set down
To writeTo write.
» Tom set down the empty glass.
Meaning
6 senses(idiomatic, transitive)To write.
I set down this account so others may benefit from my experience.
(transitive)To fix; to establish; to ordain.
(UK, especially, transitive)To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying; to deposit; to allow passengers to alight.
hinsetzen, hinlegen, ablegen
(ambitransitive)To land.
The bush pilot set down on a sandbar.
(transitive)To regard (someone) in a particular way; to put down as.
I set him down as an idiot.
put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
(obsolete, transitive)To humiliate.
Examples
77 sentencesTom set down the empty glass.
Tom and Mary set down their drinks.
He set the box down on the table.
ruОн поставил коробку на стол.
Tom set his drink down on the counter.
Tom set the box down on the table.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
sets down, setting down, set down, set downPhrasal 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
11 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb