set
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To put (something) down, to rest.
Set the tray there.
He helped his mother set the table for lunch.
Đồng nghĩa: put, lay, set down
- 2.
(transitive)To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
I have set my heart on running the marathon.
- 3.
(transitive)To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- 4.
(transitive)To start (a fire).
Đồng nghĩa: light
- 5.
(dated, transitive)To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
to set a coach in the mud
- 6.
(transitive)To determine or settle.
to set the rent
- 7.
(transitive)To adjust.
I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
I set the alarm for 6 a.m.
- 8.
(transitive)To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- 9.
(transitive)To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
Please set the table for our guests.
- 10.
(transitive)To introduce or describe.
I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.
- 11.
(transitive)To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
He says he will set his next film in France.
Her debut novel is set during the U.S. Civil War.
- 12.
(transitive)To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
This crossword was set by Araucaria.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A punch for setting nails in wood.
nail set
- 2.
A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
television set
- 3.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
- 4.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
- 5.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
- 6.
(horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- 7.
The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- 8.
(engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
the set of a spring
- 9.
A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- 10.
(piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- 11.
(dated)(printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
- 12.
A young oyster when first attached.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Fixed in position.
- 2.
Rigid, solidified.
- 3.
Ready, prepared.
on your marks, get set, go!; on your marks, set, go!
- 4.
Intent, determined (to do something).
set on getting to his destination
- 5.
Prearranged.
a set menu
a set book
- 6.
Fixed in one’s opinion.
I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them.
- 7.
(of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
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From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (to sit).