set
/set/ n [C] (GROUP)Definition
› a group of things that belong together or are used together: a chess set a number set She has a strange set of symptoms. › A set is also a group of people who have similar interests and spend time together: the golf-playing set › In tennis, a set is a group of games between the same competitors: The match was over quickly, four sets to two.
(Definition of set n (GROUP) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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