Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.

    Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.

  2. (transitive)To leave out of account; to omit or neglect.

  3. (transitive)To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.

  4. (transitive)To declare something invalid or null and void.

More definitions
  • annul (a legal decision)
  • make inoperative or stop
  • give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

Examples

38 sentences
  1. She set it aside for future use.

    Вона відклала це на майбутнє. — deniko

  2. Our differences must be set aside.

    deUnsere Meinungsverschiedenheiten müssen hintangestellt werden. — Waldelfe

  3. Tom set that aside for future use.

  4. Cover to keep warm, and set aside.

  5. We should set some money aside for that.

Translations

4 languages

Forms

sets aside, setting aside, set aside, set aside
Base formset aside · to set aside
3rd person singularsets aside
Present participlesetting aside
Past simpleset aside
Past participleset aside

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyset aside
he, she, itsets aside

Past simpleLesson

all personsset aside

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave set aside
he, she, ithas set aside

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill set aside

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

14 synonyms
disagree with something:declineB2refuseB1turn down
reserve something for a specific purpose:allocate
omit or neglect:put aside
declare something invalid:annulinvalidaterescind
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
omit or neglect:raiseA2begA2

Word family

1 related words
Derivedset-aside

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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