Meaning

38 senses

  1. A punch for setting nails in wood.

    nail set

  2. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.

    television set

    Gerät

    приёмникprijómnik, аппара́тapparát, устро́йствоustrójstvo

  3. A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.

  4. The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.

    разво́д зу́бьев пилы́razvód zúbʹjev pilý

  5. A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.

    the set of a spring

  6. A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.

  7. A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.

  8. (dated)The width of the body of a type.

  9. A young oyster when first attached.

  10. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

  11. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)

    набо́рnabór, се́рияsérija, гру́ппаgrúppa

  12. (colloquial)The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.

    the set of a coat

Examples

2915 sentences

  1. The sun sets in the west.

    Сонце заходить на заході.

    ruСолнце садится на западе.

    deDie Sonne geht im Westen unter.

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  2. I'm going to set the table.

    Я накрию на стіл.

    deIch decke den Tisch.

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  3. I'll set it up with Tom.

    Я домовлюся про це з Томом.

    ruЯ договорюсь с Томом.

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  4. I helped Tom set the table.

    Я допоміг Тому накрити на стіл.

    ruЯ помог Тому накрыть на стол.

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  5. She set it aside for future use.

    Вона відклала це на майбутнє.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables:
object made up several parts, such as a set of steps:
set theory: collection of objects:
Русский
By meaning 6
device for receiving broadcast radio waves:
amount the teeth of a saw diverge:
series of, a group of:
collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools:
set theory: collection of objects:
volleyball:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
device for receiving broadcast radio waves:
matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables:
set theory: collection of objects:
group of people, usually meeting socially:

Origin

From Middle English set, sette, from Old English set (“seat, place of residence, camp, set

From Middle English set, sette, from Old English set (“seat, place of residence, camp, settlement, entrenchment, stable, pen”), from Proto-West Germanic *set (“seat”), from Proto-Germanic *setą (“seat”).

From Middle English set, sete, sette (“that which is set, the act of setting, seat”), from Old English set (“setting, seat, a place where people remain, habitation, camp, entrenchment, a place where animals are kept, stall, fold”) and Old English seten (“a set, shoot, slip, branch; a nursery, plantation; that which is planted or set; a cultivated place; planting, cultivation; a setting, putting; a stopping; occupied land”), related to Old English settan (“to set”). Compare Middle Low German gesette (“a set, suite”), Old English gesetl (“assembly”). According to Skeat, in senses denoting a group of things or persons, representing an alteration of sept, from Old French sette (“a religious sect”), from Medieval Latin secta (“retinue”), from Latin secta (“a faction”). See sect. It is quite possible that the modern word is more of a merger between both, however.

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Forms

plural: sets
Singularset
Pluralsets

regular

Synonyms

33 synonyms
close of the day:eveningA1sunsetB1duskevesundown
general movement:directionA2motionB2movementB1pathA2tendencyB1trendB1driftheading
matching collection of similar things:blockA1suite
group of people, usually meeting socially:clubA1coterie
scenery:sceneryA2
performance of several musical pieces:gigC1sessionB1
drum kit:drum kitdrum setdrums
three of a kind:three of a kind
set theory
Close in meaning
  • several exercises intended to be done in series:exercise set
  • (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way:readiness
  • an unofficial association of people or groups:circlebandlot
  • evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris:Seth
  • representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production:stage set
  • a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way:bent

Word family

231 related words
RelatedbagA1closed setempty setmultisetopen setsubsetsuperset
DerivedoutsetC1sunsetB1butt setcompression setdead sethooksetlevel setmarzipan setoffsetonsetradio setrearsetrivet setseam setset dressersetlessset lightsetmakerset-offset toolset-top boxstop settelevision settime-point set

Collocations

12 patterns
  • set the table
  • set up a
  • was set up
  • set fire to
  • the sun sets
  • set out to
  • has been set
  • set the alarm
  • being set up
  • set a trap
  • to set up
  • sun sets

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sesamesessilesessionB1setbackB2setteeC1settingB1
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