Definitions For Set

noun

  • Several exercises intended to be done in series
  • The act of putting something in position
  • Any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
  • Representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
  • (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
  • A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
  • The descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
  • A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
  • (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
  • An unofficial association of people or groups
  • Evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris
  • The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
  • A unit of play in tennis or squash

verb

  • Arrange attractively
  • Bear fruit
  • Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
  • Set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
  • Put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
  • Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  • Get ready for a particular purpose or event
  • Equip with sails or masts
  • Become gelatinous
  • Estimate
  • Fix conclusively or authoritatively
  • Decide upon or fix definitely
  • Establish as the highest level or best performance
  • Urge to attack someone
  • Give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
  • Put into a certain place or abstract location
  • Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
  • Put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
  • Fix in a border
  • Put into a position that will restore a normal state
  • Apply or start
  • Adapt for performance in a different way
  • Locate
  • Set in type
  • Disappear beyond the horizon

adjective

  • Converted to solid form (as concrete)
  • Fixed and unmoving
  • Set down according to a plan
  • (usually followed by to' or for') on the point of or strongly disposed
  • Situated in a particular spot or position
  • Determined or decided upon as by an authority
  • Being below the horizon

Is Set a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
3
Words with Friends
3

The word Set is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Set in a Sentence

  • We need to set some extra chairs around the table.
  • He set the ladder against the wall and walked away.
  • I remember setting my bag right here.
  • I need to buy a new set of golf clubs.
  • The kids are allowed to watch two hours of television. After that, I turn off the set.
  • We met on the set of Hamlet.
  • Her college is set in the countryside.
  • Their house is set back from the road.
  • A man with deep-set eyes

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