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set

noun [C/U] (POSITION)
 
 /set/

Definition

› a position or an arrangement, esp. of the hair or body: [U] I could tell from the set of his jaw that he was angry. [C] Could you give my hair a set like the one in the picture in this magazine?
(Definition of set noun (POSITION) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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