set

noun (PART)

/set/

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B2 [C] a part of a game of tennis: They won in straight sets (= they won every set).Tennis and racket sports C2 [C] a musical performance that forms part of a concert, especially one of pop music or jazz: The band's opening set lasted 45 minutes.Musical performances

(Definition of set noun (PART) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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