Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To state; describe; give an account of.

    Where any judge falls under any of the challengeable grounds set forth in section 13, the judge may state the grounds to the Court and remove himself from the case concerned.

    darlegen

    state

  2. (transitive)To present for consideration; to propose.

    darlegen

  3. (intransitive)To begin a journey or expedition.

    Columbus set forth with three small ships.

    ausziehen

  4. (intransitive)To start.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The details of the agreement are set forth in the contract.

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  2. They set forth on the return journey early in the morning.

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  3. You should set forth the glorious, revolutionary tradition.

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  4. Energy experts see promise in some proposals set forth by the campaigns, but are less enthused about the slogans.

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Translations

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By meaning 2
to state; to describe:
to begin a journey:

Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsset forth

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill set forth

Synonyms

11 synonyms
to present for consideration:proposeB1put forward
to begin a journey:set out
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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