English word
Set
Definitions
verb
- to cause to sit : place in or on a seat
- to direct with fixed attention
- to cause to assume a specified condition, relation, or occupation
- to cause the start of
- to appoint or assign to an office or duty
- post, station
- to cause to assume a specified posture or position
- to fix as a distinguishing imprint, sign, or appearance
- affix
- apply
- to fix or decide on as a time, limit, or regulation : prescribe
- to put (a fowl) on eggs to hatch them
- to establish as the highest level or best performance
- to furnish as a pattern or model
- to allot as a task
- to adjust (a device and especially a measuring device) to a desired position
- to adjust (something, such as a clock) in conformity with a standardalso
- to restore to normal position or connection when dislocated or fractured
- to spread to the wind
- to put in order for use
- to make scenically ready for a performance
- to arrange (type) for printing
- to put into type or its equivalent (as on film)
- to put (eggs) for hatching under a fowl or into an incubator
- to put a fine edge on by grinding or honing
- to bend slightly the tooth points of (a saw) alternately in opposite directions
- to sink (the head of a nail) below the surface
- to fix in a desired position (as by heating or stretching)
- to arrange (hair) in a desired style by using implements (such as curlers, rollers, or clips) and gels or lotions
- to adorn with something affixed or infixed : stud, dot
- to fix (something, such as a precious stone) in a border of metal : place in a setting
- to place in a specified literary or dramatic setting
- to hold something in regard or esteem at the rate of
- to place in a relative rank or category
- to place (oneself) in position to start running in a race
- to fix at a certain amount
- value, rate
- to place as an estimate of worth
- to place in relation for comparison or balance
- to direct to action
- to incite to attack or antagonism
- to place by transporting
- to put in motion
- to put and fix in a direction
- to point out the position of (game) by holding a fixed attitudeof a dog
- to place with care or deliberate purpose and with relative stability
- to defeat (an opponent or a contract) in bridge
- to fix firmly : make immobile : give rigid form or condition to
- to make unyielding or obstinate
- to cause to become firm or solid
- to cause (fruit or seed) to develop
- sitchiefly dialectal
- to be becoming : be suitable : fit
- to cover and warm eggs to hatch them
- to affect one with or as if with weight
- to place oneself in position in preparation for an action (such as running)
- transplant sense 1
- to undergo development usually as a result of pollinationof a plant part
- to pass below the horizon : go down
- to come to an end
- to apply oneself to some activity
- to have a specified direction in motion : flow, tend
- to indicate the position of game by crouching or pointingof a dog
- to dance face to face with another in a square dance
- to become solid or thickened by chemical or physical alteration
- to become permanentof a dye or color
- to become whole by growing togetherof a bone
- to make (a trap) ready to catch prey
- to fix (a hook) firmly into the jaw of a fish
- 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
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
- established
- decided
- agreed
- arranged
- specified
- predetermined
- appointed
- determined
- prescribed
- scheduled
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