Significato di set in italiano

• 0 to arrange a time when something will happen -- fissare, stabilire

  • Should we set a date for the next meeting? Sarebbe opportuno fissare una data per la prossima riunione?

  • The next meeting is set for 6 February. La prossima riunione è fissata per il 6 febbraio.

• 1 When the sun sets, it moves down in the sky so that it cannot be seen. -- tramontare

• 2 If a book, play, or movie is set in a place or period of time, the story happens there or at that time. -- ambientare

  • 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 -- mettere a punto, regolare

  • He set the alarm for 7 a.m. Ha messo la sveglia per le 7.00.

• 4 to allow someone to leave prison -- rilasciare qualcuno

• 5 to make something start burning -- appiccare il fuoco a qualcosa

• 6 to put plates, knives, forks, etc. on the table before you have a meal -- apparecchiare

• 7 If a liquid substance sets, it becomes solid. -- rassodarsi

• 8 If you set work or an exam at a school or college, you ask the students to do it. -- assegnare

  • Mr Harley forgot to set us any science homework. Il professor Harley si è dimenticato di assegnarci il compito di casa di scienze.

• 9 a group of things that belong together -- serie, insieme, servizio, mazzo

  • a set of instructions una serie di istruzioni

  • a set of keys un mazzo di chiavi

• 10 a television or radio -- apparecchio

  • a TV set un apparecchio televisivo

• 11 fixed and never changing -- fisso, stabilito

  • Most people work for a set number of hours each week. La maggior parte delle persone lavorano un numero fisso di ore per settimana.

  • I have no set routine. Non ho una routine fissa.

• 12 to be determined not to do something -- essere decisamente contrario a qualcosa

  • Why are you so set against going to college? Come mai sei così contrario ad andare all’università?

• 13 to put or place -- mettere

  • She set the tray down on the table.

• 14 to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal -- preparare

  • Please would you set the table for me?

• 15 to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc) -- fissare, stabilire

  • Have you set a date for the wedding yet?

• 16 to give a person (a task etc) to do -- dare

  • The witch set the prince three tasks

  • The teacher set a test for her pupils

  • He should set the others a good example.

• 17 to cause to start doing something -- (provocare)

  • His behaviour set people talking.

• 18 (of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon -- tramontare

  • It gets cooler when the sun sets.

• 19 to become firm or solid -- indurirsi

  • Has the concrete set?

• 20 to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function -- rimettere, regolare

  • He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.

• 21 to arrange (hair) in waves or curls. -- mettere in piega

• 22 to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring. -- incastonare

• 23 to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing -- aggiustare

  • They set his broken arm.

• 24 fixed or arranged previously -- stabilito, prestabilito

  • There is a set procedure for doing this.

• 25 (often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something) -- deciso

  • He is set on going.

• 26 deliberate -- saldo, determinato

  • He had the set intention of hurting her.

• 27 stiff; fixed -- fisso

  • He had a set smile on his face.

• 28 not changing or developing -- fermo

  • set ideas.

• 29 (with with) having something set in it -- tempestato, ornato

  • a gold ring set with diamonds.

• 30 a group of things used or belonging together -- collezione, raccolta

  • a set of carving tools

  • a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.

• 31 an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals -- apparecchio

  • a television/radio set.

• 32 a group of people -- gruppo

  • the musical set.

• 33 the process of setting hair -- messa in piega

  • a shampoo and set.

• 34 scenery for a play or film -- scenario

  • There was a very impressive set in the final act.

• 35 a group of six or more games in tennis -- set

  • She won the first set and lost the next two.