set
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕt
ipa: /sɛt/
homophone: sett
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: more set
form: most set
Etymology: From Middle English sett, from Old English ġesett, past participle of settan.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:
glosses: Fixed in position.
glosses: Rigid, solidified.
examples: text: on your marks, get set, go!; on your marks, set, go!
glosses: Ready, prepared.
examples: text: set on getting to his destination
text: 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.
ref: 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “In which Jim and I Take Different Ways”, in The Wrecker, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 179:
glosses: Intent, determined (to do something).
examples: text: a set menu
translation: a meal that is instituted by a restaurateur for a limited occasion
english: a meal that is instituted by a restaurateur for a limited occasion
text: a set book
translation: a required reading for a course in an educational institution
english: a required reading for a course in an educational institution
glosses: Prearranged.
examples: text: I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them.
glosses: Fixed in one’s opinion.
glosses: Fixed in a certain style.
raw_tags: of hair
Synonyms: sense: intent, determined
word: determined
sense: intent, determined
word: intent
sense: prearranged
word: dictated
sense: prearranged
word: prearranged
sense: prearranged
word: predetermined
sense: prearranged
word: prescribed
sense: prearranged
word: specified
sense: fixed in one's opinion
word: fixed
sense: fixed in one's opinion
word: rigid
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from Etymology 1
word: all set
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word: close-set
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word: dead set
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word: dead set against
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word: deep-set
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word: go set
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word: hard-set
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word: have one's heart set on
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word: heavyset
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word: heavy-set
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word: mindset
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word: moonset
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word: nail set
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word: offset
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word: outset
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word: photoset
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word: preset
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word: quickset
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word: saw set
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word: self-set
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word: set-aside
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word: set back
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word: setback
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word: set book
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word: set chisel
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word: set fair
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word: set for life
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word: sethood
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word: set-in
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word: set in one's ways
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word: setlist
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word: setness
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word: set net
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word: set of one's jaw
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word: set phrase
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word: set screw
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word: set shot
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word: set square
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word: set-stitched
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word: setter
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word: set-to
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word: sharp-set
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word: sunset
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word: thickset
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word: trendsetter
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word: typeset
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word: unset
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word: upset
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word: well-set