English word

Set

Definitions

verb

  1. to cause to sit : place in or on a seat
  2. to direct with fixed attention
  3. to cause to assume a specified condition, relation, or occupation
  4. to cause the start of
  5. to appoint or assign to an office or duty
  6. post, station
  7. to cause to assume a specified posture or position
  8. to fix as a distinguishing imprint, sign, or appearance
  9. affix
  10. apply
  11. to fix or decide on as a time, limit, or regulation : prescribe
  12. to put (a fowl) on eggs to hatch them
  13. to establish as the highest level or best performance
  14. to furnish as a pattern or model
  15. to allot as a task
  16. to adjust (a device and especially a measuring device) to a desired position
  17. to adjust (something, such as a clock) in conformity with a standardalso
  18. to restore to normal position or connection when dislocated or fractured
  19. to spread to the wind
  20. to put in order for use
  21. to make scenically ready for a performance
  22. to arrange (type) for printing
  23. to put into type or its equivalent (as on film)
  24. to put (eggs) for hatching under a fowl or into an incubator
  25. to put a fine edge on by grinding or honing
  26. to bend slightly the tooth points of (a saw) alternately in opposite directions
  27. to sink (the head of a nail) below the surface
  28. to fix in a desired position (as by heating or stretching)
  29. to arrange (hair) in a desired style by using implements (such as curlers, rollers, or clips) and gels or lotions
  30. to adorn with something affixed or infixed : stud, dot
  31. to fix (something, such as a precious stone) in a border of metal : place in a setting
  32. to place in a specified literary or dramatic setting
  33. to hold something in regard or esteem at the rate of
  34. to place in a relative rank or category
  35. to place (oneself) in position to start running in a race
  36. to fix at a certain amount
  37. value, rate
  38. to place as an estimate of worth
  39. to place in relation for comparison or balance
  40. to direct to action
  41. to incite to attack or antagonism
  42. to place by transporting
  43. to put in motion
  44. to put and fix in a direction
  45. to point out the position of (game) by holding a fixed attitudeof a dog
  46. to place with care or deliberate purpose and with relative stability
  47. to defeat (an opponent or a contract) in bridge
  48. to fix firmly : make immobile : give rigid form or condition to
  49. to make unyielding or obstinate
  50. to cause to become firm or solid
  51. to cause (fruit or seed) to develop
  52. sitchiefly dialectal
  53. to be becoming : be suitable : fit
  54. to cover and warm eggs to hatch them
  55. to affect one with or as if with weight
  56. to place oneself in position in preparation for an action (such as running)
  57. transplant sense 1
  58. to undergo development usually as a result of pollinationof a plant part
  59. to pass below the horizon : go down
  60. to come to an end
  61. to apply oneself to some activity
  62. to have a specified direction in motion : flow, tend
  63. to indicate the position of game by crouching or pointingof a dog
  64. to dance face to face with another in a square dance
  65. to become solid or thickened by chemical or physical alteration
  66. to become permanentof a dye or color
  67. to become whole by growing togetherof a bone
  68. to make (a trap) ready to catch prey
  69. to fix (a hook) firmly into the jaw of a fish
  70. to put aside (something, such as dough containing yeast) for fermenting

Synonyms for set

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Synonyms by context

To arrange or place something in a certain spot or position

verb

  • deposit
  • stick
  • leave
  • park
  • station
  • plant

To lay in surrounding matter

verb

  • embed
  • anchor
  • mount
  • hitch
  • insert
  • lodge
  • secure
  • wedge

To decide on and announce

verb

  • name
  • appoint
  • designate
  • specify
  • determine
  • schedule
  • choose

A collection of props used for a particular scene in a play or film

noun

  • scenery
  • setting
  • scene
  • backdrop
  • decor
  • flats
  • mise-en-scène
  • wings
  • location
  • stage furniture

A group of people with common interests or occupations or of similar social status

noun

  • group
  • bunch
  • circle
  • clique
  • coterie
  • crowd
  • clan
  • pack
  • crew
  • gang

A group working together to advance its interests

noun

  • faction
  • bloc
  • block
  • coalition
  • party
  • sect
  • body
  • side
  • wing

Fixed or arranged in advance

adjective

Not able to be changed

adjective

  • rigid
  • entrenched
  • firm
  • inflexible
  • steadfast
  • concrete
  • deep-rooted
  • fixed
  • invariable
  • strict

Antonyms for set

  • remove
  • displace

Opposite of to arrange or place something in a certain spot or position

  • remove
  • displace
  • move
  • take
  • clear
  • shift
  • reposition
  • withdraw
  • extract
  • gather

Opposite of to lay in surrounding matter

  • dislodge
  • uproot
  • pull
  • yank
  • wrest
  • dig out
  • get out
  • pull up

Opposite of to decide on and announce

  • cancel
  • change
  • adjust
  • alter
  • modify
  • amend
  • edit
  • revise
  • readjust
  • rearrange

Opposite of a collection of props used for a particular scene in a play or film

  • actors
  • actresses
  • cast
  • performers
  • characters
  • artists
  • roles
  • dramatis personae

Opposite of a group of people with common interests or occupations or of similar social status

  • individual
  • one
  • person
  • personality
  • entity

Opposite of a group working together to advance its interests

  • whole
  • none

Opposite of fixed or arranged in advance

  • variable
  • changeable
  • changing
  • unfixed
  • unsettled
  • unsteady
  • adjustable
  • flexible
  • unresolved
  • alterable

Opposite of not able to be changed

  • undecided
  • open
  • hesitant
  • indefinite
  • uncommitted
  • irresolute
  • unsure
  • ambivalent
  • uncertain

Phrases

  • allocate to
  • ascribe to
  • assign to
  • attach to
  • attribute to
  • bear up
  • consign to
  • dig in
  • fling down
  • hold up
  • impute to
  • lay down
  • lay out
  • leave out
  • let fall
  • line up
  • move apart
  • pick up
  • place at intervals
  • plank down