set

set · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    (verb) To put or place something in a specified position.

  2. 2.

    (verb) To adjust a device or mechanism to a desired position.

  3. 3.

    (verb) (of the sun) To go below the horizon.

  4. 4.

    (verb) To establish or decide on something.

  5. 5.

    (noun) A group or collection of related things.

  6. 6.

    (noun) The scenery and props for a theatrical production or film.

  7. 7.

    (adjective) Fixed or established; not changing.

Related words

Antonyms: displace, remove, rise
See also: place, put, setting
Synonyms: arrange, establish, place, put

Etymology

From Old English settan ("to set, put, place"), from Proto-Germanic satjaną ("to set, cause to sit"), causative of sitjaną ("to sit"). Cognate with German setzen, Dutch zetten, and Old Norse setja.