set

I verb

1)

Beth set the bag on the table

Syn:

put (down), place, lay, deposit, position, settle, leave, stand, plant; informal stick, dump, park, plonk, pop

2)

the fence is set in concrete

Syn:

fix, embed, insert, mount

3)

a ring set with precious stones

Syn:

adorn, ornament, decorate, embellish

4)

I'll set the table

Syn:

lay, prepare, arrange, fix

5)

we set them some work

Syn:

assign, allocate, give, allot

6)

they set a date for the election

Syn:

arrange, schedule, fix (on), settle on, determine, designate, name, specify

7)

he set his watch

Syn:

adjust, regulate, synchronize, calibrate, put right, correct

8)

the adhesive will set in an hour

Syn:

solidify, harden, stiffen, thicken, gel, cake, congeal, coagulate, clot

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Ant:

melt

Phrases:

set off/out

set something up

II noun

1)

a set of postcards

Syn:

series, collection, group, batch, arrangement, array, assortment, selection

2)

the literary set

Syn:

group, circle, crowd, crew, band, fraternity, company, ring, camp, school, clique, faction; informal gang, bunch

III adjective

1)

a set routine

Syn:

fixed, established, predetermined, hard and fast, unvarying, unchanging, invariable, rigid, inflexible, strict, settled

2)

she had very set ideas

Syn:

inflexible, rigid, fixed, entrenched

3)

I was all set for the evening

Syn:

ready, prepared, organized, equipped, primed; informal geared up, psyched up

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Ant:

variable, flexible, unprepared