Meaning

6 senses
  1. (idiomatic, transitive)To write.

    I set down this account so others may benefit from my experience.

  2. (transitive)To fix; to establish; to ordain.

  3. (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

  4. (ambitransitive)To land.

    The bush pilot set down on a sandbar.

  5. (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.

  6. (obsolete, transitive)To humiliate.

Examples

77 sentences
  1. Tom set down the empty glass.

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  2. Tom and Mary set down their drinks.

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  3. He set the box down on the table.

    ruОн поставил коробку на стол.

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  4. Tom set his drink down on the counter.

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  5. Tom set the box down on the table.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to place on a surface:

Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsset down

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill set down

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

11 synonyms
deposit:drop off
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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