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set

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sentani.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sentani terms

• enPR: sĕt, IPA^(key): /sɛt/

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• Homophone: sett
• Rhymes: -ɛt

From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”).

Cognate with Dutch zetten, German setzen, Danish sætte, Norwegian Bokmål sette, Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk setja, Swedish sätta, Faroese seta.

set (third-person singular simple present sets, present participle setting, simple past set, past participle set or (dialectal) setten)

1. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.

   Synonyms: put, lay, set down

   Antonym: pick up

   Set the tray there.

   He helped his mother set the table for lunch.

2. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

   I have set my heart on running the marathon.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:15:

     The Lord set a mark upon Cain.

3. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:1:

     The Lord thy God will set thee on high.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 10:35:

     I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother.

   • 1827, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hamlet:

     Every incident sets him thinking.

4. (transitive) To start (a fire).

   Synonym: light

   Antonyms: extinguish, put out, quench

5. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

   to set a coach in the mud

7. (transitive) To determine or settle.

   to set the rent

8. (transitive) To adjust.

   I set the alarm at 6 a.m.

   (i.e. I programmed it at that hour to go off at a later time)

   I set the alarm for 6 a.m.

   (i.e. I programmed it earlier to go off at that hour.)

9. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
10. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

    Please set the table for our guests.

11. (transitive) To introduce or describe.

    I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.

    • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

      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.

12. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.

    He says he will set his next film in France.

    Her debut novel is set during the U.S. Civil War.

13. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

    This crossword was set by Araucaria.

14. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
15. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
16. (transitive) To arrange (type).

    Synonym: typeset

    It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.

17. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.

    The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.

18. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
19. (intransitive) To gel; to solidify.

    Synonyms: set up, cure, jell, jell out

    This glue sets in five minutes.

    This jelly sets within a few hours when refrigerated.

20. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

    to set milk for cheese

21. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

    The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight.

22. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
23. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
    • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

      The king is set from London, and the scene is now transported, gentles, to Southampton

24. (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.

    to set seed

    • 2012, Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows, page 155:

      Many fruit trees will only flower and set fruit following a cold winter.

25. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
    • 1906, Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Fruit Branch, Fruit crop report:

      In the Annapolis Valley, in spite of an irregular bloom, the fruit has set well and has, as yet, been little affected by scab.

26. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).

    He sets in that chair all day.

    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

      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.

    • 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 227:

      And if Mrs. Garner didn't need me right there in the kitchen, I could get a chair and you and me could set out there while I did the vegetables.

27. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
    • 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:

      Well, we rolled up Interstate 44
      Like a rocket-sled on rails.
      We tore up all of our swindle sheets
      And left 'em settin' on the scales.

28. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
30. (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

    The dog sets the bird.

    Your dog sets well.

31. To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
    • 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:

      If he set industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him.

32. (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
    • 1709, J[ohn] Dryden, J[ohn] Oldham, “(please specify the page)”, in Mac Flecknoe: A Poem. […] With Spencer’s Ghost: Being a Satyr Concerning Poetry. […], London: […] H[enry] Hills, […], →OCLC:

      Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.

    • c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

      That I might sing it (Madam) to a tune:
      Giue me a Note, your Ladiship can set

33. (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

    to set pear trees in an orchard

    • 1774, John Robinson, Thomas Rispin, A Journey Through Nova-Scotia, York: C. Etherington, page 19:

      We saw him with eight men setting potatoes within a week of mid-summer.

    • 1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 204:

      At Eastertime one year, she helped him to set potatoes.

34. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
35. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

    The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.

36. (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing them and moving first to one side and then to the other, while they do the opposite.

    Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller.

37. To place or fix in a setting.

    to set a precious stone in a border of metal

    to set glass in a sash

    • 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act IV, page 58:

      And him too rich a jewel to be set / In vulgar metal for a vulgar use.

38. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

    to set (that is, to hone) a razor

    to set a saw

39. To extend and bring into position; to spread.

    to set the sails of a ship

40. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
    • 1742, Henry Fielding, “Here Joseph Andrews Writ a Letter to His Sister Pamela”, in The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I, page 25:

      […] I ſhould be very vvilling to be his Clerk; for vvhich you knovv I am qualified, being able to read, and to ſet a Pſalm.

41. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

    to set a broken bone

42. (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
    • 1917 February 12, “If You Knew What Foods?” (advertisement), in The Independent, volume 59, number 3558, New York: Independent Corporation, page 280:

      If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to.

43. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
44. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
    • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:

      I have set my life upon a cast, / And I will stand the hazard of the die.

45. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
    • 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

      High on their heads, with jewels richly set, / Each lady wore a radiant coronet.

    • 1815, William Wordsworth, Poems of the Imagination:

      pastoral dales thin set with modern farms

46. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
    • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

      Be you contented, wearing now the garland, / To have a son set your decrees at naught.

    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

      I do not set my life at a pin's fee.

47. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

    to set a good example

48. (Scotland) To suit; to become.

    It sets him ill.

49. To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.

    To set a hen.

50. To arrange the casting of a movie.

    Paramont Pictures has set Jennifer Love Hewitt for a movie called Two Can Play This Game.

Originally, set specifically served as the causative of sit, and this relationship is still reflected in several of the above senses. However, as with many such pairs, the correspondence has mostly deteriorated, with new senses of sit no longer being accompanied with a like sense of set; notably, there are now transitive senses of sit and intransitive senses of set. Compare rise and raise, whose senses are almost all intransitive and transitive counterparts, respectively.

• (of heavenly bodies, to disappear below the horizon): go down, go west

• → Japanese: セット (setto)
  • → Hokkien: siat-to͘h
• → Korean: 세트 (seteu)

From Middle English set, sette, from Old English set (“seat, place of residence, camp, settlement, entrenchment, stable, pen”), from Proto-West Germanic *set (“seat”), from Proto-Germanic *setą (“seat”).

set (plural sets)

1. A punch for setting nails in wood.

   nail set

2. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.

   television set

   • 1984, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “The Brady Bunch”, in "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D:

     Say, you can watch 60 Minutes / Even Captain Kangaroo / But there's only one set, so whatever you watch / Well, you know I gotta watch it too

3. Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
4. Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
5. Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
6. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
7. The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
8. (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.

   the set of a spring

   • 1986 March 29, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12 Wreckage and Impact Information”, in Aircraft Accident Report: China Airlines Boeing 747-SP, N4522V, 300 Nautical Miles Northwest of San Francisco, California, February 19, 1985‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 July 2022, page 12:

     The wings were bent or set permanently 2 to 3 inches upward at the wingtips; however, the set was within the manufacturer's allowable tolerances.

9. A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
10. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
11. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
12. A young oyster when first attached.
13. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
15. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
16. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.

    the set of a coat

    • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

      Mr. Joolby lay on the floor beside his special chair, his face doubly terrible in its rigid set, his body writhing this way and that with spasmodic jerks and contortions.

    • 1984 December 29, Amy Hoffman, “Dyke Detectives Solve Murder Mysteries”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 7:

      So much of our culture, hidden by necessity for so long, involves subtle codes and signals: the set of her shoulders, the sway of his hips.

17. The pattern of a tartan, etc.
18. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
19. The full number of eggs set under a hen.
20. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
    • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

      We will in France, by God's grace, play a set / Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard.

    • 1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

      That was but civil war, an equal set.

    • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:

      Thenceforth the Dowager, with a light and careless humour, often recounted to her particular acquaintance how, after a hard trial, she had found it impossible to know those people who belonged to Henry’s wife, and who had made that desperate set to catch him.

21. A tool for dressing forged iron.

From Middle English sett, from Old English ġesett, past participle of settan.

set (comparative more set, superlative most set)

1. Fixed in position.
   • 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:

     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.

2. Rigid, solidified.
3. Ready, prepared.

   on your marks, get set, go!;  on your marks, set, go!

4. Intent, determined (to do something).

   set on getting to his destination

   • 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “In which Jim and I Take Different Ways”, in The Wrecker, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 179:

     And she likes you so much, and thinks you so accomplished and distingué-looking, and was just as set as I was to have you for best man.

5. Prearranged.

   a set menu ― a meal that is instituted by a restaurateur for a limited occasion

   a set book ― a required reading for a course in an educational institution

   • 1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 18:

     The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long.

6. Fixed in one’s opinion.

   I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them.

7. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.

• (intent, determined): determined, intent
• (prearranged): dictated, prearranged, predetermined, prescribed, specified
• (fixed in one's opinion): fixed, rigid

From Middle English set, sete, sette (“that which is set, the act of setting, seat”), from Old English set (“setting, seat, a place where people remain, habitation, camp, entrenchment, a place where animals are kept, stall, fold”) and Old English seten (“a set, shoot, slip, branch; a nursery, plantation; that which is planted or set; a cultivated place; planting, cultivation; a setting, putting; a stopping; occupied land”), related to Old English settan (“to set”). Compare Middle Low German gesette (“a set, suite”), Old English gesetl (“assembly”). According to Skeat, in senses denoting a group of things or persons, representing an alteration of sept, from Old French sette (“a religious sect”), from Medieval Latin secta (“retinue”), from Latin secta (“a faction”). See sect. It is quite possible that the modern word is more of a merger between both, however.

set (plural sets)

1. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
2. A rudimentary fruit.
3. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
   • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

     The weary sun hath made a golden set.

   • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Adeline”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 41:

     And a rose-bush leans upon, / Thou that faintly smilest still, / As a Naiad in a well, / Looking at the set of day, […]

4. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
   • 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Style:

     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.

   • 1951, Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny, page 238:

     He put his eye to the alidade. “I thought so! Zero five four and that's allowing nothing for set and drift along the line of bearing. We're inside the departure point now […] ”

6. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)

   a set of tables

7. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.

   a set of tools

8. An object made up of several parts.

   a set of steps

10. (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.
11. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
12. A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.

    the country set

    • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XIX, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

      That he took perfumed baths is a truth; and he used to say that he took them after meeting certain men of a very low set in hall.

    • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 21:

      “Good gracious, child, you didn't join the Theosophists and kiss Buddha's big toe, did you ? I tried to get into their set once, but they cast me out for a sceptic — without a chance of improving my poor little mind, too.”

    • 1984 December 29, H. W. Seng, “Alice, Gertrude and Sammy Dearest”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 13:

      They were very private people, though they did have their circle of friends at Bilignin. They had little or no association with the Natalie Barney set, in their eyes much too frivolous.

13. The scenery for a film or play.
14. the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
15. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
17. (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.

    Meronym: reps

    • 1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 22:

      This is the fourth set of benchpresses.

    • 1986, Paul Reed, “Serenity”, in Eric E. Rofes, editor, Gay Life: Leisure, Love, and Living for the Contemporary Gay Male, page 11:

      The old practitioners we sometimes still see, though in far fewer numbers: still working out too hard, a lost expression on their faces as they rest between sets, as if unable to snap out of the broken promise.

19. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
20. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
21. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
23. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
    • 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian‎^[2]:

      You heard “oh, Jeremy Corbyn” everywhere: at the silent disco, during Radiohead’s Friday night headlining set, midway through the Other stage appearance by rapper Stormzy, who gamely joined in.

24. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.

    He plays the set on Saturdays.

25. (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
    • 2012 April 26, “Themes: Pupil grouping and organisation of classes”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[3], Department for Education, archived from the original on 14 June 2012:

      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.

26. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).^[1]

• (close of the day): dusk, eve, evening, sundown, sunset
• (general movement): direction, drift, heading, motion, movement, path, tendency, trend
• (matching collection of similar things): suite, block
• (set theory, in plural): set theory
• (group of people, usually meeting socially): club, coterie
• (scenery): scenery
• (performance of several musical pieces): gig, session
• (drum kit): drums, drum kit, drum set
• (three of a kind): three of a kind

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

set (third-person singular simple present sets, present participle setting, simple past and past participle setted)

1. (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
   • 2008, Patricia Murphy, Robert McCormick, Knowledge and Practice: Representations and Identities:

     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.

   • 2002, Jo Boaler, Experiencing School Mathematics: Traditional and Reform Approaches and Their Impact on Student Learning:

     At Amber Hill, setting was a high-profile concept, and the students were frequently reminded of the set to which they belonged.

   • 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:

     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.

• Tse, StE, tes, -est, TSE, est, Est., ETS, STE, est., tse, ETs, TEs, Ste, EST, Ste., Est

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set (plural [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin script letter Z/z.

set

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	zet (far)	zet (far)	zet (far)	zet (far)

From Latin sitis.

set f

1. thirst

Catalan numbers ⁽⁾

	70
←  6	7	8  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: set     Ordinal (Central): setè     Ordinal (Valencian): seté     Ordinal (Latinate): sèptim     Ordinal abbreviation (Central): 7è     Ordinal abbreviation (Valencian): 7é     Ordinal abbreviation (Latinate): 7m     Multiplier: sèptuple
Catalan Wikipedia article on 7

Inherited from Latin septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Cognates include Occitan sèt.

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞t]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈsɛt]
• Rhymes: -ɛt

set m or f

1. (cardinal number) seven

set m (plural sets)

1. seven

Inherited from Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis.

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞t]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsət]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈset]

set f (plural sets)

1. thirst
2. hunger (strong desire)

• “set”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “set”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “set” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “set”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

From English set.

set

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) package or collection of items (Classifier: 個／个 c)

set

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to set; to adjust

   set鬧鐘／set闹钟 [Cantonese]  ―  set¹ naau⁶ zung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to set the alarm

2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to set; to prepare

   set場／set场 [Cantonese]  ―  set¹ coeng⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to prepare and decorate a venue

set

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for packages or collections of items.

• 恤髮 / 恤发 (seot¹ faat³)

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

set

1. sofa, couch, settee

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛt]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: sed
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Derived from English set.

set m inan

1. (tennis, volleyball) set (part of a match in sports like tennis and volleyball)

   Synonym: sada

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

set n

1. genitive plural of sto

set

1. masculine singular passive participle of sít

• “set”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “set”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

set

1. past participle of se

• sådan set

Borrowed from English set.

• IPA^(key): /sɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: set
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Homophone: Seth

set m (plural sets, diminutive setje n)

1. a set (collection of objects belonging together)
2. a set (installation consisting of multiple appliances)
3. (tennis) a set (tennis match)
4. a film set (filming location)

   Synonym: filmset

set

1. ice

Borrowed from English set [from 1833].

• IPA^(key): /sɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Homophones: cet, cette, sept, Sète
• Rhymes: -ɛt

set m (plural sets)

1. (tennis) set

   Synonym: manche

• balle de set (set point)

• “set”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• est, Ste., tes

From Old Norse set, from Proto-Germanic *setą. Compare the English seat.

set n (genitive singular sets, nominative plural set)

1. seat, a place to sit

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt/ [ˈsɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: set

From Dutch set, from English set, alteration of sept, from Old French sette (“a religious sect”), from Medieval Latin secta (“retinue”), from Latin secta (“a faction”).

sèt (plural set-set)

1. (sports) set, group of games counting as a unit toward a match

   Synonym: babak

2. set:

   Synonyms: perangkat, setel

   1. a matching collection of similar things
   2. a collection of various objects for a particular purpose
3. set, an object made up of several parts

From English set, from Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”).

sèt

1. to set:

   Synonym: mengeset

   1. to put in a specified condition or state
   2. to adjust
   3. to prepare
   4. to arrange

set (plural set-set)

1. (colloquial) trick; act; strategy

   Synonyms: muslihat, tindak, strategi

• “set”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: sèt

Unadapted borrowing from English set.

set m (invariable)

1. set (group of things in maths, tennis, cinema, etc.)

Abbreviation of settembre.

set m

1. alternative form of set.: abbreviation of settembre (“September”)

   Coordinate terms: gen, feb, mar, apr, mag, giu, lug, ago, ott, nov, dic

• 'ste, est

Ladin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : set     Ordinal : setim

From Latin septem.

set

1. seven

set m (uncountable)

1. seven

Alternative spelling of sed. See aliquit#Etymology.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛt]

set

1. alternative form of sed
   • c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:

     sexies viginti petre faciunt carrum plumbi scilicet magnum carrum London’ set carrus del Peek est multo minus.

     Six times twenty stone make the load of lead, scilicet the great London load, but the load of Peek is much less.

Derived from se; compare Estonian setu (“(so) many”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly:

• IPA^(key): /ˈset/, [ˈsetː]

set

1. (not inflected) several, a few

set

1. only, just

set

1. (but) just

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “set”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[4] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
• Ernštreits, Valts (ed. in chief); Vāvere, Signis; Viitso, Tiit-Rein; Damberg, Pētõr; Kurpniece, Milda; Kļava, Gunta; Balodis, Uldis; Tuisk, Tuuli; Kūla, Gita; Tomingas, Marili; Soosaar, Sven-Erik; Sedláčková, Anna; Jurgenovskis, Toms (2024), “set”, in “Lībiešu-latviešu-igauņu vārdnīca”, in Livonian language and culture resource platform “Livonian.tech”‎^[5] (in English, Estonian, and Latvian), Riga: University of Latvia Livonian Institute

• sett, sètt (Western orthographies)
• sèt (Eastern orthographies)

From Latin septem.

• IPA^(key): /set/, [sɛt]
• IPA^(key): /set/, [hɛt] (High Brescian and Bergamasque)

set

1. seven

• IPA^(key): [sɛt]

set

1. supine of seś

Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : set     Ordinal : setiem

From French sept.

set

1. seven

From French sept.

• IPA^(key): [sɛt]

set

1. seven

• sat (Föhr-Amrum)
• sate (Mooring)

From Old Frisian sitta, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): [sɛt]

set

1. (Sylt) to sit

set

1. present of setja and setta
2. imperative of setja

set

1. (non-standard since 1938) past participle of sjå

From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis.

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

set f or m (plural sets)

1. thirst

Occitan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : set

set (Limousin)

1. seven

• sèt

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[6], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 910

Compare the verb settan. Compare Old Norse sæti, Old High German gesāȥi (German Gesäß), Middle Dutch gesaete, from Proto-Germanic *sētiją.

• IPA^(key): /set/
• Rhymes: -et

set n

1. seat

Strong a-stem:

• ġeset

From Latin septem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt/

cardinal number

7	Previous:	sis
	Next:	uit

set

1. seven

• Middle French: sept
  • French: sept
• Norman: sept, saept (Guernsey)
• Walloon: set

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

set

1. third-person singular present indicative of savoir

• French: sait

set

1. inflection of setja:
   1. first-person singular present active indicative
   2. second-person singular active imperative

From Spanish sed and Portuguese sede and Kabuverdianu sedi.

set

1. thirst

Piedmontese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : set

From Latin septem, from Proto-Italic *septem. Cognates include Italian sette and French sept.

• IPA^(key): /sɛt/

set

1. seven

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: set
• Homophone: Set

Borrowed from English set.

set m animal or m inan (related adjective setowy)

1. (badminton, tennis, volleyball) set (complete series of games, forming part of a match)

set m inan (related adjective setowy)

1. (colloquial, music) set (set of songs performed during a concert of popular music)

set m animal

1. (card games) Set (real-time card game designed by Marsha Falco in 1974 and published by Set Enterprises in 1991)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

set f

1. genitive plural of seta

• “set”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “set”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[8] (in Polish)
• set in PWN's encyclopedia

Unadapted borrowing from English set.

• Homophone: sete

set m (plural sets)

1. set (group of things in maths, tennis, cinema, etc.)

• “set”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “set”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from English set or French set.

• IPA^(key): /set/

set n (plural seturi)

1. (tennis) set
2. set (of objects)

Romansh cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : set

From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

set

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) seven

• siat (Sursilvan)
• seat (Sutsilvan)

From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).

set f

1. (Sutsilvan) thirst

• said (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• seit (Sursilvan)
• seid (Surmiran)

Borrowed from English set.

• IPA^(key): /ˈset/ [ˈset̪]
• Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification: set

set m (plural sets)

1. (tennis) set
2. set or series of things (such as crockery, cutlery, tools, instruments, etc.)

• “set”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from English set.

• IPA^(key): /sɛtː/
• Homophones: sett, sätt

set n

1. a set (matching collection of items)
2. a set (in for example tennis)
3. a set (musical performance)

• sett
• sätt
• tågsätt

• “set”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “set”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “set”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• est, tes

• IPA^(key): /ˈset/
• Hyphenation: set

From Arabic سَدّ (sadd).

set (definite accusative seti or seddi, plural setler)

1. dam, floodwall (barrier to prevent flooding)
2. thick wall to prevent landslide, retaining wall
3. flat ground higher than one is situated
4. (firearms) lands (raised, or ridge-like sections of the helix inside the barrel of a firearm)

From English set.

set (definite accusative seti, plural setler)

1. set (collection of various objects for a particular purpose)
2. (sports) set (each part of a volleyball or basketball game)
3. (film) set (scenery for a film or play)

• “set”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

• IPA^(key): /sɛt/

set

1. seven

set (not mutable)

1. contraction of baset

Borrowed from English set.

set f (plural setiau, not mutable)

1. set

• is-set (“subset”)

• Delyth Prys; J.P.M. Jones; Owain Davies; Gruffudd Prys (2006), Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎^[9] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN

set

1. alternative form of zet
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Houghany set.

     Stupid set.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47