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1 When the sun sets, it moves down in the sky so that it cannot be seen.
2 If a book, play, or movie is set in a place or period of time, the story happens there or at that time.
It’s a historical adventure set in India in the 1940s. È un’avventura storica ambientata in India negli anni quaranta.
3 to make a piece of equipment ready to be used
He set the alarm for 7 a.m. Ha messo la sveglia per le 7.00.
4 to allow someone to leave prison
5 to make something start burning
6 to put plates, knives, forks, etc. on the table before you have a meal
7 If a liquid substance sets, it becomes solid.
8 If you set work or an exam at a school or college, you ask the students to do it.
9 a group of things that belong together
a set of instructions una serie di istruzioni
a set of keys un mazzo di chiavi
10 a television or radio
a TV set un apparecchio televisivo
12 to be determined not to do something
Why are you so set against going to college? Come mai sei così contrario ad andare all’università?
13 to put or place
14 to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal
Please would you set the table for me?
18 (of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon
It gets cooler when the sun sets.
Has the concrete set?
20 to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function
21 to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.
22 to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.
23 to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing
24 fixed or arranged previously
There is a set procedure for doing this.
25 (often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something)
He is set on going.
26 deliberate
He had the set intention of hurting her.
27 stiff; fixed
28 not changing or developing
set ideas.
29 (with with) having something set in it
30 a group of things used or belonging together
31 an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals
a television/radio set.
the musical set.
33 the process of setting hair
a shampoo and set.
35 a group of six or more games in tennis
She won the first set and lost the next two.