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set
  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.
  4. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
  5. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.)
  6. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
  7. An object made up of several parts.
  8. (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.
  9. (mathematics) Set theory.
  10. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
  11. The scenery for a film or play.
  12. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
  13. (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
  14. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
  15. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
  16. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
  17. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
  18. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
  19. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
  20. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
  21. Synonyms:
  22. Examples:
    1. “The performance looks different each time as mist, rain, and moonlight naturally alter the set of the stage.”
      “However grand the chandeliers and oil paintings, life in their social set seems far from Gosford Park.”
      “The younger set is likely to find the long-winded sermons a tad boring.”
set
  1. A punch for setting nails in wood.
  2. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
  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 the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
  8. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
  9. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
  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.
  14. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun)
  15. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
  16. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
  17. Synonyms:
  18. Examples:
    1. “The performance looks different each time as mist, rain, and moonlight naturally alter the set of the stage.”
      “However grand the chandeliers and oil paintings, life in their social set seems far from Gosford Park.”
      “The younger set is likely to find the long-winded sermons a tad boring.”
settlement
  1. The act of settling.
  2. The state of being settled.
  3. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
  4. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
  5. (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
  6. (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
  7. (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
  8. (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
  9. (law) A resolution of a dispute.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “The parties have indicated a desire that the Commission retain jurisdiction over the matter for purposes of enforcing the terms of the settlement.”
      “The two countries announced that they had reached a settlement in their dispute over import restrictions.”
      “The negotiations led to a settlement announced by the Governor in June 1988.”
setting
  1. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
  2. The act of setting.
  3. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
  4. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
  5. Hunting with a setter.
  6. Something set in, or inserted.
  7. A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “The setting was beautiful and we had wonderful views from our cottage.”
      “It was a delightful cottage in a wonderful setting beside the hills and flowing river.”
      “The setting was not as one would have expected in a traditional production.”
settler
  1. Someone who settles in a new location, especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place; a colonist.
  2. Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.
  3. (colloquial) That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.
  4. (Britain) The person in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.
  5. A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.
  6. A vessel, such as a tub, in which something, such as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Tensions in the area continued to increase, and a settler was murdered two months ago.”
      “The settler arrived in the new land, eager to establish a permanent home and build a future for their family.”
      “Her literary debut, The Grass Is Singing, exposed the moral bankruptcy of the white settler culture.”
sett
  1. The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
  2. The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan.
  3. A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The masons carefully arranged each sett to create an intricate pattern for the garden pathway.”
settle
  1. (archaic) A seat of any kind.
  2. (now rare) A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
  3. (obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare a depression.)
  4. Synonyms:
settlerism
  1. An ideology extolling the virtues bettering oneself by becoming a settler in an undeveloped new country.
  2. Group identification among settlers (as opposed to indigenous people or imported slaves), coupled with an ideology of freedom and social participation that applies exclusively to members of that group.
settling
settlor
  1. (law) A person who settles property on express trust for the benefit of beneficiaries.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The settlor established a charitable trust for the well-being of underprivileged children.”
      “The settlor, having established the trust has no power thereafter to amend.”
      “The defendant was to be the settlor of the trust, and the plaintiff would be the trustee.”
setness
  1. The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
  2. Examples:
    1. “But if the eyes were sad, the heavy jaw had a rigidness and setness which gave no indication of weakness or yielding.”
      “There was always some story or other going round about old Henry's setness.”
      “Now he raised his eyes to her face and was astonished at the setness of its expression.”
settledness
  1. The quality or state of being settled.
  2. Examples:
    1. “But the settledness of the buildings seems less important than the people or the shape of the overall thing itself.”
      “At the next house, a man answered, and immediately Kirsten smelled the sour odor of settledness through the screen door.”
      “Not surprisingly, after all this time, we feel the settledness more than we do the setting out for parts unknown.”
settlerist
  1. One who promotes or believes in settlerism.
sethood
  1. (mathematics) The state of being a set.
settleable
  1. Something that can settle.
sets
settleables
  1. plural of settleable
settlements
  1. plural of settlement
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The unmarried and widows often engaged in litigation related to marriage settlements, jointures, uses and trusts.”
      “Their policies are attempting to railroad people into urban settlements by objecting to planning applications in rural areas.”
      “The earliest music of European origin included quadrilles played by regimental bands in the penal settlements.”
settlerists
  1. plural of settlerist
settlings
  1. plural of settling
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “After heavy rainfall, the settlings at the bottom of the pond consisted of decaying leaves and other organic matter.”
      “This service enables to monitor underground works and railways settlings and to focus topographic monitoring on sensitive structures.”
      “There is a place on the road where iron sand is dug, and whence runs a chalybeate spring, which leaves settlings of ochre.”
settings
  1. plural of setting
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They had been taught more purposefully, coached in exam technique and raised and educated in settings where academic achievement was valued.”
      “One way around this problem is to enter the BIOS settings and increase the wait state of the Ram.”
      “The Cecilian Vespers are comprised of five psalm settings with their accompanying antiphons.”
settlers
  1. plural of settler
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In fact, one of the settlers knowingly built a house on a surveyed roadway.”
      “Many of these families traced their ancestry to the earliest English settlers of this country's oldest fishing port.”
      “In the 21st century, thousands of people still come for the kauri, but they are sightseers, not hard-working foresters and settlers.”
settlors
  1. plural of settlor
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Two bearer shares were allocated to Hemery and then transferred to trusts of which the two appellants and Baber were settlors.”
      “You would have no idea who the trust settlors were, what the assets were or where they came from.”
      “Pressure groups are calling on the government to publish its new central register of trusts, which names their beneficiaries and settlors.”
setnesses
  1. plural of setness
setts
  1. plural of sett
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “His mother gave birth to him and his brother in a garage in Cumbria because all the badger setts had been flooded.”
      “The families suffered a night of unbearable suspense before the disturbed earth was revealed as nothing more than two badger setts.”
      “Scottish Natural Heritage and the Highland Council have joined forces with developers to commission a major survey of badgers and their setts.”
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