set

adjective [not gradable] (FIXED)

/set/

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› fixed or firm: There wasn’t a set time for us to get there. › If you are set on something, you have firmly decided about it: HMOs are good if you aren’t set on one specific doctor.

(Definition of set adjective (FIXED) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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servitude noun
sessile adjective
session noun (ACTIVITY)
session noun (FORMAL MEETING)
set about something phrasal verb
set adjective (FIXED)
set adjective (READY)
set aside something phrasal verb (IGNORE)
set aside something phrasal verb (SAVE)
set back someone/something phrasal verb
set down something phrasal verb

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set verb (PUT)
set verb (CAUSE A CONDITION)
set verb (ARRANGE)
set verb (ESTABLISH)
set verb (BECOME FIXED)
set verb (MOVE DOWN)

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set about something phrasal verb
set something against something phrasal verb
set someone against someone/something phrasal verb
set someone/something apart phrasal verb
set aside something phrasal verb (SAVE)
set aside something phrasal verb (IGNORE)

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set foot in (some place) idiom
set something in motion idiom
set your mind to something idiom
set sail idiom
set your sights on something idiom
set someone straight idiom

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