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Pronunciation

enPR: sĕt, IPA^(key): /sɛt/
Audio (US): (file)
Homophone: sett
Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”).

Verb

set (third-person singular simple present sets, present participle setting, simple past set, past participle set or (dialectal) setten)

(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
Synonyms: put, lay, set down

Antonym: pick up

Set the tray there.
(transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
I have set my heart on running the marathon.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:15:
  The Lord set a mark upon Cain.
(transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:1:
  The Lord thy God will set thee on high.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 10:35:
  I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother.
- 1827, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hamlet:
  Every incident sets him thinking.
(transitive) To start (a fire).
Synonym: light

Antonyms: extinguish, put out, quench
(transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
to set a coach in the mud
(transitive) To determine or settle.
to set the rent
(transitive) To adjust.
I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
(i.e. I programmed it at that hour to go off at a later time)

I set the alarm for 6 a.m.
(i.e. I programmed it earlier to go off at that hour.)
(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.
Please set the table for our guests.
(transitive) To introduce or describe.
I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
  An incident which happened about this time will set the characters of these two lads more fairly before the discerning reader than is in the power of the longest dissertation.
(transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
He says he will set his next film in France.

Her debut novel is set during the U.S. Civil War.
(transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
This crossword was set by Araucaria.
(transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
(transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
(transitive) To arrange (type).
It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.
(transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
(transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
(intransitive) To solidify.
The glue sets in five minutes.
(transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
to set milk for cheese
(intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight.
(transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
(obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  The king is set from London, and the scene is now transported, gentles, to Southampton
(transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
to set seed
- 2012, Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows, page 155:
  Many fruit trees will only flower and set fruit following a cold winter.
(intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- 1906, Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Fruit Branch, Fruit crop report:
  In the Annapolis Valley, in spite of an irregular bloom, the fruit has set well and has, as yet, been little affected by scab.
(intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
He sets in that chair all day.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
  Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.
- 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 227:
  And if Mrs. Garner didn't need me right there in the kitchen, I could get a chair and you and me could set out there while I did the vegetables.
(intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
  Well, we rolled up Interstate 44
  Like a rocket-sled on rails.
  We tore up all of our swindle sheets
  And left 'em settin' on the scales.
To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
(hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
The dog sets the bird.

Your dog sets well.
To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
  If he set industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him.
(transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
- 1709, J[ohn] Dryden, J[ohn] Oldham, “(please specify the page)”, in Mac Flecknoe: A Poem. […] With Spencer’s Ghost: Being a Satyr Concerning Poetry. […], London: […] H[enry] Hills, […], →OCLC:
  Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
- c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
  That I might sing it (Madam) to a tune:
  Giue me a Note, your Ladiship can set
(transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
to set pear trees in an orchard
- 1774, John Robinson, Thomas Rispin, A Journey Through Nova-Scotia Containing a Particular Account of the Country and its Inhabitants, York: C. Etherington, page 19:
  Mr. Forster, from Newcastle, made a purchase here last year. We saw him with eight men setting potatoes within a week of mid-summer.
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
(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.
Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller.
To place or fix in a setting.
to set a precious stone in a border of metal

to set glass in a sash
- 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act IV, page 58:
  And him too rich a jewel to be set / In vulgar metal for a vulgar use.
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
to set (that is, to hone) a razor

to set a saw
To extend and bring into position; to spread.
to set the sails of a ship
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- 1742, Henry Fielding, “Here Joseph Andrews Writ a Letter to His Sister Pamela”, in The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I, page 25:
  […] I ſhould be very vvilling to be his Clerk; for vvhich you knovv I am qualified, being able to read, and to ſet a Pſalm.
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
to set a broken bone
(intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
- 1917 February 12, “If You Knew What Foods?” (advertisement), in The Independent, volume 59, number 3558, New York: Independent Corporation, page 280:
  If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to.
(masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
(obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
- c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
  I have set my life upon a cast, / And I will stand the hazard of the die.
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  High on their heads, with jewels richly set, / Each lady wore a radiant coronet.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, Poems of the Imagination:
  pastoral dales thin set with modern farms
(obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
  Be you contented, wearing now the garland, / To have a son set your decrees at naught.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
  I do not set my life at a pin's fee.
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
to set a good example
(Scotland) To suit; to become.
It sets him ill.
To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
To set a hen.
Repeating, or redoing, a specific exercise move without any breaks.
You need to do this for 10 sets

Synonyms

(of heavenly bodies, to disappear below the horizon): go down, go west

Derived terms

Terms derived from set (verb)

Descendants

→ Japanese: セット (setto)
- → Hokkien: siat-to͘h

Translations

to put something down

Afrikaans: sit (af), neersit, plaas (af), lê (af)
Arabic: وَضَع (ar) (waḍaʕ)
Egyptian Arabic: حط (ḥaṭṭ)

Hijazi Arabic: حَطّ (ḥaṭṭ)
Assamese: লহিয়া (lohia)
Azerbaijani: qoymaq (az)
Bashkir: ҡуйыу (quyıw)
Bulgarian: поставям (bg) (postavjam)
Catalan: posar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 放 (zh) (fàng)
Danish: sætte (da), stille (da), placere (da)
Dutch: zetten (nl), neerzetten (nl)
Esperanto: meti
Finnish: asettaa (fi), panna (fi), pistää (fi), laittaa (fi)
French: poser (fr)
Galician: pousar (gl)
German: setzen (de), legen (de), stellen (de), aufstellen (de)
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan)
Greek: βάζω (el) (vázo)
Ancient: τίθημι (títhēmi)
Hebrew: הֵנִיח (he) (heníakh), שָׂם (he) (sam)
Hungarian: tesz (hu), helyez (hu), állít (hu), támaszt (hu)
Irish: cuir (ga)
Old Irish: fo·ceird
Italian: deporre (it), posare (it), mettere (it), riporre (it), collocare (it), porre (it)
Japanese: 置く (ja) (おく, oku)
Korean: 두다 (ko) (duda)
Latin: pōnō (la), locō (la)
Macedonian: наме́стува (naméstuva), сме́стува (sméstuva), ста́ва (stáva), поста́вува (postávuva)
Neapolitan: mette
Norwegian: putte (no), sette (no), plassere (no), stille (no)
Occitan: pausar (oc)
Persian: نهادن (nehâdan), گذاشتن (fa) (gozâštan)
Polish: kłaść (pl), stawiać (pl)
Portuguese: pôr (pt), colocar (pt)
Rapa Nui: hata
Romanian: așeza (ro), pune (ro)
Russian: класть (ru) impf (klastʹ), положи́ть (ru) pf (položítʹ), ста́вить (ru) impf (stávitʹ), поста́вить (ru) pf (postávitʹ)
Sanskrit: दधाति (sa) (dadhāti)
Slovene: postaviti
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: stajaś (imperfective), stajiś (perfective)
Spanish: poner (es), dejar (es), colocar (es)
Swedish: sätta (sv), ställa (sv), placera (sv), lägga (sv)
Tagalog: maglagay, ilagay, lagyan
Tocharian B: tā-
Turkish: koymak (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎚 (št)
Vietnamese: để (vi), đặt (vi)

to determine

Bulgarian: определям (bg) (opredeljam)
Catalan: determinar (ca), establir (ca), fixar (ca)
Danish: fastsætte (da)
Dutch: bepalen (nl)
Finnish: määrätä (fi), asettaa (fi)
French: fixer (fr)
German: festsetzen (de), festlegen (de), bestimmen (de), aufstellen (de)
Greek: ορίζω (el) (orízo), καθορίζω (el) (kathorízo), προσδιορίζω (el) (prosdiorízo)
Hebrew: קבע (he) (kavá)
Hungarian: megállapít (hu), megszab (hu), meghatároz (hu)
Italian: fissare (it), stabilire (it), determinare (it)
Latin: dēterminō (la)
Macedonian: одре́дува (odréduva), опреде́лува (opredéluva), назна́чува (naznáčuva)
Norwegian: bestemme (no), fastlegge
Polish: ustalać (pl), określać (pl)
Portuguese: determinar (pt)
Romanian: fixa (ro), stabili (ro)
Russian: задава́ть (ru) impf (zadavátʹ), зада́ть (ru) pf (zadátʹ), устана́вливать (ru) impf (ustanávlivatʹ), установи́ть (ru) pf (ustanovítʹ), определя́ть (ru) impf (opredeljátʹ), определи́ть (ru) pf (opredelítʹ)
Slovene: določiti
Spanish: establecer (es), determinar (es), fijar (es), montar (es), setear (es) (Puerto Rico)
Tagalog: magtakda, itakda
Turkish: belirlemek (tr)
Ukrainian: устано́влювати impf (ustanóvljuvaty), установи́ти pf (ustanovýty), встано́влювати impf (vstanóvljuvaty), встанови́ти pf (vstanovýty)

to adjust

Azerbaijani: quraşdırmaq (az)
Bulgarian: намествам (bg) (namestvam)
Catalan: ajustar (ca)
Czech: nastavit
Danish: stille (da), indstille (da)
Dutch: aanpassen (nl), instellen (nl)
Esperanto: alĝustigi
Finnish: asettaa (fi), säätää (fi)
French: régler (fr)
Galician: axustar (gl)
German: stellen (de), einstellen (de), justieren (de)
Greek: ρυθμίζω (el) (rythmízo), βάζω (el) (vázo) (το ξυπνητήρι)
Hebrew: כיוון (he) (kivén)
Hungarian: beállít (hu), szabályoz (hu), állít (hu)
Italian: regolare (it)
Japanese: 準備する (ja) (junbi suru), 用意する (ja) (youi suru), 拵える (ja) (koshiraeru)
Macedonian: ме́сти (mésti)
Norwegian: stille (no), justere (no)
Polish: nastawić (pl), ustawiać (pl)
Portuguese: ajustar (pt)
Romanian: fixa (ro), poziționa (ro), regla (ro)
Russian: устана́вливать (ru) impf (ustanávlivatʹ), установи́ть (ru) pf (ustanovítʹ)
Slovene: nastaviti, naravnati
Spanish: ajustar (es), configurar para, poner para, setear (es) (Puerto Rico)
Swedish: sätta (sv), ställa (sv), ställa in (sv)
Tagalog: ayusin (tl), iayos, mag-ayos, isaayos
Turkish: ayarlamak (tr), dizmek (tr)
Vietnamese: điều chỉnh (vi) (調整)
West Frisian: ynstelle

to punch a nail into wood

Azerbaijani: vurmaq (az)
Danish: forsænke, indfatte (da)
Finnish: upottaa (fi)
French: enfoncer (fr)
Italian: inchiodare (it)
Macedonian: кова (kova), заковува (zakovuva)
Portuguese: pregar (pt)
Romanian: bate (ro)
Russian: забива́ть (ru) impf (zabivátʹ), заби́ть (ru) pf (zabítʹ)
Spanish: clavar (es)
Swedish: sänka (sv), försänka
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} đóng (vi) (nail=đinh) chặt

to arrange with dishes and cutlery

Catalan: parar (ca)
Danish: dække
Dutch: dekken (nl)
Finnish: kattaa (fi)
French: mettre (fr)
Gallurese: innandià
German: decken (de)
Greek: στρώνω (el) (stróno)
Hebrew: ערך (he) (arákh)
Hungarian: megterít (hu), terít (hu)
Italian: apparecchiare (it)
Macedonian: поставува (postavuva)
Norwegian: dekke (no)
Polish: zastawić (pl), nakryć (pl)
Portuguese: dispor (pt)
Romanian: așeza (ro), pune (ro)
Russian: расставля́ть (ru) impf (rasstavljátʹ), расста́вить (ru) pf (rasstávitʹ)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: apparicciài, preparai

Logudorese: ammannire, preparà
Sassarese: appariccià
Scottish Gaelic: riaraich
Slovene: pogrniti
Spanish: poner (es) (la mesa)
Swedish: duka (sv)
Tagalog: mag-ayos, ayusin (tl)
Turkish: kurmak (tr), donatmak (tr)
Vietnamese: dọn (vi), bày (vi)

to introduce

Azerbaijani: təqdim etmək
Catalan: introduir (ca)
Danish: præsentere (set the scene: lægge op til)
Dutch: introduceren (nl)
Finnish: kuvailla (fi)
German: einführen (de), aufstellen (de)
Greek: παρουσιάζω (el) (parousiázo)
Indonesian: memperkenalkan (id)
Italian: stabilire (it), raffigurare (it), introdurre (it), descrivere (it)
Norwegian: introdusert
Polish: nakreślić (pl)
Portuguese: apresentar (pt), introduzir (pt)
Romanian: introduce (ro), pune (ro), descrie (ro)
Spanish: ambientar (es), presentar (es)
Swedish: presentera (sv), beskriva (sv)
Tagalog: umpisahan, pasimulan, magsimula
Vietnamese: đặt (vi)

to locate, to backdrop

Bulgarian: слагам (bg) (slagam)
Danish: placere (da)
Finnish: sijoittaa (fi)
Greek: διαδραματίζομαι (el) (diadramatízomai), εκτυλίσσομαι (el) (ektylíssomai)
Hebrew: מיקם (mikém)
Italian: localizzare (it), riprendere (it)
Norwegian: sette (no), plassere (no)
Polish: umiejscawiać (pl)
Portuguese: localizar (pt)
Russian: ста́вить (ru) impf (stávitʹ), поста́вить (ru) pf (postávitʹ) (a play), снима́ть (ru) impf (snimátʹ), снять (ru) pf (snjatʹ) (a film)
Spanish: localizar (es)
Swedish: placera (sv)

to compile, to make (a crossword)

Azerbaijani: qurmaq (az)
Bulgarian: съставям (bg) (sǎstavjam)
Danish: konstruere
Finnish: laatia (fi)
Italian: completare (it), terminare (it)
Macedonian: составува (sostavuva)
Norwegian: sette sammen
Portuguese: completar (pt)
Russian: составля́ть (ru) impf (sostavljátʹ), соста́вить (ru) pf (sostávitʹ)
Spanish: completar (es)
Spanish: completar (es)
Tagalog: ihanda
Turkish: tamamlamak (tr)

to prepare (a stage or film set)

Danish: opstille
Finnish: lavastaa (fi)
Greek: στήνω (el) (stíno)
Italian: sceneggiare (it)
Norwegian: stille opp
Polish: przygotowywać (pl)
Portuguese: preparar (pt)
Romanian: pregăti (ro)
Spanish: preparar (es)
Vietnamese: sửa soạn (vi)

to fit (someone) up in a situation

Danish: stille (da)
Finnish: valmistella (fi)
Romanian: potrivi (ro)
Spanish: configurar (es)

to arrange type

Danish: sætte (da)
Dutch: zetten (nl)
Finnish: asetella (fi)
German: setzen (de)
Greek: στοιχειοθετώ (el) (stoicheiothetó)
Polish: składać (pl)
Spanish: colocar (es)
Swedish: sätta (sv)
Vietnamese: sắp (chữ), xếp (chữ)

to devise and assign work

Bulgarian: задавам (zadavam)
Catalan: assignar (ca)
Danish: stille (da)
Dutch: opdragen (nl)
Finnish: antaa tehtäväksi
French: assigner (fr)
German: vergeben (de)
Greek: βάζω (el) (vázo)
Hebrew: הקצה (hiktzá)
Italian: assegnare (it), stabilire (it), distribuire (it)
Macedonian: задава (zadava)
Polish: zadawać (pl)
Portuguese: atribuir (pt), distribuir (pt)
Russian: задава́ть (ru) impf (zadavátʹ), зада́ть (ru) pf (zadátʹ)
Spanish: asignar (es)
Tagalog: magsimula, pasimulan, mag-umpisa
Ukrainian: задава́ти impf (zadaváty), зада́ти pf (zadáty)
Vietnamese: bắt (phải)

to sit — see sit

to direct the ball to a teammate for an attack

Danish: lægge op til
Finnish: passata (fi)
Italian: passare (it)
Portuguese: passar (pt)
Romanian: pasa (ro), trimite (ro)
Spanish: pasar (es)
Swedish: lägga upp (sv), passa (sv)

to solidify

Bulgarian: втвърдявам (bg) (vtvǎrdjavam)
Danish: størkne
Dutch: harden (nl)
Finnish: jähmettyä (fi), kovettua (fi), asettua (fi)
French: geler (fr)
German: härten (de), aushärten (de), fest werden
Greek: πήζω (el) (pízo), στερεοποιούμαι (el) (stereopoioúmai)
Hebrew: קָרַשׁ (he) (karásh)
Hungarian: megszilárdul (hu)
Interlingua: solidificar se
Irish: stalc, cruaigh
Italian: rapprendersi, solidificarsi (it)
Macedonian: се зацврснува (se zacvrsnuva)
Maori: whakatoka, tetepe
Norwegian: stivne, størkne (no)
Polish: zastygać, tężeć (pl), wysychać (pl)
Portuguese: solidificarse (pt)
Romanian: se întări, se solidifica
Russian: застыва́ть (ru) impf (zastyvátʹ), засты́ть (ru) pf (zastýtʹ)
Slovene: se strditi
Spanish: solidificarse (es), fraguar (es), frogar (es), cuajar (es)
Swedish: stelna (sv)
Tagalog: tumigas, manigas, mabuo, mamuo
Vietnamese: đặt lại, se lại

of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon

Arabic: غَرَبَ (ar) (ḡaraba)
Armenian: մայր մտնել (mayr mtnel)
Aromanian: apun, ascapit
Bashkir: байыу (bayıw) (the Sun), батыу (batıw) (all other heavenly bodies)
Bulgarian: залязвам (bg) (zaljazvam)
Catalan: pondre's (ca)
Cherokee: ᏭᏕᎵᎦ (wudeliga)
Czech: zapadnout
Danish: gå ned
Dhivehi: އޮއްސެނީ (ossenī)
Dutch: ondergaan (nl), verdwijnen (nl)
Esperanto: subiri
Finnish: laskea (fi)
French: se coucher (fr), disparaître (fr)
German: untergehen (de)
Greek: δύω (el) (dýo)
Ancient: δύω (dúō)
Hawaiian: napoʻo, anapoʻo (Niʻihau)
Hebrew: שקע (he) (shaká), בָּא (he) (ba)
Hungarian: lemegy (hu), lenyugszik (hu)
Ingrian: laskiissa Loojaa
Italian: coricarsi (it), tramontare (it)
Latin: occidō (la)
Macedonian: заоѓа (zaoǵa)
Maore Comorian: utswa
Maori: whakawhenua, rumaki, ahuahu (of the sun), torongi (of the sun), tōwenewene (of the sun), tō, toene (of the sun), torengi
Ngazidja Comorian: hutswa
Norwegian: gå ned
Old English: tō setle gān, on setl gān
Polish: zachodzić (pl)
Portuguese: pôr (pt)
Romanian: apune (ro), asfinți (ro), scăpăta (ro) (popular)
Russian: заходи́ть (ru) impf (zaxodítʹ), зайти́ (ru) pf (zajtí), сади́ться (ru) impf (sadítʹsja), сесть (ru) pf (sestʹ)
Sicilian: tracuḍḍari
Slovene: zaiti (sl)
Spanish: ponerse (es)
Swahili: kutua (sw)
Swedish: gå ned (sv), gå ner (sv)
Tagalog: lumubog
Tocharian B: yäp-
Ukrainian: захо́дити impf (zaxódyty), зайти́ pf (zajtý)
Vietnamese: lặn (vi)
Welsh: machlud (cy)

to form as a fruit

Bulgarian: връзвам (bg) (vrǎzvam)
Finnish: muodostua (fi)
Italian: fruttificare (it)
Maori: ngakuru
Spanish: fructificar (es)

to put in order in a particular manner; to prepare

Catalan: arreglar (ca)
Finnish: valmistella (fi)
Maori: tāpiko (referring to a trap), tāhere (referring to snares)
Spanish: preparar (es)

to adjust (bend) the teeth of a saw

Danish: udlægge
German: schränken (de)
Italian: allicciare (it)
Spanish: alinear (es)
Swedish: skränka (sv)

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Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} mengatur (id) , ^{(please verify)} memasang (id) , ^{(please verify)} mempaskan (id) , ^{(please verify)} menepatkan (id)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} poner, (1) ^{(please verify)} deponer, (2) ^{(please verify)} clavar, ^{(please verify)} arrangiar, (3) ^{(please verify)} preparar
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 배치하다 (ko) (baechihada)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} seta
Slovak: (1) ^{(please verify)} položiť, (1) ^{(please verify)} usadnúť, (3) ^{(please verify)} zapadnúť

Etymology 2

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”).

Noun

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set (plural sets)

A punch for setting nails in wood.
nail set
A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
television set
Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”)
Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”)
Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”)
(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.
the set of a spring
- 1986 March 29, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12 Wreckage and Impact Information”, in Aircraft Accident Report: China Airlines Boeing 747-SP, N4522V, 300 Nautical Miles Northwest of San Francisco, California, February 19, 1985‎, archived from the original on 10 July 2022, page 12:
  The wings were bent or set permanently 2 to 3 inches upward at the wingtips; however, the set was within the manufacturer's allowable tolerances.
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 set of a coat
- 1984 December 29, Amy Hoffman, “Dyke Detectives Solve Murder Mysteries”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 7:
  So much of our culture, hidden by necessity for so long, involves subtle codes and signals: the set of her shoulders, the sway of his hips.
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.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
  We will in France, by God's grace, play a set / Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard.
- 1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
  That was but civil war, an equal set.
- 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
  Thenceforth the Dowager, with a light and careless humour, often recounted to her particular acquaintance how, after a hard trial, she had found it impossible to know those people who belonged to Henry’s wife, and who had made that desperate set to catch him.

Derived terms

Terms derived from set (noun)

Translations

punch for setting nails in wood

Danish: sætning (da)
Finnish: upotuspiikki
Maori: panihi

device for receiving broadcast radio waves

Bulgarian: апарат (bg) m (aparat)
Catalan: aparell (ca) m
Danish: anlæg n, apparat (da) n
Dutch: toestel (nl) n
Finnish: vastaanotin (fi)
French: poste (fr) m, appareil (fr) m, récepteur (fr) m
German: Gerät (de) n
Greek: συσκευή (el) f (syskeví), δέκτης (el) m (déktis)
Italian: apparecchio (it) m, apparato (it) m
Latvian: uztvērējs m
Macedonian: при́емник m (príemnik)
Polish: odbiornik (pl) m
Portuguese: aparelho (pt) m
Romanian: aparat (ro) n, receptor (ro) n
Russian: приёмник (ru) m (prijómnik), аппара́т (ru) m (apparát), устро́йство (ru) n (ustrójstvo)
Spanish: aparato (es) m
Swedish: apparat (sv) c
Vietnamese: máy thu thanh (vi)

alternative form of sett — see sett

horticulture: small tuber or bulb used instead of seed

Finnish: siemen- (fi)
Irish: sceallán m (of potato)

amount the teeth of a saw diverge

Finnish: haritus (fi)
Russian: разво́д зу́бьев пилы́ m (razvód zúbʹjev pilý)

engineering: permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain

Finnish: muodonmuutos (fi)

bias of mind, pattern of behaviour

Finnish: asenne (fi) (bias); tapa (fi) (pattern)

piledriving: piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile

Finnish: lyöntilevy

printing: width of a type

Finnish: leveys (fi)

young oyster

crop of young oysters

series of, a group of

Finnish: sarja (fi)
French: série (fr), lot (fr)
Irish: slí f (tools)
Italian: serie (it)
Maori: huinga
Portuguese: série (pt), conjunto (pt), trem (pt) m
Russian: набо́р (ru) m (nabór), се́рия (ru) f (sérija), гру́ппа (ru) f (grúppa), компле́кт (ru) m (komplékt)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: се̏т m

Roman: sȅt (sh) m
Spanish: serie (es), juego (es) m, conjunto (es) m
Vietnamese: loạt (vi), bộ (vi)

manner of setting or fitting — see fit

pattern of a tartan

Finnish: kuvio (fi)

camber of a curved roofing tile

full number of eggs set under a hen

Finnish: satsi (fi)

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Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} комплект (bg) m (komplekt) (1), ^{(please verify)} мно́жество (bg) n (mnóžestvo) (2)
Interlingua: (1) ^{(please verify)} collection, (2) ^{(please verify)} insimul, (5) ^{(please verify)} scena
Latvian: (1) ^{(please verify)} kolekcija
Romanian: (1) ^{(please verify)} mulțime (ro) f
Slovak: (1) ^{(please verify)} sada f, (2) ^{(please verify)} množina f, (3) ^{(please verify)} skupina (sk) f, (5) ^{(please verify)} scéna f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} decorado (es) m

Etymology 3

From Middle English sett, from Old English ġesett, past participle of settan.

Adjective

set (comparative more set, superlative most set)

Fixed in position.
- 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
  Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
Rigid, solidified.
Ready, prepared.
on your marks, get set, go!; on your marks, set, go!
Intent, determined (to do something).
set on getting to his destination
- 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “In which Jim and I Take Different Ways”, in The Wrecker, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 179:
  And she likes you so much, and thinks you so accomplished and distingué-looking, and was just as set as I was to have you for best man.
Prearranged.
a set menu ― a meal that is instituted by a restaurateur for a limited occasion

a set book ― a required reading for a course in an educational institution
Fixed in one’s opinion.
I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them.
(of hair) Fixed in a certain style.

Synonyms

(intent, determined): determined, intent
(prearranged): dictated, prearranged, predetermined, prescribed, specified
(fixed in one's opinion): fixed, rigid

Derived terms

Terms derived from Etymology 1

Translations

fixed in position

Bulgarian: неподвижен (bg) (nepodvižen)
French: fixe (fr), statique (fr)
Latin: status (la)
Old English: āsett
Swedish: fastställd (sv)

ready, prepared

Bulgarian: готов (bg) (gotov)
Catalan: preparat, llest (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 既定 (zh) (jìdìng)
Danish: klar (da), færdig
Dutch: klaar (nl), klare (nl), voorbereid (nl), voorbereide (nl)
Esperanto: preta (eo)
Finnish: valmis (fi)
French: prêt (fr) m
German: fertig (de), bereit (de)
Greek: έτοιμος (el) m (étoimos)
Hebrew: מוכן (mukhán)
Indonesian: siap (id) (a starter's signal)
Italian: pronto (it) m
Japanese: 準備ができた (ja) (junbi-ga-dekita), 用意ができた (ja) (yōi-ga-dekita), (a starter's signal) 用意 (ja) (yōi)
Macedonian: подготвен m (podgotven), готов m (gotov)
Polish: gotowy (pl) m
Portuguese: pronto (pt) m, preparado (pt) m
Romanian: pregătit (ro), gata (ro)
Russian: устано́вленный (ru) (ustanóvlennyj), гото́вый (ru) (gotóvyj)
Slovene: pripravljen m, gotov m
Spanish: listo (es)
Swedish: klar (sv), redo (sv), färdig (sv)
Tagalog: nakatakda, nakahanda
Turkish: hazır (tr)
Vietnamese: sẵn sàng (vi)

intent, determined

Bulgarian: решителен (bg) (rešitelen)
Danish: fastsat
Dutch: ingesteld (nl), ingestelde (nl)
Finnish: määrätietoinen (fi), päättäväinen (fi)
French: prêt (fr) m
Greek: αποφασισμένος (el) m (apofasisménos)
Italian: determinato (it) m
Polish: zdeterminowany (pl) m
Portuguese: determinado (pt) m
Romanian: hotărât (ro)
Slovene: odločen (sl) m
Swedish: besluten (sv), bestämd (sv)
Turkish: kararlı (tr)
Vietnamese: cố ý (vi), nhất định (vi), kiên quyết (vi)

prearranged

Catalan: establert (ca)
Danish: fastsat, bestemt (da), fast (da)
Finnish: kiinteä (fi), määrätty (fi), vakio-
French: établi (fr) m, déterminé (fr) m
Greek: προκαθορισμένος (el) m (prokathorisménos), συγκεκριμένος (el) m (sygkekriménos)
Italian: programmato (it) m, predisposto (it) m
Macedonian: наме́стен m (namésten)
Old English: āsett
Polish: ustalony m, określony (pl) m
Portuguese: combinado (pt)
Romanian: stabilit (ro), fixat (ro)
Slovene: predpripravljen m
Swedish: fast (sv), bestämd (sv), spikad (sv)
Vietnamese: đã định

fixed in one’s opinion

Bulgarian: установен (bg) (ustanoven)
Danish: bestemt (da)
Finnish: vakuuttunut (fi)
Greek: αμετακίνητος (el) m (ametakínitos), αμετάβλητος (el) m (ametávlitos)
Italian: fissato (it) m
Macedonian: одлучен m (odlučen), непоколеблив m (nepokolebliv)
Portuguese: determinado (pt)
Vietnamese: nhất định (vi)

of hair: fixed in a certain style

Danish: opsat
Finnish: laitettu (fi)
Polish: ułożony m
Romanian: așezat (ro)
Swedish: satt (sv), uppsatt (sv)
Turkish: yapılmış

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Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} preparate

Etymology 4

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.

Noun

set (plural sets)

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.
- c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
  The weary sun hath made a golden set.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Adeline”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 41:
  And a rose-bush leans upon, / Thou that faintly smilest still, / As a Naiad in a well, / Looking at the set of day, […]
(literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Style:
  Here and there, amongst individuals alive to the particular evils of the age, and watching the very set of the current, there may have been even a more systematic counteraction applied to the mischief.
- 1951, Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny, page 238:
  He put his eye to the alidade. “I thought so! Zero five four and that's allowing nothing for set and drift along the line of bearing. We're inside the departure point now […] ”
A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
a set of tables
A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
a set of tools
An object made up of several parts.
a set of steps
(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 country set
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XIX, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
  That he took perfumed baths is a truth; and he used to say that he took them after meeting certain men of a very low set in hall.
- 1984 December 29, H. W. Seng, “Alice, Gertrude and Sammy Dearest”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 13:
  They were very private people, though they did have their circle of friends at Bilignin. They had little or no association with the Natalie Barney set, in their eyes much too frivolous.
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.
Meronym: reps
- 1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 22:
  This is the fourth set of benchpresses.
(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.
- 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian‎:
  You heard “oh, Jeremy Corbyn” everywhere: at the silent disco, during Radiohead’s Friday night headlining set, midway through the Other stage appearance by rapper Stormzy, who gamely joined in.
(music) A drum kit, a drum set.
He plays the set on Saturdays.
(UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- 2012 April 26, “Themes: Pupil grouping and organisation of classes”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, Department for Education, archived from the original on 14 June 2012:
  Looking at pupil attainment, the study found that students with the same Key Stage 3 scores could have their GCSE grade raised or lowered by up to half a grade as a result of being placed in a higher or lower set.
(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”).^[1]

Synonyms

(close of the day): dusk, eve, evening, sundown, sunset
(general movement): direction, drift, heading, motion, movement, path, tendency, trend
(matching collection of similar things): suite
(set theory, in plural): set theory
(group of people, usually meeting socially): club, coterie
(scenery): scenery
(performance of several musical pieces): gig, session
(drum kit): drums, drum kit, drum set
(three of a kind): three of a kind

Derived terms

terms derived from Etymology 4 of set "grouping" (noun)

Translations

matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables

Arabic: مَجْمُوعَة (ar) f (majmūʕa), طَقْم m (ṭaqm)
Hijazi Arabic: طقم m (ṭagim), مجموعة f (majmūʕa)
Belarusian: набо́р m (nabór), кампле́кт m (kampljékt)
Bulgarian: компле́кт (bg) m (komplékt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 組 / 组 (zh) (zǔ)
Czech: sada (cs) f, skupina (cs) f
Danish: samling (da) c
Dutch: verzameling (nl) f, set (nl) m
Esperanto: aro
Finnish: sarja (fi), setti (fi)
French: ensemble (fr) m
German: Satz (de) m, Set (de) m
Greek: σετ (el) n (set)
Ancient Greek: ἀριθμός (arithmós)
Hebrew: סט m (sét), אוסף m (ósef)
Japanese: 一式 (ja) (いっしき, isshiki), 一揃い (ja) (ひとそろい, hitosoroi), セット (ja) (setto)
Korean: 세트 (ko) (seteu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سێت (sêt), تاقم (taqim)
Macedonian: компле́т m (komplét)
Persian: مجموعه (fa) sg (majmū'e)
Polish: komplet (pl) m
Portuguese: jogo (pt), conjunto (pt) m
Romanian: set (ro) n, colecție (ro) f, set (ro) n, ansamblu (ro) n
Russian: набо́р (ru) m (nabór), компле́кт (ru) m (komplékt)
Slovene: zbirka (sl) f, set m, set m
Spanish: juego (es) m
Swahili: seti
Swedish: set (sv) n
Tagalog: pangkat (tl), pulutong, magkakasama
Ukrainian: набі́р m (nabír), компле́кт (uk) m (komplékt)
Vietnamese: bộ (vi)

collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools

Armenian: սպասք (hy) (spaskʻ)
Catalan: joc (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 套 (zh) (tào)
Czech: sada (cs) f
Danish: samling (da) c
Dutch: set (nl) m
Finnish: sarja (fi), lajitelma (fi)
French: jeu (fr) m
German: Set (de) m
Hebrew: סט m (sét), ערכה (he) f (erká)
Hungarian: szett (hu)
Japanese: 一式 (ja) (いっしき, isshiki), 一揃い (ja) (ひとそろい, hitosoroi), セット (ja) (setto)
Korean: 세트 (ko) (seteu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەستە (ckb) (deste)
Latvian: komplekts m
Macedonian: прибор m (pribor)
Polish: zestaw (pl) m
Portuguese: jogo (pt), kit (pt) m
Romanian: set (ro) n, trusă (ro) f
Russian: набо́р (ru) m (nabór), прибо́р (ru) m (pribór)
Slovene: zbirka (sl) f, set m
Spanish: batería (es) f, juego (es) m
Swedish: mängd (sv) c, uppsättning (sv) c
Turkish: takım (tr)
Vietnamese: bộ (vi)

object made up several parts, such as a set of steps

Belarusian: се́рыя f (sjéryja), сэ́рыя f (séryja) (Taraškievica)
Czech: sada (cs), série (cs)
Danish: aggregat n, samlesæt n
Dutch: serie (nl)
Finnish: sarja (fi), kuvio (fi), kokoelma (fi)
French: série (fr) f
Greek: σειρά (el) f (seirá)
Irish: foireann (ga) f
Russian: се́рия (ru) f (sérija)
Ukrainian: се́рія f (sérija)
Vietnamese: loạt (vi), dãy (vi), bộ (vi)

set theory: collection of objects

Afrikaans: versameling (af)
Arabic: مَجْمُوعَة (ar) f (majmūʕa)
Belarusian: мно́ства n (mnóstva)
Bulgarian: мно́жество (bg) n (mnóžestvo)
Catalan: conjunt (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 集 (zh) (jí), 集合 (zh) (jíhé)
Czech: množina (cs) f
Danish: mængde (da) c
Dutch: verzameling (nl) f, set (nl) m
Esperanto: ensemblo
Estonian: hulk (et)
Finnish: joukko (fi)
French: ensemble (fr) m
German: Menge (de) f
Greek: σύνολο (el) n (sýnolo)
Hebrew: קבוצה (he) f (kvutza)
Hungarian: halmaz (hu)
Icelandic: mengi (is) n
Indonesian: himpunan (id)
Interlingua: insimul
Irish: tacar m
Italian: insieme (it) m
Japanese: 集合 (ja) (しゅうごう, shūgō)
Kazakh: жиын (jiyn)
Korean: 집합(集合) (ko) (jiphap)
Latin: conjunctum n, collectum n
Latvian: kopa f
Lithuanian: aibė (lt)
Macedonian: множество (množestvo)
Persian: مجموعه (fa) (majmu'e)
Polish: zbiór (pl) m, agregat (pl) m
Portuguese: conjunto (pt) m
Romanian: mulțime (ro) f
Russian: мно́жество (ru) n (mnóžestvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ску̏п m

Roman: skȕp (sh) m
Slovak: množina f
Slovene: množica f
Spanish: conjunto (es) m
Swedish: mängd (sv) c
Tagalog: tangkas
Tajik: маҷмӯъа (majmüʾa)
Turkish: küme (tr)
Ukrainian: множина́ (uk) f (množyná)
Urdu: مجموعہ
Vietnamese: tập hợp (vi) (集合)

plural: set theory — see set theory

group of people, usually meeting socially

Bulgarian: компания (bg) f (kompanija)
Catalan: grup (ca) m
Danish: gruppe (da) c
Dutch: verzameling (nl) f, set (nl) m
Esperanto: aro
Finnish: ryhmä (fi), piiri (fi)
German: Gruppe (de) f
Greek: κύκλος (el) m (kýklos), συνάφι n (synáfi) (colloquial), κλίκα (el) f (klíka) (colloquial)
Irish: aicme f
Macedonian: друштво n (društvo)
Polish: grupa (pl) f, zespół (pl) m
Portuguese: grupo (pt) m
Romanian: grup (ro) n
Russian: гру́ппа (ru) f (grúppa)
Slovene: skupina (sl) f, društvo n
Spanish: grupo (es) m
Swedish: band (sv) n, grupp (sv) c, klick (sv) c, kotteri (sv) n, krets (sv) c, lag (sv) n, liga (sv) c, umgängeskrets c
Vietnamese: bọn (vi), đám (vi), đoàn (vi), lũ (vi), giới (vi)
Welsh: criw (cy) m

scenery for a film or play

Bulgarian: декор (bg) m (dekor)
Catalan: plató (ca) m
Danish: sætstykke n, scenario n, dekoration c
Finnish: lavastus (fi)
French: (play) scène (fr) f, (film) plateau (fr) / plateau de tournage (fr)
German: Set (de) m
Greek: σκηνικό (el) n (skinikó), πλατό (el) n (plató)
Italian: scenario (it) m
Macedonian: сцена f (scena)
Maori: pae whakaari
Polish: plan (pl) m, dekoracje f pl
Portuguese: cenário (pt) m
Romanian: platou (ro) n, platou de filmare n
Slovene: prizorišče n, scena f
Spanish: escenario (es) m, plató (es) m
Vietnamese: cảnh dựng

dancing: initial or basic formation of dancers

Danish: opstilling (da) c
Finnish: alkuasema

in tennis

Bulgarian: сет (bg) m (set), част (bg) f (čast)
Catalan: set (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 盘 (zh) (pán)
Danish: sæt (da) n
Dutch: set (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: erä (fi)
French: set (fr) m, manche (fr)
German: Satz (de) m
Greek: σετ (el) n (set)
Hungarian: szett (hu), játszma (hu)
Japanese: セット (ja) (setto)
Korean: 세트 (ko) (seteu)
Macedonian: сет m (set)
Polish: set (pl) m
Portuguese: set (pt) m
Romanian: set (ro) n
Russian: сет (ru) m (sɛt)
Slovene: set m
Spanish: set (es)
Swedish: set (sv) n
Vietnamese: ván (vi)

volleyball

Bulgarian: гейм m (gejm)
Catalan: set (ca) m
Danish: sæt (da) n
Finnish: passi (fi), erä (fi)
French: set (fr) m
German: Satz (de) m
Greek: σετ (el) n (set)
Polish: set (pl) m
Portuguese: set (pt) m
Romanian: set (ro) n
Russian: пас (ru) m (pas)
Slovene: set m
Vietnamese: ván (vi)

Etymology 5

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Verb

set (third-person singular simple present sets, present participle setting, simple past and past participle setted)

(UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- 2008, Patricia Murphy, Robert McCormick, Knowledge and Practice: Representations and Identities:
  In setted classes, students are brought together because they are believed to be of similar 'ability'. Yet, setted lessons are often conducted as though students are not only similar, but identical—in terms of ability, preferred learning style and pace of working.
- 2002, Jo Boaler, Experiencing School Mathematics: Traditional and Reform Approaches and Their Impact on Student Learning:
  At Amber Hill, setting was a high-profile concept, and the students were frequently reminded of the set to which they belonged.
- 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
  Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.

References

[1]
Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

Anagrams

Tse, StE, tes, -est, TSE, est, Est., ETS, STE, est., tse, ETs, TEs, Ste, EST, Ste., Est

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Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

set (plural [please provide])

The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

Etymology

From Latin sitis.

Noun

set f

thirst

Etymology 1

**Catalan numbers ^(edit)**
	70
← 6	7	8 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: set Ordinal (Central): setè Ordinal (Valencian): seté Ordinal (Latinate): sèptim Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 7è Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 7é Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 7m Multiplier: sèptuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on 7

Inherited from Latin septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Cognates include Occitan sèt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɛt]
Rhymes: -ɛt

Numeral

set m or f

(cardinal number) seven

Noun

set m (plural sets)

seven

Derived terms

set pecats capitals

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛt]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsət]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈset]

Noun

set f (plural sets)

thirst
hunger (strong desire)

Noun

set

(Hong Kong Cantonese) package or collection of items (Classifier: 個／个 c)

Verb

set

(Hong Kong Cantonese) to set; to adjust
set鬧鐘／set闹钟 [Cantonese] ― set¹ naau⁶ zung¹ [Jyutping] ― to set the alarm
(Hong Kong Cantonese) to set; to prepare
set場／set场 [Cantonese] ― set¹ coeng⁴ [Jyutping] ― to prepare and decorate a venue

Derived terms

set場 / set场 (Cantonese)
set頭 / set头 (set¹ tau⁴) (Cantonese)

Classifier

set

(Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for packages or collections of items.

References

English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

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Noun

set

sofa, couch, settee

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsɛt]
Audio: (file)
Homophone: sed
Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Derived from English set.

Noun

set m inan

(tennis, volleyball) set (part of a match in sports like tennis and volleyball)
Synonym: sada

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	set	sety
genitive	setu	setů
dative	setu	setům
accusative	set	sety
vocative	sete	sety
locative	setu	setech
instrumental	setem	sety

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Declension of set (hard masculine inanimate)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

set n

genitive plural of sto

Etymology 3

Participle

set

masculine singular passive participle of sít

Verb

set

past participle of se

Derived terms

sådan set

Etymology

Borrowed from English set.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛt/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: set
Rhymes: -ɛt
Homophone: Seth

Noun

set m (plural sets, diminutive setje n)

a set (collection of objects belonging together)
a set (installation consisting of multiple appliances)
(tennis) a set (tennis match)
a film set (filming location)
Synonym: filmset

Derived terms

jetset
kledingset
loungeset
pannenset
setpoint
stereoset

Noun

set

ice

Etymology

Borrowed from English set [from 1833].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛt/
Audio: (file)
Homophones: cet, cette, sept, Sète
Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

set m (plural sets)

(tennis) set
Synonym: manche

Derived terms

balle de set (set point)

Anagrams

est, Ste., tes

Etymology

From Old Norse set, from Proto-Germanic *setą. Compare the English seat.

Noun

set n (genitive singular sets, nominative plural set)

seat, a place to sit

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	set	setið	set	setin
accusative	set	setið	set	setin
dative	seti	setinu	setum	setunum
genitive	sets	setsins	seta	setanna

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Declension of set (neuter)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsɛt]
Hyphenation: sèt

Etymology 1

From Dutch set, from English set, alteration of sept, from Old French sette (“a religious sect”), from Medieval Latin secta (“retinue”), from Latin secta (“a faction”).

Noun

sèt (plural set-set)

(sports) set, group of games counting as a unit toward a match.
Synonym: babak
set:
Synonyms: perangkat, setel
1. a matching collection of similar things.
2. a collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
set, an object made up of several parts.

Derived terms

set adegan
set dalam
set kedua
set kepala
set panjang
set penentuan
set sayap panggung
set tambahan
set tangan
set tirai

Etymology 2

From English set, from Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”).

Verb

sèt

to set:
Synonym: mengeset
1. to put in a specified condition or state
2. to adjust
3. to prepare
4. to arrange

Derived terms

mengeset
pengeset
pengesetan

Noun

set (plural set-set)

(colloquial) trick; act; strategy
Synonyms: muslihat, tindak, strategi

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English set.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt
Hyphenation: sèt

Noun

set m (invariable)

set (group of things in maths, tennis, cinema, etc.)

Anagrams

'ste, est

**Ladin cardinal numbers**
< 6	7	8 >
Cardinal : set Ordinal : setim

Etymology

From Latin septem.

Adjective

set

seven

Noun

set m (uncountable)

seven

Etymology

Alternative spelling of sed. See aliquit#Etymology.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /set/, [s̠ɛt̪]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /set/, [sɛt̪]

Conjunction

set

Alternative form of sed
- c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:
  sexies viginti petre faciunt carrum plumbi scilicet magnum carrum London’ set carrus del Peek est multo minus.
  Six times twenty stone make the load of lead, scilicet the great London load, but the load of Peek is much less.

Alternative forms

sett, sètt (Western orthographies)
sèt (Eastern orthographies)

Etymology

From Latin septem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /set/, [sɛt]
IPA^(key): /set/, [hɛt] (High Brescian and Bergamasque)

Numeral

set

seven

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɛt]

Verb

set

supine of seś

**Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers**
< 6	7	8 >
Cardinal : set Ordinal : setiem

Etymology

From French sept.

Numeral

set

seven

Etymology

From French sept.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɛt]

Numeral

set

seven

Alternative forms

sat (Föhr-Amrum)
sate (Mooring)

Etymology

From Old Frisian sitta, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.

Pronunciation

(Sylt) IPA^(key): [sɛt]

Verb

set

(Sylt) to sit

Conjugation

More information infinitive I, infinitive II ...

	present	past
infinitive I	set
infinitive II	(tö) seten
past participle	seeten
imperative	set
1st singular	set	seet
2nd singular	setst	seetst
3rd singular	set	seet
plural / dual	set	seet
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa seeten	her seeten
2nd singular	heest seeten	herst seeten
3rd singular	heer seeten	her seeten
plural / dual	haa seeten	her seeten
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skel set	wel set
2nd singular	sket set	wet set
3rd singular	skel set	wel set
plural / dual	skel set	wel set

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Etymology 1

Verb

set

present of setja and setta
imperative of setja

Etymology 2

Participle

set

(non-standard since 1938) past participle of sjå

Etymology

From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

set f or m (plural sets)

thirst

Numeral

**Occitan cardinal numbers**
< 6	7	8 >
Cardinal : set

set (Limousin)

seven

Alternative forms

sèt

Derived terms

dietz set

Etymology

Compare the verb settan. Compare Old Norse sæti, Old High German gesazi (German Gesäß), Middle Dutch gesaete, from Proto-Germanic *sētiją.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /set/

Noun

set n

seat

Declension

Strong a-stem:

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	set	setu
accusative	set	setu
genitive	setes	seta
dative	sete	setum

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Related terms

ġeset

Etymology 1

From Latin septem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt/

Numeral

More information Previous:, Next: ...

cardinal number
7	Previous:	sis
7	Next:	uit

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set

seven

Descendants

Middle French: sept
- French: sept
Norman: sept, saept (Guernsey)
Walloon: set

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

set

third-person singular present indicative of savoir

Descendants

French: sait

Verb

set

inflection of setja:
1. first-person singular present active indicative
2. second-person singular active imperative

Etymology

From Spanish sed and Portuguese sede and Kabuverdianu sedi.

Noun

set

thirst

**Piedmontese cardinal numbers**
< 6	7	8 >
Cardinal : set

Etymology

From Latin septem, from Proto-Italic *septem. Cognates include Italian sette and French sept.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛt/

Numeral

set

seven

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set

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛt
Syllabification: set
Homophone: Set

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English set.

Noun

set m animal or m inan (related adjective setowy)

(badminton, tennis, volleyball) set (complete series of games, forming part of a match)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	set	sety
genitive	seta/setu	setów
dative	setowi	setom
accusative	seta/set	sety
instrumental	setem	setami
locative	secie	setach
vocative	secie	sety

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Related terms

adverbs

setowo

Noun

set m inan (related adjective setowy)

(colloquial, music) set (set of songs performed during a concert of popular music)

Declension

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	singular	plural
nominative	set	sety
genitive	setu	setów
dative	setowi	setom
accusative	set	sety
instrumental	setem	setami
locative	secie	setach
vocative	secie	sety

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Noun

set m animal

(card games) Set (real-time card game designed by Marsha Falco in 1974 and published by Set Enterprises in 1991)

Declension

More information singular, nominative ...

	singular
nominative	set
genitive	seta
dative	setowi
accusative	seta
instrumental	setem
locative	secie
vocative	secie

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

set f

genitive plural of seta

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English set.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.t͡ʃi/, /ˈsɛt͡ʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt͡ʃ/, /ˈsɛ.t͡ʃi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.tɨ/

Homophone: sete

Noun

set m (plural sets)

set (group of things in maths, tennis, cinema, etc.)

Etymology

Borrowed from English set or French set.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /set/

Noun

set n (plural seturi)

(tennis) set
set (of objects)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	set	setul	seturi	seturile
genitive-dative	set	setului	seturi	seturilor
vocative	setule		seturilor

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Etymology 1

From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Number

set

(Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) seven

Alternative forms

siat (Sursilvan)
seat (Sutsilvan)

Etymology 2

From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).

Noun

set f

(Sutsilvan) thirst

Alternative forms

said (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
seit (Sursilvan)
seid (Surmiran)

Etymology

Borrowed from English set.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈset/ [ˈset̪]
Rhymes: -et
Syllabification: set

Noun

set m (plural sets)

(tennis) set
set or series of things (such as crockery, cutlery, tools, instruments, etc.)

Etymology

Borrowed from English set.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛtː/
Homophones: sett, sätt

Noun

set n

a set (matching collection of items)
a set (in for example tennis)
a set (musical performance)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	set	sets
singular	definite	setet	setets
plural	indefinite	set	sets
plural	definite	seten	setens

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References

Anagrams

est, tes

Etymology

From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛt/

Numeral

set

seven

Etymology 1

Verb

set (not mutable)

Contraction of baset.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English set.

Noun

set f (plural setiau, not mutable)

set

Derived terms

is-set (“subset”)

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

Mutated forms of *set*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
set	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

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Noun

set

Alternative form of zet
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
  Houghany set.
  Stupid set.

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47

[1] [1]
Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

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