set apart
To select for a specific purposeTo select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
» You had better set some money apart for your wedding.
Du hättest besser etwas Geld für deine Hochzeit beiseite legen sollen.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
select something or someone for a specific purpose
(transitive)To distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something).
отлича́тьotličátʹ, отличи́тьotličítʹ
(transitive)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to separate or isolate.
(Mormonism, transitive)To perform a blessing which formally invests a person with authority to serve in a calling or leadership position, typically by laying on of hands.
Examples
13 sentencesYou had better set some money apart for your wedding.
deDu hättest besser etwas Geld für deine Hochzeit beiseite legen sollen.
What sets us apart from other species?
She sets herself apart from the rest.
deSie hebt sich von der Menge ab.
What is it that sets our job apart?
What sets him apart is his sense of style.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
sets apart, setting apart, set apart, set apart| Base form | set apart · to set apart |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sets apart |
| Present participle | setting apart |
| Past simple | set apart |
| Past participle | set apart |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- set upвставити, вкластиTo make ready for use.
- set offдістати, отримуватиTo leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
- set outприбрати, видалитиTo explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing.
- set onатакувати, нападатиTo attack.
- set downприземлитися, приземлятисяTo write.
- set backвідкласти, відкладатиTo delay or obstruct.
- set aboutприступити до, приступати доUsed with the adverb sense of about.
- set apartвідокремити, розділятиTo select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
More 8
- set asideвідмовити, відкинутиTo separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
- set aheadпросувати, просунутиTo move forward, often in reference to the time setting on a clock.
- set inTo take root, become established.
- set afterTo begin a chase or hunt for (someone or something).
- set toTo begin something with determination; to commence a long and difficult task or project.
- set byTo save or put aside.
- set forwardTo put or carry (something) forward.
- set againstTo cause (a person) to be in conflict or opposition with someone or something.
Synonyms
23 synonyms- select something or someone for a specific purpose:assignspecify
- set apart from others:sequestersequestratekeep apartisolate
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle