[sɛt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position
(e.g: Delaney set the mug of tea down)

- put or bring into a specified state
(e.g: the Home Secretary set in motion a review of the law)

- adjust (a clock or watch), typically to show the right time
(e.g: set your watch immediately to local time at your destination)

- harden into a solid or semi-solid state
(e.g: cook for a further thirty-five minutes until the filling has set)

- (of the sun, moon, or another celestial body) appear to move towards and below the earth's horizon as the earth rotates
(e.g: the sun was setting and a warm red glow filled the sky)

- (of a tide or current) take or have a specified direction or course
(e.g: a fair tide can be carried well past Land's End before the stream sets to the north)

- start (a fire)
(e.g: the school had been broken into and the fire had been set)

- (of blossom or a tree) form into or produce (fruit)
(e.g: wait until first flowers have set fruit before planting out the peppers)

- sit
(e.g: the rest of them people just set there goggle-eyed for a minute)


Phrases:
- set one's heart on
- set one's teeth
- set sail
- set the wheels in motion

Origin:
Old English settan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zetten, German setzen, also to sit

[sɛt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together
(e.g: a set of false teeth)

- the way in which something is set, disposed, or positioned
(e.g: the shape and set of the eyes)

- a radio or television receiver
(e.g: a TV set)

- a collection of scenery, stage furniture, and other articles used for a particular scene in a play or film

- an arrangement of the hair when damp so that it dries in the required style
(e.g: a shampoo and set)

- a cutting, young plant, or bulb used in the propagation of new plants

- the last coat of plaster on a wall

- the amount of spacing in type controlling the distance between letters




Phrases:
- make a dead set at

Origin:
late Middle English: partly from Old French sette, from Latin secta ‘sect’, partly from set

[sɛt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- group (pupils or students) in sets according to ability


Phrases:
- make a dead set at

Origin:
late Middle English: partly from Old French sette, from Latin secta ‘sect’, partly from set

[sɛt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- fixed or arranged in advance
(e.g: try to feed the puppy at set times each day)

- ready, prepared, or likely to do something
(e.g: the first family was set for a quiet night of rest)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English, past participle of set