set
IPA: sˈɛt
noun
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- An object made up of several parts.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.
- Gene for a human protein involved in apoptosis, transcription and nucleosome assembly.
- Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”) [The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.]
- Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”) [The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.]
- Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”) [The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.]
- Initialism of Simulated Emergency Test., an amateur radio training exercise.
- Initialism of Strategic Energy Technologies. Plan of the European Union.
- Initialism of Stock Exchange of Thailand., the national stock exchange of Thailand.
verb
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
- (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
adjective
- Fixed in position.
- Rigid, solidified.
- Ready, prepared.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Prearranged.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
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Examples of "set" in Sentences
- Cultivating the observing ego in the group setting.
- The circlet is edged with a silver band set in brilliants.
- This set the stage for the band's path to infamy overseas.
- The band wanted the video to set the scene on the actual party.
- He and the band visited the film set, soaking up the atmosphere.
- The box set also included a special lithograph image of the band.
- The band set up in a semicircle in the studio with one microphone.
- The band was set up in the studio to make recordings with Joe Meek.
- The band Memento dedicated their set to Dave on the Ozzfest 2003 stage.
- The band played the remainder of their set with Abuelo visibly bleeding.
- [_He points to the sky, set thick with brilliant stars, the moon having already set_.
- According to naïve set theory, the functional expression ˜set of™ is indeed characterized by a putative abstraction principle.
- Remember when you could set the default Internet settings (e.g. home page, mail account settings) in one place and any savvy Mac app could get or * set* them transparently?
- That looks at the * first item* in the selection set [index number 0], and then * removes it from the set* when it's done, and goes back and looks at the first item in what's left.
- The term set point is often used to describe a physiological version of that same mechanism that controls our body temperature, weight, or any one of many other types of bodily homeostasis.
- In some parts of Bavaria such bushes are set up also at the houses of newly-married pairs, and the practice is only omitted if the wife is near her confinement; for in that case they say that the husband has set up a May-bush for himself.
- If we remember that the extension of a concept is something like the set of objects that fall under the concept, then we could replace Frege's talk of ˜extensions™ by talk of ˜sets™ and use the following ˜set notation™ to refer to the set of objects that when added to 4 yield 5 and the set of objects that when added to 22 yield 5, respectively:
- This code, along with some of its context in the file action_controller / routing / route_set. rb (from Rails version 2.1.1), is listed below. class RouteSet class Mapper def initialize (set) @set = set end def connect (path, options = ) @set. add_route (path, options) end end def draw clear! yield Mapper. new (self) named_routes. install end def add_route (path, options = )
- This code, along with some of its context in the file action_controller / routing / route_set. rb (from Rails version 2.1.1), is listed below. class RouteSet class Mapper def initialize (set) @set = set end def connect (path, options = {}) @set. add_route (path, options) end end def draw clear! yield Mapper. new (self) named_routes. install end def add_route (path, options = {})