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"Set" Definition

noun

A descent below the horizon.
A group of books or periodicals published as a unit.
A group of persons sharing a common interest: the high-school set.
A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used: a chess set.
A number of couples required for participation in a square dance.

verb-intransitive

Botany To mature or develop, as after pollination.
Nonstandard To sit: "If Emmett drives, I could set up front” ( Bobbie Ann Mason).
To become fixed; harden. See Synonyms at coagulate.
To become permanent. Used of dye.
To become whole; knit. Used of a broken bone.

verb-transitive

Botany To produce, as after pollination: set seed.
Music To compose (music) to fit a given text.
Music To write (words) to fit a given melodic line.
Nautical To spread open to the wind: set the sails.
Printing To arrange (type) into words and sentences preparatory to printing; compose.

adjective

Established by convention: followed set procedures for filing a grievance.
Established deliberately; intentional: Our set purpose is to win the conflict.
Fixed or established by agreement: a set time for the launching.
Intent and determined: "He is dead set against rushing abroad to build a plant” ( Fortune).
Ready: We are set to leave early tomorrow morning.

idiom

Set (someone) straight To correct (someone) by providing full and accurate information.
Set fire to To cause to ignite and burn.
Set foot in To enter.
Set foot on To step on.
Set in motion To give impetus to: The indictment set the judicial process in motion.

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