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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishsetten,fromOld Englishsettan,fromProto-West Germanic*sattjan,fromProto-Germanic*satjaną,fromProto-Indo-European*sodéyeti,causative of*sed-(“to sit”).

Verb

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set(third-person singular simple presentsets,present participlesetting,simple pastset,past participlesetor(dialectal)setten)

  1. (transitive)Toput(something) down, torest.
    Synonyms:put,lay,set down
    Antonym:pick up
    Setthetraythere.
  2. (transitive)To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
    I havesetmy heart on running the marathon.
  3. (transitive)To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
  4. (transitive)Tostart(afire).
    Synonym:light
    Antonyms:extinguish,put out,quench
  5. (transitive,dated)To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
    toseta coach in the mud
  7. (transitive)Todetermineorsettle.
    tosetthe rent
  8. (transitive)Toadjust.
    Isetthe alarm at 6 a.m.
    (i.e. I programmed it at that hour to go off at a later time)
    Isetthe alarm for 6 a.m.
    (i.e. I programmed it earlier to go off at that hour.)
  9. (transitive)To punch (anail) intowoodso that its head is below the surface.
  10. (transitive)To arrange withdishesandcutlery,toset the table.
    Pleasesetthe table for our guests.
  11. (transitive)Tointroduceordescribe.
    I’ll tell you what happened, but first let mesetthe scene.
  12. (transitive)Tolocate(a play, etc.); to assign abackdropto, geographically or temporally.
    He says he willsethis next film in France.
    Her debut novel issetduring the U.S. Civil War.
  13. (transitive)Tocompile,to make (a puzzle or challenge).
    This crossword wassetby Araucaria.
  14. (transitive)To prepare (a stage or film set).
  15. (transitive)To fit (someone) up in a situation.
  16. (transitive)To arrange (type).
    It was a complex page, but hesetit quickly.
  17. (transitive)Todeviseandassign(work) to.
    The teachersether students the task of drawing a foot.
  18. (transitive,volleyball)To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
  19. (intransitive)Tosolidify.
    The gluesetsin five minutes.
  20. (transitive)To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
    tosetmilk for cheese
  21. (intransitive)Of a heavenly body, to disappear below thehorizonof a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
    The moonsetsat eight o'clock tonight.
  22. (transitive,bridge)Todefeatacontract.
  23. (obsolete,now followed by "out", as inset out)To begin to move; togo forth.
    • 1599(date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,(please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      The king issetfrom London, and the scene is now transported, gentles, to Southampton
  24. (transitive,botany)To produce after pollination.
    tosetseed
    • 2012,Daniel Chamovitz,What a Plant Knows,page155:
      Many fruit trees will only flower andsetfruit following a cold winter.
  25. (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 hassetwell and has, as yet, been little affected by scab.
  26. (intransitive,Southern US,Midwestern US,dialects)Tosit(be in a seated position).
    Hesetsin that chair all day.
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln,chapter VII, inMr. Pratt’s Patients,New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      Old Applegate, in the stern, justsetand 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,page227:
      And if Mrs. Garner didn't need me right there in the kitchen, I could get a chair and you and me couldsetout there while I did the vegetables.
  27. (intransitive,Southern US,Midwestern US,dialects)Torestorliesomewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
    • 1975,“Convoy”,in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics),Black Bear Road,performed byC. W. McCall:
      Well, we rolled up Interstate 44
      Like a rocket-sled on rails.
      We tore up all of our swindle sheets
      And left 'emsettin'on the scales.
  28. To hunt game with the aid of asetter.
  29. (hunting,transitive,intransitive)Of a dog, to indicate the position ofgame.
    The dogsetsthe bird.
    Your dogsetswell.
  30. To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
    • 1654,H[enry] Hammond,Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise,London:[…]J[ames]Flesher forRichard Royston,[…],→OCLC:
      If hesetindustriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him.
  31. (transitive,intransitive)To fit music to words.
  32. (transitive,intransitive)To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
    tosetpear 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,page19:
      Mr. Forster, from Newcastle, made a purchase here last year. We saw him with eight mensettingpotatoes within a week of mid-summer.
  33. To becomefixedorrigid;to befastened.
  34. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
    The currentsetsto the north; the tidesetsto the windward.
  35. (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.
    Setto partners! was the next instruction from the caller.
  36. To place or fix in asetting.
    toseta precious stone in a border of metal
    tosetglass in a sash
    • 1681,John Dryden,The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery.[…],London:[…]Richard Tonson andJacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC,Act IV,page58:
      And him too rich a jewel to beset/ In vulgar metal for a vulgar use.
  37. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
    toset(that is, to hone) a razor
    toseta saw
  38. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
    tosetthe sails of a ship
  39. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
  40. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
    toseta broken bone
  41. (intransitive,nowdialectal)Tositorlie(easily etc.) on thestomach;to bedigestedin a certain manner.
    • 1917February 12, “If You Knew What Foods?” (advertisement), inThe Independent,volume59,number3558,New York: Independent Corporation,page280:
      If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “setwell,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to.
  42. (masonry)To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
  43. (obsolete)To wager in gambling; to risk.
  44. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
  45. (obsolete)To value; to rate; used withat.
  46. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
    toseta good example
  47. (Scotland)To suit; to become.
    Itsetshim ill.
  48. To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
    Toseta hen.
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Terms derived fromset(verb)
Descendants
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  • →Japanese:セット(setto)
    • →Hokkien:siat-to͘h
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishset,sette,fromOld Englishset(“seat, place of residence, camp, settlement, entrenchment, stable, pen”),fromProto-West Germanic*set(“seat”),fromProto-Germanic*setą(“seat”).

Noun

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set(pluralsets)

  1. Apunchfor settingnailsinwood.
    nailset
  2. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
    televisionset
  3. Alternative form ofsett(“a hole made and lived in by abadger”)
  4. Alternative form ofsett(“pattern of threads and yarns”)
  5. Alternative form ofsett(“piece of quarried stone”)
  6. (horticulture)A smalltuberorbulbused instead ofseed,particularly onion sets and potato sets.
  7. The amount by which the teeth of asawprotrude to the side in order to create thekerf.
  8. (engineering)Apermanentchangeofshapecaused byexcessivestrain,as fromcompression,tension,bending,twisting,etc.
    thesetof a spring
    • 1986March 29,National Transportation Safety Board,“1.12 Wreckage and Impact Information”, inAircraft Accident Report: China Airlines Boeing 747-SP, N4522V, 300 Nautical Miles Northwest of San Francisco, California, February 19, 1985‎[1],archived fromthe originalon10 July 2022,page12:
      The wings were bent or set permanently 2 to 3 inches upward at the wingtips; however, thesetwas within the manufacturer's allowable tolerances.
  9. Abiasof mind; anattitudeor pattern of behaviour.
  10. (piledriving)A piece placed temporarily upon the head of apilewhen the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
  11. (printing,dated)Thewidthof thebodyof atype.
  12. Ayoungoysterwhen firstattached.
  13. Collectively, thecropof young oysters in anylocality.
  14. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning inEtymology 4, Noun)
  15. (colloquial)Themanner,state,orqualityof setting orfitting;fit.
    • 1984December 29, Amy Hoffman, “Dyke Detectives Solve Murder Mysteries”, inGay Community News,volume12,number25,page 7:
      So much of our culture, hidden by necessity for so long, involves subtle codes and signals: thesetof her shoulders, the sway of his hips.
    thesetof a coat
  16. Thepatternof atartan,etc.
  17. Thecamberof a curved roofing tile.
  18. The full number ofeggsset under ahen.
  19. (obsolete,rare)That which isstaked;awager;hence, a gambling game.
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Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishsett,fromOld Englishġesett,past participle ofsettan.

Adjective

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set(comparativemoreset,superlativemostset)

  1. Fixedin position.
    • 2013July 19,Ian Sample,“Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”,inThe Guardian Weekly,volume189,number 6, page34:
      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 asetbedtime, researchers found.
  2. Rigid,solidified.
  3. Ready,prepared.
    on your marks, getset,go!;on your marks,set,go!
  4. Intent,determined(to do something).
    seton getting to his destination
  5. Prearranged.
    aset menu―a meal that is instituted by arestaurateurfor a limited occasion
    aset book―a required reading for a course in an educational institution
  6. Fixedin one’sopinion.
    I’msetagainst the idea of smacking children to punish them.
  7. (of hair)Fixed in a certain style.
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Etymology 4

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FromMiddle Englishset,sete,sette(“that which is set, the act of setting, seat”),fromOld Englishset(“setting, seat, a place where people remain, habitation, camp, entrenchment, a place where animals are kept, stall, fold”)andOld Englishseten(“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 toOld Englishsettan(“to set”).CompareMiddle Low Germangesette(“a set, suite”),Old Englishgesetl(“assembly”).According to Skeat, in senses denoting a group of things or persons, representing an alteration ofsept,fromOld Frenchsette(“a religious sect”),fromMedieval Latinsecta(“retinue”),fromLatinsecta(“a faction”).Seesect.It is quite possible that the modern word is more of a merger between both, however.

Noun

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set(pluralsets)

  1. A young plant fit for setting out; aslip;shoot.
  2. A rudimentary fruit.
  3. The setting of the sun or other luminary;(by extension)the close of the day.
  4. (literallyandfiguratively)Generalmovement;direction;drift;tendency.
    • 1840,Thomas De Quincey,Style:
      Here and there, amongst individuals alive to the particular evils of the age, and watching the verysetof the current, there may have been even a more systematic counteraction applied to the mischief.
    • 1951,Herman Wouk,The Caine Mutiny,page238:
      He put his eye to the alidade. “I thought so! Zerofivefour and that's allowing nothing forsetand drift along the line of bearing. We're inside the departure point now[…]”
  5. Amatchingcollectionof similar things. (Note the similar meaning inEtymology 2, Noun.)
    asetof tables
  6. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
    asetof tools
  7. An object made up of several parts.
    asetof steps
  9. (set theory)A collection of zero or moreobjects,possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
  10. (in plural, “sets”,mathematics,informal)Set theory.
  11. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
    the countryset
    • 1848November –1850December,William Makepeace Thackeray,chapter XIX, inThe History of Pendennis.[…],volume(please specify |volume=I or II),London:Bradbury and Evans,[…],published1849–1850,→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 lowsetin hall.
    • 1984December 29, H. W. Seng, “Alice, Gertrude and Sammy Dearest”, inGay Community News,volume12,number25,page13:
      They were very private people, though they did have their circle of friends at Bilignin. They had little or no association with the Natalie Barneyset,in their eyes much too frivolous.
  12. Thesceneryfor afilmorplay.
  13. the generallocationsandareawhere amovie’s, afilm’s, or avideo’ssceneryis arranged to be filmed also including places foractors,assorted crew,director,producerswhich are typically not filmed.
  14. (dance)The initial or basicformationofdancers.
  16. (exercise)A group ofrepetitionsof a singleexerciseperformed one after the other without rest.
    Meronym:reps
    • 1974,Charles Gaines, George Butler,Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding,page22:
      This is the fourthsetof benchpresses.
  18. (tennis)A complete series ofgames,forming part of amatch.
  19. (volleyball)A complete series ofpoints,forming part of amatch.
  20. (volleyball)The act of directing the ball to a teammate for anattack.
  22. (music)A musicalperformanceby aband,disc jockey,etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
    • 2017June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, inthe Guardian‎[2]:
      You heard “oh, Jeremy Corbyn” everywhere: at the silent disco, during Radiohead’s Friday night headliningset,midway through the Other stage appearance by rapper Stormzy, who gamely joined in.
  23. (music)Adrum kit,adrum set.
    He plays theseton Saturdays.
  24. (UK,education)A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
    • 2012April 26, “Themes: Pupil grouping and organisation of classes”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[3],Department for Education, archived fromthe originalon14 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 lowerset.
  25. (poker,slang)Three of a kind,especially if two cards are in one'shandand the third is on theboard.Comparetrips(“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).[1]
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terms derived from Etymology 4 ofset"grouping" (noun)
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(set theory) collection of objects

Etymology 5

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(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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set(third-person singular simple presentsets,present participlesetting,simple past and past participlesetted)

  1. (UK,education)To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
    • 2008,Patricia Murphy, Robert McCormick,Knowledge and Practice: Representations and Identities:
      Insettedclasses, students are brought together because they are believed to be of similar 'ability'. Yet,settedlessons are often conducted as though students are not only similar, butidentical—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,settingwas a high-profile concept, and the students were frequently reminded of the set to which they belonged.
    • 2013July 19,Peter Wilby,“Finland spreads word on schools”,inThe Guardian Weekly,volume189,number 6, page30:
      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 orsetting.

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

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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set(plural[please provide])

  1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterZ/z.

Aragonese

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Etymology

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FromLatinsitis.

Noun

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setf

  1. thirst

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Catalan numbers(edit)
70
← 6 7 8 →[a],[b]
Cardinal:set
Ordinal(Central):setè
Ordinal(Valencian):seté
Ordinal(Latinate):sèptim
Ordinalabbreviation(Central):7è
Ordinalabbreviation(Valencian):7é
Ordinalabbreviation(Latinate):7m
Multiplier:sèptuple
Catalan Wikipediaarticle on7

InheritedfromLatinseptem(“seven”),fromProto-Indo-European*septḿ̥.Cognates includeOccitansèt.

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Numeral

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setmorf

  1. (cardinal number)seven

Noun

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setm(pluralsets)

  1. seven

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Etymology 2

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InheritedfromLatinsitis,fromProto-Indo-European*dʰgʷʰítis.

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Noun

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setf(pluralsets)

  1. thirst
  2. hunger(strong desire)
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Chinese

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Etymology

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FromEnglishset.

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Noun

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set

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)packageorcollectionofitems(Classifier:Cá／Các)

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set

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)toset;toadjust
    setNháo chung／setNháo chung[Cantonese]―set1naau6zung1[Jyutping]― tosetthe alarm
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese)toset;toprepare
    setTràng／setTràng[Cantonese]―set1coeng4[Jyutping]― toprepare and decoratea venue

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Classifier

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set

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

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Crimean Tatar

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Noun

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set

  1. sofa,couch,settee

Czech

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Etymology 1

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DerivedfromEnglishset.

Noun

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setminan

  1. (tennis,volleyball)set(part of a match in sports like tennis and volleyball)
    Synonym:sada
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Declension ofset(hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative set sety
genitive setu setů
dative setu setům
accusative set sety
vocative sete sety
locative setu setech
instrumental setem sety

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Noun

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setn

  1. genitivepluralofsto

Etymology 3

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Participle

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set

  1. masculinesingularpassiveparticipleofsít

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  • “set”,inPříruční slovník jazyka českého(in Czech),1935–1957
  • “set”,inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého(in Czech),1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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set

  1. pastparticipleofse

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishset.

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Noun

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setm(pluralsets,diminutivesetjen)

  1. aset(collection of objects belonging together)
  2. aset(installation consisting of multiple appliances)
  3. (tennis)aset(tennis match)
  4. afilm set(filming location)
    Synonym:filmset

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Eastern Durango Nahuatl

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Noun

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set

  1. ice

French

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromEnglishset[from 1833].

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Noun

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setm(pluralsets)

  1. (tennis)set
    Synonym:manche

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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FromOld Norseset,fromProto-Germanic*setą.Compare the Englishseat.

Noun

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setn(genitive singularsets,nominative pluralset)

  1. seat,a place to sit

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):[ˈsɛt]
  • Hyphenation:sèt

Etymology 1

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FromDutchset,fromEnglishset,alteration ofsept,fromOld Frenchsette(“a religious sect”),fromMedieval Latinsecta(“retinue”),fromLatinsecta(“a faction”).

Noun

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sèt(first-person possessivesetku,second-person possessivesetmu,third-person possessivesetnya)

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

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FromEnglishset,fromMiddle Englishsetten,fromOld Englishsettan,fromProto-Germanic*satjaną,fromProto-Indo-European*sodéyeti,causative of*sed-(“to sit”).

Verb

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sèt

  1. toset:
    Synonym:mengeset
    1. toputin a specified condition or state
    2. toadjust
    3. toprepare
    4. toarrange
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set(first-person possessivesetku,second-person possessivesetmu,third-person possessivesetnya)

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

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishset.

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Noun

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setm(invariable)

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

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Ladin

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

Etymology

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FromLatinseptem.

Adjective

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set

  1. seven

Noun

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setm(uncountable)

  1. seven

Latin

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set

  1. Alternative form ofsed
    • c.1300,Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:
      sexies viginti petre faciunt carrum plumbi scilicet magnum carrum London’setcarrus del Peek est multo minus.
      Six times twentystonemake theloadof lead,scilicetthe great London load,butthe load ofPeekis much less.

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Etymology

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FromLatinseptem.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

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set

  1. seven

Lower Sorbian

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Verb

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set

  1. supineofseś

Mauritian Creole

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

Etymology

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FromFrenchsept.

Numeral

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set

  1. seven

Michif

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Etymology

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FromFrenchsept.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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set

  1. seven

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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set

  1. presentofsetjaandsetta
  2. imperativeofsetja

Etymology 2

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Participle

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set

  1. (non-standard since1938)pastparticipleofsjå

Occitan

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Etymology

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FromLatinsitis,fromProto-Indo-European*dʰgʷʰítis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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setform(pluralsets)

  1. thirst

Numeral

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Occitan cardinal numbers
< 6 7 8 >
Cardinal:set

set(Limousin)

  1. seven

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006)Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎[4],2 edition,→ISBN,page910.

Old English

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Etymology

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Compare the verbsettan.CompareOld Norsesæti,Old High Germangesazi(GermanGesäß),Middle Dutchgesaete,fromProto-Germanic*sētiją.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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setn

  1. seat

Declension

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This noun needs aninflection-table template.

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Old French

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinseptem.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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cardinal number
7 Previous: sis
Next: uit

set

  1. seven
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

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set

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicativeofsavoir
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Old Norse

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Verb

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set

  1. inflection ofsetja:
    1. first-personsingularpresentactiveindicative
    2. second-personsingularactiveimperative

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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FromSpanishsedandPortuguesesedeandKabuverdianusedi.

Noun

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set

  1. thirst

Piedmontese

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Piedmontese cardinal numbers
< 6 7 8 >
Cardinal:set

Etymology

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FromLatinseptem,fromProto-Italic*septem.Cognates includeItaliansetteandFrenchsept.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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set

  1. seven

Polish

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PolishWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediapl

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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BorrowedfromEnglishset.

Noun

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setmanimalorminan(related adjectivesetowy)

  1. (badminton,tennis,volleyball)set(complete series of games, forming part of a match)
Declension
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Declension ofset
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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adverbs

Noun

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setminan(related adjectivesetowy)

  1. (colloquial,music)set(set of songs performed during a concert of popular music)
Declension
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Declension ofset
singular plural
nominative set sety
genitive setu setów
dative setowi setom
accusative set sety
instrumental setem setami
locative secie setach
vocative secie sety

Noun

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setmanimal

  1. (card games)Set(real-time card game designed by Marsha Falco in 1974 and published by Set Enterprises in 1991)
Declension
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Declension ofset
singular
nominative set
genitive seta
dative setowi
accusative seta
instrumental setem
locative secie
vocative secie

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Noun

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setf

  1. genitivepluralofseta

Further reading

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  • setinWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • setin Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • setin PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishset.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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setm(pluralsets)

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromEnglishsetorFrenchset.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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setn(pluralseturi)

  1. (tennis)set
  2. set(of objects)

Declension

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Declension ofset
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un)set setul (niște)seturi seturile
genitive/dative (unui)set setului (unor)seturi seturilor
vocative setule seturilor

Romansch

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinseptem,fromProto-Indo-European*septḿ̥.

Number

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set

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun,Surmiran,Puter,Vallader)seven
Alternative forms
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Etymology 2

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FromLatinsitis,fromProto-Indo-European*dʰgʷʰítis(“perishing, decrease”).

Noun

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setf

  1. (Sutsilvan)thirst
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Spanish

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromEnglishset.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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setm(pluralsets)

  1. (tennis)set
  2. setorseriesofthings(such as crockery, cutlery, tools, instruments, etc.)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishset.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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setn

  1. aset(matching collection of items)
  2. aset(in for example tennis)
  3. aset(musical performance)

Declension

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

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References

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Anagrams

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Walloon

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Etymology

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FromLatinseptem,fromProto-Indo-European*septḿ̥.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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set

  1. seven

Welsh

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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set(not mutable)

  1. Contraction ofbaset.

Etymology 2

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BorrowedfromEnglishset.

Noun

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setf(pluralsetiau,not mutable)

  1. set
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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
set unchanged unchanged unchanged

Further reading

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  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006)Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎[5](in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales),→ISBN

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Noun

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set

  1. Alternative form ofzet
    • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Houghanyset.
      Stupidset.

References

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  • 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, published1867,page47
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