cause (a binary device) to enter the state representing the numeral 1. 4 [no object] Harden into a solid or semi-solid state: cook for a further thirty-five minutes until the filling has set... It tastes fine but I over boiled it and it has set almost rock solid. Oh, and if you want a new building material, try having cereal and yogurt, because all the fluid goes into the cereal and the rest of the yogurt sets solid. Once set, you hardened them in the airing cupboard and painted them with the stuff that was supplied. Synonyms solidify, harden, become solid, become hard, stiffen, thicken, gel; cake, congeal, coagulate, clot; freeze, crystallize rare gelatinize 4.1 [with object] Arrange (the hair) while damp so that it dries in the required style: she had set her hair on small rollers 4.2 [with object] Put parts of (a broken or dislocated bone or limb) into the correct position for healing: he lined up the bones and set the arm... Charlie read how to set a broken leg and wilted at the thought of doing that to Jo. This was operated on but there was a problem setting the bone and when it failed to heal properly, he had to have it done again. The surgeon breaks the displaced bone and sets it into a better position. 4.3(Of a bone) be restored to its normal condition by knitting together again after being broken: children’s bones soon set... By that time, the bones had set, so doctors had to break the bones again in order to permit a proper resetting. 4.4(With reference to a person’s face) assume or cause to assume a fixed or rigid expression: [no object]: her features never set into a civil parade of attention [with object]: Travis’s face was set as he looked up... When he glanced back at the corner, jaw setting, she laid her hand on his arm. Following my faint shadow across the tan carpet and up to my feet then leisurely climbing to my face until our eyes meet, the enemy noticeably tenses and her jaw sets. His jaw sets and he doesn't respond, and I know he knows that was a mean thing for him to say, but I also know he isn't going to apologise. 4.5(Of a hunting dog) adopt a rigid attitude indicating the presence of game. 5 [no object] (Of the sun, moon, or another celestial body) appear to move towards and below the earth’s horizon as the earth rotates: the sun was setting and a warm red glow filled the sky... I sat in the soccer field gazing up at the sky as the sun was setting and a new moon was rising. The sun was setting over the horizon, and the skies were stained with faint pinks and lavenders and blues. Slowly she began to draw a wolf on a cliff looking down on the land below with the sun setting. Synonyms go down, sink, dip below the horizon; vanish, disappear, subside, decline 6 [no object, with adverbial of direction] (Of a tide or current) take or have a specified direction or course: a fair tide can be carried well past Land’s End before the stream sets to the north 7 [with object] chiefly North American Start (a fire): the school had been broken into and the fire had been set... He was arrested last week for allegedly setting the fire. Have you ever heard of him throwing televisions out of the hotel windows and setting fires and doing this and that? He has, apparently burst out of a burning building, from a fire he set himself. 8 [with object] (Of blossom or a tree) form into or produce (fruit): wait until first flowers have set fruit before planting out the peppers... Hand-pollinated flowers always set fruit whilst unpollinated flowers did not form any capsules. The tree sets heavy crops of medium to large fruits. Other authors, have also reported low fractions of flowers setting fruit in pepper. 8.1 [no object] (Of fruit) develop from blossom: once fruits have set, feed weekly with a high potash liquid tomato fertilizer... Fertilize during the growing season, but to avoid excessive vegetative growth and fewer blooms, do not overapply nitrogen after the first fruit sets. He applies a third of each plant's yearly allotment before spring growth starts and the rest after fruit sets. Alex rang in with problem tomatoes - he had good flowers but the fruit is not setting. 8.2(Of a plant) produce (seed): the herb has flowered and started to set seed... Simply cut the heads in July and August before the flower sets seeds. Before it sets seeds, Mike digs every last bit of the plant from the soil, then lays it in the sun for a couple of days. Where flowers had formerly held forth with a cheerful kaleidoscope of petals, plants were now busily setting seeds. 9 [no object] dialect Sit: the rest of them people just set there goggle-eyed for a minute... She had several picnic tables setting out in the yard and the grill was setting nearby too. Let set for a few minutes, then pour a kettle of boiling water down the drain to flush it. Phrases set one's heart (or hopes) on set sail set one's teeth set the wheels in motion Phrasal verbs set about set someone against set something against set someone apart set something apart set something aside set someone/thing back set something by set someone down set something down set forth (or forward) set something forth set in set something in set off set someone off set something off set something off against set on (or upon) set someone/thing on (or upon) set out set something out set to set someone up set something up set oneself up as Origin Old English settan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zetten, German setzen, also to sit. Old English settan is from a Germanic source and is related to Dutch zetten, German setzen, and English sit (Old English). Confusion between set and sit began as early as the 14th century from similarity of certain past forms and certain senses. Meanings branch into: ‘cause to sit’ (set them upon the camel's back); ‘sink’ (the sun has set); ‘put in a definite place’ (sleeves set into the shirt); ‘appoint, establish’ (set a boundary); ‘arrange, adjust’ (set a snare); ‘place mentally’ (set at naught); ‘come into a settled condition’ (her face set in a sulky stare); and ‘cause to take a certain direction’ (set our course at north north-east). The word for a group or collection is partly from Latin secta ‘sect’, and partly from set ‘fix, place.’ Rhymes abet, aiguillette, anisette, Annette, Antoinette, arête, Arlette, ate, baguette, banquette, barbette, barrette, basinet, bassinet, beget, Bernadette, beset, bet, Bette, blanquette, Brett, briquette, brochette, brunette (US brunet), Burnett, cadet, caravanette, cassette, castanet, charette, cigarette (US cigaret), clarinet, Claudette, Colette, coquette, corvette, couchette, courgette, croquette, curette, curvet, Debrett, debt, dinette, diskette, duet, epaulette (US epaulet), flageolet, flannelette, forget, fret, galette, gazette, Georgette, get, godet, grisette, heavyset, Jeanette, jet, kitchenette, La Fayette, landaulet, launderette, layette, lazaret, leatherette, let, Lett, lorgnette, luncheonette, lunette, Lynette, maisonette, majorette, maquette, Marie-Antoinette, marionette, Marquette, marquisette, martinet, met, minaret, minuet, moquette, motet, musette, Nanette, net, noisette, nonet, novelette, nymphet, octet, Odette, on-set, oubliette, Paulette, pet, Phuket, picquet, pillaret, pincette, pipette, piquet, pirouette, planchette, pochette, quartet, quickset, quintet, regret, ret, Rhett, roomette, rosette, roulette, satinette, septet, serviette, sestet, sett, sextet, silhouette, soubrette, spinet, spinneret, statuette, stet, stockinet, sublet, suffragette, Suzette, sweat, thickset, threat, Tibet, toilette, tret, underlet, upset, usherette, vedette, vet, vignette, vinaigrette, wagonette, wet, whet, winceyette, yet, Yvette set2 /sɛt / noun 1A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together: a set of false teeth a new cell with two sets of chromosomes a spare set of clothes... Some of the toys are considered highly collectable and a full set of toys from the range is highly prized. Of the last six Christmasses I've spent at home I've collected a full set of the presents I wanted. Riders would be booked by phone and arrive with a spare set of protective clothes and crash helmet. Synonyms group, collection, series, complete series; assortment, selection, compendium, batch, number, combination, grouping, assemblage; arrangement, array 1.1A collection of implements, containers, or other objects customarily used together: a fondue set... Looking for old spanners and fondue sets isn't the main reason for my contemplative melancholia. Although we knew the tone of the evening when someone forgot the caldron and we had to make do with a fondue set. Most fondue sets have six to eight forks included. Synonyms kit, apparatus, equipment, rig, outfit canteen; box, case service 1.2A group of people with common interests or occupations or of similar social status: it was a fashionable haunt of the literary set... However grand the chandeliers and oil paintings, life in their social set seems far from Gosford Park. He may have come within the orbit of the literary set of which Jonson had been the leader. Synonyms clique, coterie, circle, crowd, group, lot, crew, band, company, pack, ring, camp, fraternity, school, clan, faction, party, sect, league, cabal informal gang, bunch 1.3British A group of pupils or students of the same average ability in a particular subject who are taught together: the policy of allocating pupils to mathematics sets... But his board of management and the school's patron body said that both sets of pupils should be taught religion together. The government's own research has shattered one of the central planks of his educational philosophy - that the way to raise standards in schools is by putting more pupils in sets. He said the marking on some papers was ‘scrappy’ and the inconsistent results made it more difficult to place pupils in appropriate sets for next term. Synonyms class, form, study group; stream, band 1.4(In tennis, darts, and other games) a group of games counting as a unit towards a match: he took the first set 6-3... He can climb all over an opponent, and he can fling a game and a set and match away in moment of sheer lunacy. Winning it back in the fifth game of that set went some way towards helping him to firm up his play. He found trouble in the third only because of a loose service game to open the set. 1.5(In jazz or popular music) a sequence of songs or pieces performed together and constituting or forming part of a live show or recording: a short four-song set... That also didn't go over so well, as they left after a short set of, let's say, five or so songs. The relatively short set of seven songs makes for a remarkable performance. There's at least half a dozen anthems in their set, which with a live drummer could be difficult to contain. 1.6A group of people making up the required number for a square dance or similar country dance. 1.7A fixed number of repetitions of a particular bodybuilding exercise: making sure that you perform 3 sets of at least 8 repetitions... Perform 12-repetition sets of each exercise below, in order. Each muscle group should be exercised in three sets of eight repetitions each session. Perform three sets of each exercise, with 15 repetitions in each set. 1.8 Mathematics & Logic A collection of distinct entities regarded as a unit, being either individually specified or (more usually) satisfying specified conditions: the set of all positive integers... His work on ordered sets and ordinal numbers is fundamental to the subject. This is an example of what is known as a fractal set since its dimension is not a whole number. For finite sets, the cardinal numbers are the whole numbers. 2 [in singular] The way in which something is set, disposed, or positioned: the shape and set of the eyes Synonyms expression, look; determined expression, fixed look 2.1The posture or attitude of a part of the body, typically in relation to the impression this gives of a person’s feelings or intentions: the determined set of her upper torso Synonyms posture, position, cast, attitude; bearing, carriage 2.2 short for mindset. he’s got this set against social psychology 2.3Australian /NZ informal A grudge: most of them hear a thing or two and then get a set on* you* 2.4The flow of a current or tide in a particular direction: the rudder kept the dinghy straight against the set of the tide 2.5 Bell-ringing The inverted position of a bell when it is ready for ringing. 2.6 (also dead set) A setter’s pointing in the presence of game. 2.7The inclination of the teeth of a saw in alternate directions. 2.8A warp or bend in wood, metal, or another material caused by continued strain or pressure. 3A radio or television receiver: a TV set... He was eight years old when he witnessed the Battle of Britain in the form of Churchillian rhetoric on a radio set. Knots of people formed on street corners close to anyone who had a portable TV or a radio set. Early diodes in electronics were made from metal plates sealed inside evacuated glass tubes, which could be seen glowing in the innards of old radio sets. 4A collection of scenery, stage furniture, and other articles used for a particular scene in a play or film.Behind every actor you'll find props, stage scenery and sets.... He also did sets for Jean Cocteau's play Antigone. The film is nearly flawless from a cinematic and directorial perspective, with gorgeous scenery, sets, and production design. Synonyms stage furniture, stage set, stage setting, setting, scenery, backdrop, wings, flats; French mise en scène 4.1The place or area in which filming is taking place or a play is performed: the magazine has interviews on set* with top directors... These images bear witness to the pair's physical and emotional closeness on set, but the film was not to go smoothly. The second meeting was when Professor Hawking came on set during filming at Cambridge. It is only this year that writers in Hollywood gained the right to be on set. 5An arrangement of the hair when damp so that it dries in the required style: a shampoo and set... Wet sets are a healthy styling option for our hair, so consider using a compact hooded dryer. A cut, shampoo and set would take about an hour, and a perm would take two hours. 6A cutting, young plant, or bulb used in the propagation of new plants. 6.1A young fruit that has just formed. 7The last coat of plaster on a wall. 8 Printing* The amount of spacing in type controlling the distance between letters. 8.1The width of a piece of type. 9 variant spelling of sett. 10 Snooker another term for plant (sense 4 of the noun). verb (sets, setting, setted) [with object] British Group (pupils or students) in sets according to ability. Phrases make a dead set at Origin Late Middle English: partly from Old French sette, from Latin secta 'sect', partly from set¹. set3 /sɛt / adjective 1Fixed or arranged in advance: try to feed the puppy at set times each day... I've been doing the set work hours thing ever since my first job, but would so much like not to have to. It only works as a punishment, with no-one receiving extra pay if they work later than their set hours. It won't be a case of ticking the boxes, as it is at the moment, and fulfilling a set number of hours of broadcasting. Synonyms fixed, established, hard and fast, determined, predetermined, arranged, prearranged, prescribed, scheduled, specified, defined, appointed, decided, agreed; unvarying, unchanging, invariable, unvaried, unchanged, rigid, inflexible, cast-iron, strict, settled, predictable; routine, standard, customary, regular, normal, usual, habitual, accustomed, wonted, conventional 1.1(Of a view or habit) unlikely to change: I’ve been on my own a long time and I’m rather set in my ways... I don't come in with a lot of set ideas about how the actors will move or what the staging is. We need a set idea of core values and principles that are not up for discussion. Everyone, from the chief executive down, had become trapped in a set pattern of behaviour. Synonyms inflexible, rigid, fixed, firm, deep-rooted, deep-seated, ingrained, entrenched, unchangeable 1.2(Of a person’s expression) held for an unnaturally long time without changing, typically as a reflection of determination: Iris was staring in front of her with a set expression... Matt was now quickly walking over to her and Johnny with a set expression on his face. 1.3(Of a meal or menu in a restaurant) offered at a fixed price with a limited choice of dishes: a three-course set menu... There are several specials, dozens of curries and lots of side dishes, together with set meals for two or four people. A set meal was given at lunch time after the supplement to subjects who had fasted overnight. Go for the set meals and book in advance as all the restaurants (there are now three of them) fill up. 1.4(Of a book) prescribed for study as part of a particular course or for an examination: his book is a set text which has influenced countless schoolchildren... Every student on a given course simply has to have at least one set book, and probably several. A psychiatrist told me he was making the book a set text for his students. I am inspired to read the book which passed me by as a set text at school. 1.5Having a conventional or predetermined wording; formulaic: witnesses often delivered their testimony according to a set speech Synonyms stock, standard, routine, rehearsed, well worn, formulaic, unspontaneous, unoriginal, derivative, conventional, stale, hackneyed, stereotyped, overused informal hacky 2 [predicative] Ready, prepared, or likely to do something: the first family was set for* a quiet night of rest* both are all set* to get married* [with infinitive]: water costs look set to increase Synonyms ready, prepared, organized, equipped, primed informal fit, geared up, psyched up, up for it 2.1 (set against) Firmly opposed to: last night you were dead set against the idea... The new Bill also makes provision for opt-out clauses for people who are set against their tap water being fluoridated. Ironically, he lives in a street that seems set against the idea. This understandably heightens Muslims' sense of the world being set against them. Synonyms opposed to, averse to, hostile to, in opposition to, resistant to, antipathetic to, unsympathetic to informal anti 2.2 (set on) Determined to do (something): he’s set on marrying that girl... The plans were only in their early stages, but Joanne had her heart set on marrying Paul some time next year. As to the future, he says he is no longer the little boy who had his heart set on playing football in the UK. It wasn't even the apartment we had our heart set on, it was just one I went to see last Thursday on a whim. Synonyms determined to, intent on, bent on, hell bent on, committed to the idea of, resolved to, resolute about, insistent about/on Origin Late Old English, past participle of set¹.
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