set out

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [set out]
- /sɛt aʊt/
- /set ˈaʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [set out]
- /sɛt aʊt/

Definitions of set out words

verb with object set out to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table. 1
verb with object set out to place in a particular position or posture: Set the baby on his feet. 1
verb with object set out to place in some relation to something or someone: We set a supervisor over the new workers. 1
verb with object set out to put into some condition: to set a house on fire. 1
verb with object set out to put or apply: to set fire to a house. 1
verb with object set out to put in the proper position: to set a chair back on its feet. 1

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Origin of set out

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; (v.) Middle English setten, Old English settan; cognate with Old Norse setja, German setzen, Gothic satjan, all < Germanic *satjan, causative of *setjan to sit1; (noun) (in senses denoting the action of setting or the state of being set) Middle English set, set(t)e, derivative of the v. and its past participle; (in senses denoting a group) Middle English sette < Old French < Latin secta sect (in later use influenced by the v. and Middle Low German gesette set, suite)

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Parts of speech for Set out

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Set out

set out popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for set out

verb set out

adventuring — the act of doing adventurous things or having adventures
arrive at — to reach by traveling
blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
break camp — to pack up equipment and leave a camp
cinched — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.

adjective set out

delineated — to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
demonstrated — Simple past tense and past participle of demonstrate.

All 84 Synonyms of set out