set

From Wiktionary

Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Verb 2.1 Antonyms 3 Adjective 4 Noun

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• enPR: sĕt
• IPA: /sɛt/
• SAMPA: /sEt/
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[change] Verb

Plain form set

Third person singular sets

Simple past set

Past participle set

Present participle setting

1. (transitive) If you set something somewhere, you put something into a place

   She sets the lamp on the floor.

   I was setting glasses on the table when I heard a noise.

2. (transitive) If you set something, you put it into some state or condition.

   After changing the batteries, you have to set the clock again.

   They set the house on fire

   He sets the CD player to play.

   The guard had never set a prisoner free before.

3. (transitive) If you set something, you define it or to fix its value.

   The teacher set a time limit of two minutes for this exercise.

   The date for the exam was set to next Thursday.

   The microwave was set to 400 Watts.

4. (transitive) If you set the table, you put dishes, forks, knives and so on on it.

   I set the table for five persons but only three came

5. (intransitive) If the sun or moon sets, it sink towards or below the horizon

   The sun sets every evening.

6. (intransitive) If the something sets, it dries and becomes solid.

   The concrete needs to set before a car can drive on it.

   This glue needs two hours to set.

7. The past tense and past participle of set.

It is illegal to set fire to the forest.

Someone has set this table.

The sun was setting when this picture was taken

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Positive set

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. Something that is set is fixed. It cannot be changed easily.

   Don't argue! The rules are set.

   The time for the race is set.

2. To be ready for something.

   Are you set?

[change] Noun

Singular set

Plural sets

1. A group of things that can be used together.

   This chess set is too expensive to play chess with it.

2. A group of things, where every single one of them has a certain purpose. All of them are needed to perform a certain operation.

   To play poker, you need a set of playing cards and chips.

   A mason has a set of tools.

3. A group of similar things.

   I just bought a set of white mice.

4. Persons that have something in common may be called a set.

   A set of youths left the building.

5. The machine with which one gets radio or television programs.

   This television set is broken.

   This radio set can receive programs from Australia.

6. In many sports, a number of sets make up a game. This is the case, for example, in tennis and table tennis.

   The tennis player won the first two sets, but lost the game.

A set of chess pieces.

A set for the care of fingernails.

A set of two apples.

A TV set