set aside
To separate and reserve something for a specific purposeTo separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
» She set it aside for future use.
Вона відклала це на майбутнє.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.
(transitive)To leave out of account; to omit or neglect.
(transitive)To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
(transitive)To declare something invalid or null and void.
- annul (a legal decision)
- make inoperative or stop
- give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
Examples
38 sentencesShe set it aside for future use.
Вона відклала це на майбутнє. — deniko
Our differences must be set aside.
deUnsere Meinungsverschiedenheiten müssen hintangestellt werden. — Waldelfe
Tom set that aside for future use.
Cover to keep warm, and set aside.
We should set some money aside for that.
Translations
4 languagesForms
sets aside, setting aside, set aside, set aside| Base form | set aside · to set aside |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sets aside |
| Present participle | setting aside |
| Past simple | set aside |
| Past participle | set aside |
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
14 synonyms- make inoperative or stop:suspend
- give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause:allowappropriateearmarkreserve
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord 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