Betekenis van set sth aside In het Nederlands

• 0 to save something, usually money or time, for a special purpose:

  • He had some money in an account that he'd set aside for his kids.

  • [ + to infinitive ] I set aside half an hour every evening to hear Erik read.

• 1 If a judge or court sets aside a previous decision or judgment, they state that it does not now have any legal effect, usually because they consider it to have been wrong:

  • The Court of Appeal set aside his conviction.

• 2 to decide that you will not be influenced by your own feelings or opinions because they are not important at a particular time:

  • In times of war people tend to set aside political differences.

  • Setting aside the question of cost, what do you think of the idea in principle?

• 3 to save something, especially money, for a special purpose:

  • Businesses that create new jobs are eligible for a tax credit, for which the state currently sets aside $20 million.

  • The budget sets aside enough money to provide a 3.5% pay raise for the city's roughly 1,800 non-union employees.

• 4 if a judge or court sets aside a previous decision or judgment, they state that it does not now have any legal effect, usually because they consider it to have been wrong:

  • The Court of Appeal set aside his conviction.