(obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
(engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
An object made up of several parts.
(piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
(set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
(printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
(in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal)Set theory.
(UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
(poker, slang)Three of a kind in poker. In community card games, the term is usually reserved for a situation in which a pair in a player's hand is matched by a single card on the board. Compare with trips.
to set a good example; to set lessons to be learned
on your marks, get set, go!; on your marks, set, go!
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 a set bedtime, researchers found.
the set of a spring
That was but civil war, an equal set.
We will in France, by God's grace, play a set / Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard.
television set
nail set
It sets him ill.
set on getting to his destination
I do not set my life at a pin's fee.
Be you contented, wearing now the garland, / To have a son set your decrees at naught.
pastoral dales thin set with modern farms
High on their heads, with jewels richly set, / Each lady wore a radiant coronet.
I have set my life upon a cast, / And I will stand the hazard of the die.
to set a broken bone
to set a psalm
to set the sails of a ship
the country set
I set the alarm at 6 am.
~ the time asettaa aika (kelloon)
~ a price asettaa hinta, hinnoitella
At Amber Hill, setting was a high-profile concept, and the students were frequently reminded of the set to which they belonged.
In setted classes, students are brought together because they are believed to be of similar 'ability'. Yet, setted lessons are often conducted as though students are not only similar, but identical—in terms of ability, preferred learning style and pace of working.
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 lower set.
He plays the set on Saturdays.
This is the fourth set of benchpresses.
to set a saw
a set of steps
a set of tools
a set of tables
Here and there, amongst individuals alive to the particular evils of the age, and watching the very set of the current, there may have been even a more systematic counteraction applied to the mischief. — Thomas De Quincey.
The weary sun hath made a golden set.
the set of day
I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them.
a set menu
Please set the table for our guests.
The glue sets in four minutes.
The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
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 or setting.
It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.
This crossword was set by Araucaria.
He says he will set his next film in France.
I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.
An incident which happened about this time will set the characters of these two lads more fairly before the discerning reader than is in the power of the longest dissertation.
to set milk for cheese
I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
to set the rent
to set a coach in the mud
Every incident sets him thinking.
I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother.
The Lord thy God will set thee on high.
The Lord set a mark upon Cain.
I have set my heart on running the marathon.
If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him.
to set (that is, to hone) a razor
And him too rich a jewel to be set / In vulgar metal for a vulgar use.
to set glass in a sash
to set a precious stone in a border of metal
The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
Sow dry, and set wet.
to set pear trees in an orchard
Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
Set the tray there.
Your dog sets well.
The dog sets the bird.
He sets in that chair all day.
Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and 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.
In the Annapolis Valley, in spite of an irregular bloom, the fruit has set well and has, as yet, been little affected by scab.
The king is set from London, and the scene is now transported, gentles, to Southampton