Sets

Word SETS
Character 4
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /sɛts/

Definitions and meanings of "Sets"

What do we mean by sets?

To put (something) down, to rest.

To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

To start (a fire).

To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

To determine or settle.

To adjust.

To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

To introduce or describe.

To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.

To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

To prepare (a stage or film set).

To fit (someone) up in a situation.

To arrange (type).

To devise and assign (work) to.

To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

To solidify.

To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

To defeat a contract.

(now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.

To produce after pollination.

(of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

(Midwestern US) To sit (be in a seated position).

To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.

To fit music to words.

To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

(country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.

To place or fix in a setting.

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

To extend and bring into position; to spread.

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

To wager in gambling; to risk.

To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

To value; to rate; used with at.

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

To suit; to become.

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The word "sets" in example sentences

The name sets the individual apart; it makes him or her unique among all others. ❋ Dale Carnegie (1981)

The lad serves the farmer faithfully, and at the end of his term sets off home. ❋ Dean Spruill Fansler (N/A)

Import-SPMetadatawebservicePartitionData and imports the term sets in the target MMS. ❋ Tajeshwar (2010)

The title sets the tone, demonstrating right up front why DuShane's company will be more pleasant than that of an unwelcome visitor proselytizing in your doorway. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The title sets the tone for this witty, anecdote-filled book about the role elements have played in science, art, war, commerce, medicine, literature, and other fields. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The title sets up the false premise that charity care (i.e. free or discounted care) is the only measure of tax-exemption. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of their sets is a collection of portraits of scientists and inventors. ❋ Maxine (2009)

Can you go into the song and how its title sets up the theme of the album? ❋ Unknown (2010)

In fact, Hansen sees the Chinese tradition as centrally concerned with the conflict of daos, which he defines as sets of behavior-guiding practices, including discourses. ❋ Wong, David (2005)

There are also the correlative abstractive sets which I call the sets of σ-antiprimes. ❋ Alfred North Whitehead (1904)

But they contend that this title sets forth the nature of that to which it is applied; that the nature of the Spirit is not a nature shared in common with that of Father and of Son; and that, for this reason, the Spirit ought not to be allowed the common use of the name. ❋ Unknown (1895)

- Improved removal of bogus title sets Changes: - Improved "Jump directly to Tile Menu" function Fixes: - Removing Macrovision RipGuard didn't work sometimes - ❋ Unknown (2009)

Seeing a person carry such a title sets a lot of expectation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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