What is "set"

Set \Set\ (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Set; p. pr. & vb. n. Setting.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s["a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E. sit. [root]154. See Sit, and cf. Seize.]

1. To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.

   I do set my bow in the cloud.
   --Gen. ix. 13.

2. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

   Set your affection on things above.
   --Col. iii. 2.

   The Lord set a mark upon Cain.
   --Gen. iv. 15.

3. To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.

   The Lord thy God will set thee on high.
   --Deut. xxviii. 1.

   I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother.
   --Matt. x. 35.

   Every incident sets him thinking.
   --Coleridge.

4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to. Specifically:

   1. To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.

      They show how hard they are set in this particular.
      --Addison.

   2. To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.

      His eyes were set by reason of his age.
      --1 Kings xiv. 4.

      On these three objects his heart was set.
      --Macaulay.

      Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint.
      --Tennyson.

   3. To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.

   4. To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.

      And him too rich a jewel to be set In vulgar metal for a vulgar use.
      --Dryden.

   5. To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.

5. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt. Specifically:

   1. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.

      Tables for to sette, and beddes make.
      --Chaucer.

   2. To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.

   3. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
      --Fielding.

   4. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.

   5. To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.

   6. (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

   I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.
   --Shak.

7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.

   Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
   --Dryden.

8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.

9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

   High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each lady wore a radiant coronet.
   --Dryden.

   Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.
   --Wordsworth.

10. To value; to rate; -- with at.

    Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have a son set your decrees at naught.
    --Shak.

    I do not set my life at a pin's fee.
    --Shak.

11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.

12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.

13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]

14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page. To set abroach. See Abroach. [Obs.] --Shak. To set against, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one thing against another. To set agoing, to cause to move. To set apart, to separate to a particular use; to separate from the rest; to reserve. To set a saw, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent the saw from sticking. To set aside.

    1. To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to neglect; to reject; to annul.

       Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.
       --Tillotson.

    2. To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of one's income.

    3. (Law) See under Aside. To set at defiance, to defy. To set at ease, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the heart at ease. To set at naught, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise. ``Ye have set at naught all my counsel.'' --Prov. i. 25. To set a trap To set a snare, or To set a gin, to put it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's power. To set at work, or To set to work.

       1. To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how tu enter on work.

       2. To apply one's self; -- used reflexively. To set before.

          1. To bring out to view before; to exhibit.

          2. To propose for choice to; to offer to. To set by.

             1. To set apart or on one side; to reject.

             2. To attach the value of (anything) to. ``I set not a straw by thy dreamings.'' --Chaucer. To set by the compass, to observe and note the bearing or situation of by the compass. To set case, to suppose; to assume. Cf. Put case, under Put, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer. To set down.

                1. To enter in writing; to register.

                   Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army.
                   --Clarendon.

                2. To fix; to establish; to ordain.

                   This law we may name eternal, being that order which God . . . hath set down with himself, for himself to do all things by.
                   --Hooker.

       3. To humiliate. To set eyes on, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on. To set fire to, or To set on fire, to communicate fire to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to irritate. To set flying (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc., instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; -- said of a sail. To set forth.

          1. To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt; to display.

          2. To publish; to promulgate; to make appear.
             --Waller.

          3. To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.] The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles. To set forward.

             1. To cause to advance.

             2. To promote. To set free, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or bondage; to liberate; to emancipate. To set in, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to. If you please to assist and set me in, I will recollect myself. --Collier. To set in order, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method. ``The rest will I set in order when I come.'' --1 Cor. xi. 34. To set milk.

                1. To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream may rise to the surface.

                2. To cause it to become curdled as by the action of rennet. See 4 (e) . To set much by or To set little by, to care much, or little, for. To set of, to value; to set by. [Obs.] ``I set not an haw of his proverbs.'' --Chaucer. To set off.

                   1. To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of an estate.

                   2. To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.

                      They . . . set off the worst faces with the best airs.
                      --Addison.

             3. To give a flattering description of. To set off against, to place against as an equivalent; as, to set off one man's services against another's. To set on or To set upon.

                1. To incite; to instigate. ``Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this.''
                   --Shak.

                2. To employ, as in a task. `` Set on thy wife to observe.''
                   --Shak.

                3. To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's heart or affections on some object. See definition 2, above. To set one's cap for. See under Cap, n. To set one's self against, to place one's self in a state of enmity or opposition to. To set one's teeth, to press them together tightly. To set on foot, to set going; to put in motion; to start. To set out.

                   1. To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an estate; to set out the widow's thirds.

                   2. To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]

                   3. To adorn; to embellish.

                      An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become.
                      --Dryden.

    4. To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]

       The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.
       --Addison.

    5. To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.

       I could set out that best side of Luther.
       --Atterbury.

    6. To show; to prove. [R.] ``Those very reasons set out how heinous his sin was.''
       --Atterbury.

    7. (Law) To recite; to state at large. To set over.

       1. To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector, ruler, or commander.

       2. To assign; to transfer; to convey. To set right, to correct; to put in order. To set sail. (Naut.) See under Sail, n. To set store by, to consider valuable. To set the fashion, to determine what shall be the fashion; to establish the mode. To set the teeth on edge, to affect the teeth with a disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in contact with them. To set the watch (Naut.), to place the starboard or port watch on duty. To set to, to attach to; to affix to. ``He . . . hath set to his seal that God is true.'' --John iii. 33. To set up.

          1. To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a pillar.

          2. Hence, to exalt; to put in power. ``I will . . . set up the throne of David over Israel.''
             --2 Sam. iii. 10.

       3. To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to set up a school.

       4. To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a son in trade.

       5. To place in view; as, to set up a mark.

       6. To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.

          I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.
          --Dryden.

       7. To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as, to set up a new opinion or doctrine.
          --T. Burnet.

    8. To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune; as, this good fortune quite set him up.

    9. To intoxicate. [Slang]

    10. (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing; as, to set up type.

        To set up the rigging (Naut.), to make it taut by means of tackles.
        --R. H. Dana, Jr.

        Syn: See Put.

Set \Set\ (s[e^]t), v. i.

1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.

   Ere the weary sun set in the west.
   --Shak.

   Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next is likely to arise with more mourning.
   --Fuller.

2. To fit music to words. [Obs.]
   --Shak.

3. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. ``To sow dry, and set wet.''
   --Old Proverb.

4. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).

5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

   A gathering and serring of the spirits together to resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against another.
   --Bacon.

6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify; -- of cements, glues, gels, concrete, substances polymerizing into plastics, etc.

   That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set.
   --Boyle.

7. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.

8. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.

   The king is set from London.
   --Shak.

9. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.

10. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.

    If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him.
    --Hammond.

11. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well. Note: [Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.] Note: The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as, the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen, etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved. To set about, to commence; to begin. To set forward, to move or march; to begin to march; to advance. To set forth, to begin a journey. To set in.

    1. To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as, winter set in early.

    2. To settle one's self; to become established. ``When the weather was set in to be very bad.''
       --Addison.

    3. To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide. To set off.

       1. To enter upon a journey; to start.

       2. (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time to dry. To set on or To set upon.

          1. To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.

             He that would seriously set upon the search of truth.
             --Locke.

          2. To assault; to make an attack. --Bacon. Cassio hath here been set on in the dark. --Shak. To set out, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set out in life or the world. To set to, to apply one's self to. To set up.

             1. To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up in trade; to set up for one's self.

             2. To profess openly; to make pretensions.

                Those men who set up for mortality without regard to religion, are generally but virtuous in part.
                --Swift.

Set \Set\ (s[e^]t), a.

1. Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.

2. Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.

3. Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle. ``The set phrase of peace.''
   --Shak.

4. Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.

5. Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted. Set hammer.

   1. A hammer the head of which is not tightly fastened upon the handle, but may be reversed.
      --Knight.

   2. A hammer with a concave face which forms a die for shaping anything, as the end of a bolt, rivet, etc.

      Set line, a line to which a number of baited hooks are attached, and which, supported by floats and properly secured, may be left unguarded during the absence of the fisherman.

      Set nut, a jam nut or lock nut. See under Nut.

      Set screw (Mach.), a screw, sometimes cupped or printed at one end, and screwed through one part, as of a machine, tightly upon another part, to prevent the one from slipping upon the other.

      Set speech, a speech carefully prepared before it is delivered in public; a formal or methodical speech.

Seth \Seth\, prop. n. (Egyptian Mythology) An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called also Set

Set \Set\, prop. n. (Egyptian Mythology) An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called also Seth

Set \Set\, n.

1. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination. ``Locking at the set of day.''
   --Tennyson.

   The weary sun hath made a golden set.
   --Shak.

2. That which is set, placed, or fixed. Specifically:

   1. A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.

   2. That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture. [Obs. or R.]

      We will in France, by God's grace, play a set Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard.
      --Shak.

      That was but civil war, an equal set.
      --Dryden.

   3. (Mech.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.

   4. A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.

   5. (Pile Driving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece. [Often incorrectly written sett.]

   6. (Carp.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. Called also nail set.

3. [Perhaps due to confusion with sect, sept.] A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc. [In this sense, sometimes incorrectly written sett.]

4. A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique. ``Others of our set.''
   --Tennyson.

   This falls into different divisions, or sets, of nations connected under particular religions.
   --R. P. Ward.

5. Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.

6. In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.

7. The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.

8. 1. A young oyster when first attached.

   2. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

9. (Tennis) A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.

10. (Type Founding) That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.

11. (Textiles) Any of various standards of measurement of the fineness of cloth; specif., the number of reeds in one inch and the number of threads in each reed. The exact meaning varies according to the location where it is used. Sometimes written sett.

12. A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street paving. Commonly written sett.

13. Camber of a curved roofing tile.

14. The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit; as, the set of a coat. [Colloq.]

15. Any collection or group of objects considered together. Dead set.

    1. The act of a setter dog when it discovers the game, and remains intently fixed in pointing it out.

    2. A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock; as, to be at a dead set.

    3. A concerted scheme to defraud by gaming; a determined onset.

       To make a dead set, to make a determined onset, literally or figuratively.

       Syn: Collection; series; group. See Pair.

Egyptian god, from Greek Seth, from Egyptian Setesh.

"fixed," c.1200, sett, past participle of setten "to set" (see set (v.)). Meaning "ready, prepared" first recorded 1844.

Old English settan (transitive) "cause to sit, put in some place, fix firmly; build, found; appoint, assign," from Proto-Germanic *(bi)satjan "to cause to sit, set" (cognates: Old Norse setja, Swedish sätta, Old Saxon settian, Old Frisian setta, Dutch zetten, German setzen, Gothic satjan), causative form of PIE *sod-, variant of *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sit (v.)). Also see set (n.2).\n

\nIntransitive sense from c.1200, "be seated." Used in many disparate senses by Middle English; sense of "make or cause to do, act, or be; start" and that of "mount a gemstone" attested by mid-13c. Confused with sit since early 14c. Of the sun, moon, etc., "to go down," recorded from c.1300, perhaps from similar use of the cognates in Scandinavian languages. To set (something) on "incite to attack" (c.1300) originally was in reference to hounds and game.

"collection of things," mid-15c., from Old French sette "sequence," variant of secte "religious community," from Medieval Latin secta "retinue," from Latin secta "a following" (see sect). "[I]n subsequent developments of meaning influenced by SET v.1 and apprehended as equivalent to 'number set together'" [OED]. The noun set was in Middle English, but only in the sense of "religious sect" (late 14c.), which likely is the direct source of some modern meanings, such as "group of persons with shared status, habits, etc." (1680s).\n

\nMeaning "complete collection of pieces" is from 1680s. Meaning "group of pieces musicians perform at a club during 45 minutes" (more or less) is from c.1925, though it is found in a similar sense in 1580s. Set piece is from 1846 as "grouping of people in a work of visual art;" from 1932 in reference to literary works.

"act of setting; condition of being set" (of a heavenly body), mid-14c., from set (v.) or its identical past participle. Many disparate senses collect under this word because of the far-flung meanings assigned to the verb: \n

"Action of hardening," 1837; also "manner or position in which something is set" (1530s), hence "general movement, direction, tendency" (1560s); "build, form" (1610s), hence "bearing, carriage" (1855); "action of fixing the hair in a particular style" (1933).\n

\n"Something that has been set" (1510s), hence the use in tennis (1570s) and the theatrical meaning "scenery for an individual scene in a play, etc.," recorded from 1859. Other meanings OED groups under "miscellaneous technical senses" include "piece of electrical apparatus" (1891, first in telegraphy); "burrow of a badger" (1898). Old English had set "seat," in plural "camp; stable," but OED finds it "doubtful whether this survived beyond OE." Compare set (n.1).\n

\nSet (n.1) and set (n.2) are not always distinguished in dictionaries; OED has them as two entries, Century Dictionary as one. The difference of opinion seems to be whether the set meaning "group, grouping" (here (n.2)) is a borrowing of the unrelated French word that sounds like the native English one, or a borrowing of the sense only, which was absorbed into the English word.

Etymology 1

1. fixed in position. n. 1 A punch for setting nails in wood. 2 A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television. 3 (alt form sett English): a hole made and lived in by a badger. 4 (alt form sett English): pattern of threads and yarns. 5 (alt form sett English): piece of quarried stone. 6 (context horticulture English) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets. 7 The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf. 8 (context obsolete rare English) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game. 9 (context engineering English) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc. 10 (context piledriving English) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer. 11 (context printing dated English) The width of the body of a type. 12 A young oyster when first attached. 13 Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality. 14 A series or group of something. (''Note the similar meaning in #Noun_2'') 15 (cx colloquial English) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit. 16 The camber of a curved roofing tile. v

2. 1 (context transitive English) To put (something) down, to rest. 2 (context transitive English) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place. 3 (context transitive English) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be. 4 (context transitive dated English) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot. 5 (context transitive English) To determine or settle. 6 (context transitive English) To adjust. 7 (context transitive English) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface. 8 (context transitive English) To arrange with dishes and cutlery. 9 (context transitive English) To introduce or describe. 10 (context transitive English) To locate (a play, et

3. ); to assign a backdrop to. 11 (context transitive English) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge). 12 (context transitive English) To prepare (a stage or film set). 13 (context transitive English) To fit (someone) up in a situation. 14 (context transitive English) To arrange (type). 15 (context transitive English) To devise and assign (work) to. Etymology 2

   n. 1 A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot. 2 A rudimentary fruit. 3 The setting of the sun or other luminary; (context by extension English) the close of the day. 4 (context literally and figuratively English) General movement; direction; drift; tendency. 5 A matching collection of similar things. (''Note the similar meaning in #Noun'') 6 A collection of various objects for a particular purpose. 7 An object made up of several parts. 8 (context set theory English) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it. 9 (context in plural, “sets” mathematics informal English) set theory. 10 A group of people, usually meeting socially. 11 The scenery for a film or play. 12 (context dance English) The initial or basic formation of dancers. 13 (context exercise English) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest. 14 (context tennis English) A complete series of games, forming part of a match. 15 (context volleyball English) A complete series of points, forming part of a match. 16 (context volleyball English) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack. 17 (context music English) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces. 18 (context music English) A drum kit, a drum set. 19 (context UK education English) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability. 20 (context poker slang English) three of a kind in poker. In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/community%20card%20poker games, the term is usually reserved for a situation in which a pair in a player's hand is matched by a single card on the boar

4. Compare with ''trips''. Weisenberg, Michael (2000) ''.'' MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 vb. (cx UK education English) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability

1. adj. (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" [syn: fit(p), primed(p), set(p)]

2. fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" [syn: fixed, rigid]

3. situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: located, placed, situated]

4. set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern" [syn: laid]

5. being below the horizon; "the moon is set" [syn: set(p)]

6. determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching" [syn: determined, dictated]

7. converted to solid form (as concrete) [syn: hardened]

8. [also: setting]

1. n. a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"

2. (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite"

3. several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" [syn: exercise set]

4. representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; "the sets were meticulously authentic" [syn: stage set]

5. an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: circle, band, lot]

6. a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent]

7. the act of putting something in position; "he gave a final set to his hat"

8. a unit of play in tennis or squash; "they played two sets of tennis after dinner"

9. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" [syn: hardening, solidifying, solidification, curing]

10. evil beast-headed Egyptian god with high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris [syn: Seth]

11. the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; "before the set of sun"

12. (psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way; "the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set" [syn: readiness]

13. any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals; "the early sets ran on storage batteries"

14. [also: setting]

1. v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put, place, pose, position, lay]

2. fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn: determine]

3. decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, determine, fix, limit]

4. establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record" [syn: mark]

5. put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire"

6. fix in a border; "The goldsmith set the diamond"

7. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up]

8. set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments"

9. locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: localize, localise, place]

10. disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days" [syn: go down, go under] [ant: rise]

11. adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music" [syn: arrange]

12. put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: plant]

13. apply or start; "set fire to a building"

14. become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: jell, congeal]

15. put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone"

16. insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) [syn: countersink]

17. give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor

18. urge a dog to attack someone [syn: sic]

19. estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: place, put]

20. equip with sails, masts, etc.; "rig a ship" [syn: rig, set up]

21. get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery" [syn: set up, lay out]

22. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" [syn: adjust, correct]

23. bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" [syn: fructify]

24. arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]

25. [also: setting]

Set is a real-time card game designed by Marsha Falco in 1974 and published by Set Enterprises in 1991. The deck consists of 81 cards varying in four features: number (one, two, or three); symbol (diamond, squiggle, oval); shading (solid, striped, or open); and color (red, green, or purple). Each possible combination of features (e.g., a card with three striped green diamonds) appears precisely once in the deck.

Set or The Set may refer to:

The Set (riu de Set in Catalan) is a river in Catalonia (northeastern Spain).

Category:Rivers of Spain Category:Rivers of Catalonia

A set in darts consists of a sequence of legs (games) played, ending when the count of legs won meets certain criteria. Throwing first is considered an advantage in a leg, so players alternate who throws first in each leg during the set.

Generally, a set will consist of the best of five legs (first player to win three) - although there are some exceptions. The most notable being the Winmau World Masters, where a set is the best of three legs (first to two).

In mathematics, a set is a collection of distinct objects, considered as an object in its own right. For example, the numbers 2, 4, and 6 are distinct objects when considered separately, but when they are considered collectively they form a single set of size three, written {2,4,6}. Sets are one of the most fundamental concepts in mathematics. Developed at the end of the 19th century, set theory is now a ubiquitous part of mathematics, and can be used as a foundation from which nearly all of mathematics can be derived. In mathematics education, elementary topics such as Venn diagrams are taught at a young age, while more advanced concepts are taught as part of a university degree. The German word Menge, rendered as "set" in English, was coined by Bernard Bolzano in his work The Paradoxes of the Infinite.

Set or Seth (; also spelled Setesh, Sutekh, Setekh, or Suty) is a god of the desert, storms, disorder, violence and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. In Ancient Greek, the god's name is given as Sēth (Σήθ). Set is not, however, a god to be ignored or avoided; he has a positive role where he is employed by Ra on his solar boat to repel the serpent of Chaos Apep. Set had a vital role as a reconciled combatant. He was lord of the red (desert) land where he was the balance to Horus' role as lord of the black (soil) land.

In Egyptian mythology, Set is portrayed as the usurper who killed and mutilated his own brother Osiris. Osiris' wife Isis reassembled Osiris' corpse and resurrected him long enough to conceive his son and heir Horus. Horus sought revenge upon Set, and the myths describe their conflicts. This Osiris myth is a prominent theme in Egyptian mythology.

In computer science, a set is an abstract data type that can store certain values, without any particular order, and no repeated values. It is a computer implementation of the mathematical concept of a finite set. Unlike most other collection types, rather than retrieving a specific element from a set, one typically tests a value for membership in a set.

Some set data structures are designed for static or frozen sets that do not change after they are constructed. Static sets allow only query operations on their elements — such as checking whether a given value is in the set, or enumerating the values in some arbitrary order. Other variants, called dynamic or mutable sets, allow also the insertion and deletion of elements from the set.

An abstract data structure is a collection, or aggregate, of data. The data may be booleans, numbers, characters, or other data structures. If one considers the structure yielded by packaging or indexing, there are four basic data structures:

1. unpackaged, unindexed: bunch
2. packaged, unindexed: set
3. unpackaged, indexed: string ( sequence)
4. packaged, indexed: list ( array)

In this view, the contents of a set are a bunch, and isolated data items are elementary bunches (elements). Whereas sets contain elements, bunches consist of elements.

Further structuring may be achieved by considering the multiplicity of elements (sets become multisets, bunches become hyperbunches) or their homogeneity (a record is a set of fields, not necessarily all of the same type).

A set (pitch set, pitch-class set, set class, set form, set genus, pitch collection) in music theory, as in mathematics and general parlance, is a collection of objects. In musical contexts the term is traditionally applied most often to collections of pitches or pitch-classes, but theorists have extended its use to other types of musical entities, so that one may speak of sets of durations or timbres, for example.

A set by itself does not necessarily possess any additional structure, such as an ordering. Nevertheless, it is often musically important to consider sets that are equipped with an order relation (called segments); in such contexts, bare sets are often referred to as "unordered", for the sake of emphasis.

Two-element sets are called dyads, three-element sets trichords (occasionally "triads", though this is easily confused with the traditional meaning of the word triad). Sets of higher cardinalities are called tetrachords (or tetrads), pentachords (or pentads), hexachords (or hexads), heptachords (heptads or, sometimes, mixing Latin and Greek roots, "septachords"—e.g.,), octachords (octads), nonachords (nonads), decachords (decads), undecachords, and, finally, the dodecachord.

A time-point set is a duration set where the distance in time units between attack points, or time-points, is the distance in semitones between pitch classes.

Set is the second album by the English pop group Thompson Twins. Released in February 1982, it was the second album they recorded for their own T Records imprint, which was released by Arista Records/Hansa.

Compared to their first album, A Product of ... (Participation), Set featured a more polished sound thanks to producer Steve Lillywhite. With their ever-shifting line-up, the Thompson Twins had now swelled to seven members, adding Matthew Seligman on bass guitar to free up Tom Bailey for full frontman duties and keyboards. Former sax player Jane Shorter was replaced by Alannah Currie, who was Bailey's girlfriend at the time (they later married and remained together until 2004). Three of the songs featured on Set do not feature Bailey on lead vocals, but are sung by Joe Leeway. While not an official member of the band, Thomas Dolby was also on hand to play additional keyboards on three tracks.

While the album was given praise by critics, the band found themselves on the verge of yet another personnel change. The track " In the Name of Love" was written by Bailey simply as album filler, but was ultimately chosen as the lead single from the album. While failing to make the UK pop charts, the single was released in the United States as a club single and went to number one on Billboard magazine's dance chart, where it remained unseated for five weeks (from 22 May – 19 June 1982).

The success of the track opened many doors for the band, who suddenly had the potential to be more than just an underground sensation. Together with the band's manager, John Hade, Bailey then reinvented the band as a trio, keeping Currie and Leeway while firing the others.

In the UK, a limited number of copies of the album were released with a free single which featured the tracks "Squares and Triangles", "Weather Station", and "Modern Plumbing".

Set was also released in the United States on the Arista label as In the Name of Love, which saw three of the album's tracks replaced by two songs from the band's first album, A Product of ... (Participation).

In September 2008, A Product of ... (Participation) and Set were re-released as a double-CD set. Each disc included early singles, non-album tracks, and extended remixes.

In psychology, a set is a group of expectations that shape experience by making people especially sensitive to specific kinds of information. A perceptual set, also called perceptual expectancy, is a predisposition to perceive things in a certain way. Perceptual sets occur in all the different senses. They can be long term, such as a special sensitivity to hearing one's own name in a crowded room, or short term, as in the ease with which hungry people notice the smell of food. A mental set is a framework for thinking about a problem. It can be shaped by habit or by desire. Mental sets can make it easy to solve a class of problem, but attachment to the wrong mental set can inhibit problem-solving and creativity.