[ T always + adv/prep ] present participle setting, past tense and past participle set to put something in a particular place or position:

[ T always + adv/prep ] present participle setting, past tense and past participle set If you set something down, you put it on a surface:

[ T always + adv/prep ] present participle setting, past tense and past participle set If you set a story in a particular place or time, the events happen then or there:

present participle setting, past tense and past participle set to cause someone or something to be in a particular condition, or to begin doing something:

[ T ] present participle setting, past tense and past participle set to arrange or adjust something so it is ready to work or be used:

[ T ] present participle setting, past tense and past participle set to establish a pattern or example to follow:

[ I/T ] present participle setting, past tense and past participle set to cause something to become fixed or firm:

[ I/T ] present participle setting, past tense and past participle set If you have your hair set, you have it arranged while it is wet so that it will stay in a particular style when it is dry.

[ I/T ] present participle setting, past tense and past participle set If a stone is set, it is fixed in a piece of jewelry:

[ I/T ] present participle setting, past tense and past participle set When a broken bone is set, it is kept in a fixed position so that it can heal.

[ I ] present participle setting, past tense and past participle set (esp. of the sun or moon) to sink in the sky until it cannot be seen:

[ C ] something built or put together to represent a place where the action happens in a play or movie:

[ C ] a group of things that belong together or are used together:

[ C ] A set is also a group of people who have similar interests and spend time together:

[ C ] In tennis, a set is a group of games between the same competitors:

[ C ] a television:

[ C/U ] a position or an arrangement, esp. of the hair or body:

with everything arranged; ready:

fixed or firm:

If you are set on something, you have firmly decided about it:

[ T ] to arrange or decide on something:

[ T ] to state a goal or standard that people should try to achieve:

[ T ] to give someone a task or piece of work to do, or tell them what they must achieve:

a group of similar things that belong together in some way:

[ before noun ] fixed or never changing:

[ after verb ] ready or likely to happen: