set

verbA1/sɛt/

To put (something) down, to rest.transitive
To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.transitive
To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.transitive
To start (a fire).transitive
To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.dated, transitive
To determine or settle.transitive
To adjust.transitive
To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.transitive
To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.transitive
To introduce or describe.transitive
To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.transitive
To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).transitive
To prepare (a stage or film set).transitive
To fit (someone) up in a situation.transitive
To arrange (type).transitive
To devise and assign (work) to.transitive
To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.transitive
To gel; to solidify.intransitive
To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.transitive
Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.intransitive
To defeat a contract.transitive
To produce after pollination.transitive
To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.intransitive
To sit (be in a seated position).Midwestern US, Southern US, dialectal, intransitive
To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.Midwestern US, Southern US, dialectal, intransitive
To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.ambitransitive
To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
To fit music to words.ambitransitive
To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.ambitransitive
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing them and moving first to one side and then to the other, while they do the opposite.intransitive
To place or fix in a setting.
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
To extend and bring into position; to spread.
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.dialectal, intransitive
To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
To suit; to become.Scotland
To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
To arrange the casting of a movie.
To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.UK

Forms

he/she/it: sets
-ing form: setting
past participle: setted
past: setted

Example sentences1959 results

You've set a bad example.

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By the time you got there, the sun had set.

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