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| VERB: | 1. To alter for proper functioning: adjust, fix, regulate, tune (up). Music : attune. See CHANGE, HELP. 2. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something: aim, cast, direct, head, level, point, train, turn, zero in. Military : lay1. See SEEK. 3. To bring about or come to an agreement concerning: arrange, conclude, fix, negotiate, settle. See AGREE. 4. To change or be changed from a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass: clot, coagulate, congeal, curdle, gelatinize, jell, jelly. See SOLID. 5. To calculate approximately: approximate, estimate, place, put, reckon. See PRECISE. 6. To make or become physically hard: cake, concrete, congeal, dry, harden, indurate, petrify, solidify. See SOLID. 7. To place (a story, for example) in a designated setting: lay1. See PLACE. 8. To put in or assign to a certain position or location: emplace, install, locate, place, position, site, situate, spot. See PLACE. 9. To arrange tableware upon (a table) in preparation for a meal: lay1, spread. See ORDER. 10. To deposit in a specified place: lay1, place, put, stick. See PLACE, RISE. 11. To appoint and send to a particular place: assign, post2, station. See PLACE. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Firmly established by long standing: confirmed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched, hard-shell, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, irradicable, settled. See CONTINUE. 2. In a definite and final form; not likely to change: certain, firm1, fixed, flat. See CHANGE. 3. In a state of preparedness: ready. Informal : go. Slang : together. Idioms: all set, in working order. See PREPARED. 4. On an unwavering course of action: bent, decided, determined, fixed, intent, resolute. See DECIDE. 5. Fixed and distinct from others: express, particular, special, specific. See SPECIFIC. | | PHRASAL VERB: | set about To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set out, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake. Informal : kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See START. set apart To make noticeable or different: characterize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, individualize, mark, signalize, singularize. See SAME. set aside To put an end to, especially formally and with authority: abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, vitiate, void. Law : extinguish. See CONTINUE. set back To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired: delay, detain, hang up, hold up, lag, retard, slow (down or up), stall2. See HELP, TIME. set by To reserve for the future: keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, save (up). See KEEP, SAVE. set down 1. To come to rest on the ground: alight1, land, light2, settle, touch down. See MOVE. 2. To register in or as if in a book: book, catalog, enroll, inscribe, list1, write down. See REMEMBER. set forth To state, as an idea, for consideration: advance, offer, pose, propose, propound, put forward, submit, suggest. See OFFER. set off 1. To act as an equalizing weight or force to: balance, compensate, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, make up, offset. See ORDER. 2. To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, stir1 (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect) , give rise to. See START. 3. To make up for: balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, neutralize, offset, outweigh, redeem. See SUBSTITUTE. 4. To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition: adorn, beautify, embellish, enhance, grace. See BEAUTIFUL. 5. To stir to action or feeling: egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up. See CAUSE, EXCITE. set out 1. To proceed in a specified direction: bear, go, head, make, strike out. See APPROACH. 2. To work out and arrange the parts or details of: blueprint, design, lay out, map (out), plan. See PLANNED. 3. To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake. Informal : kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See START. set to To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, start, take on, take up, undertake. Informal : kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See START. set up 1. To raise upright: erect, pitch, put up, raise, rear2, upraise, uprear. See HORIZONTAL, RISE. 2. To bring into existence formally: constitute, create, establish, found, institute, organize, originate, start. See START. 3. Informal. To pay for the food, drink, or entertainment of (another): treat. Informal : stand. Slang : blow1. Idioms: stand treat. See PAY.
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