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fasten on, appoint: The date of the wedding has been set for
May 23rd. 5 focus on, home or zero in on, pinpoint, pin down:
When Ivor sets his mind on doing something, it usually gets
done. 6 adjust, regulate, turn, synchronize, fix, calibrate,
coordinate: Set your watches to Greenwich Mean Time. Set the
counter back to zero. 7 present, introduce, establish,
determine, stipulate, lay down, define, indicate, designate,
specify; set or mark off, delineate: Who set the pattern for
such behaviour? You'll have to set the rules. 8 prepare, set up,
concoct, lay, arrange, fix: I think we ought to set a trap for
the burglar. 9 set forth, propound, present, devise, work out
or up, make up, select, choose, decide, settle, establish: Who
is going to set the questions for the examination? 10 arrange,
lay, spread: If you set the table, I'll serve dinner. 11
adjust, move, tilt, fix, place, position, lodge: He set his hat
at a jaunty angle and strode out of the restaurant. 12 set
about. a get or make ready, start, begin, get to work, set in
motion, get under way, start the ball rolling, break the ice,
undertake, launch, tackle, address oneself to, enter upon,
Colloq get cracking: It's time you set about deciding what you
want to do for a living. b attack, assail, assault, beat up:
The gang set about him with clubs. 13 set against. a compare,
evaluate, rate, balance, weigh, juxtapose, contrast: If you set
his assets against his liabilities, he comes off pretty well. b
antagonize, set at odds, alienate, divide, disunite: They
succeeded in setting brother against brother. 14 set apart. a
distinguish, separate, differentiate: His talent for language
sets him apart from the others. b reserve, put or set aside,
store, earmark, put away, lay away, set by, save, keep back: I
set apart this piece of chocolate just for you. 15 set aside.
a See 14 (b), above. b annul, cancel, nullify, declare or
render null and void, reverse, repudiate, abrogate, quash,
overturn, overrule, discard: The judge set aside the ruling of
the lower court. 16 set back. put back, hinder, slow, hold up,
retard, delay, impede, obstruct, stay, thwart, frustrate,
inhibit: Completion has been set back because the materials
failed to arrive. 17 set down. a write (down), put in writing,
put down, record, register, mark or jot down, list: The
secretary laboriously set down every word the official said. b
ascribe, assign, attribute, impute, charge: She set down her
failure to win promotion to prejudice on the part of management.
c put down, land: See if you can set the plane down in that
field over there. 18 set forth. a express, voice, propose,