set
verb (POSITION) /set/ (present tense setting, past tense and past participle set)Definition
B2 [T usually + adv/prep] to put something in a particular place or position: He set a vase of flowers on the table. The campsite is set in the middle of a pine forest. Our house is set back from the road.Placing and positioning an object B1 [T usually + adv/prep] If a story, film, etc. is set in a particular time or place, the action in it happens in that time or place: 'West Side Story' is set in New York in the late 1950s.Production, direction and recording
(Definition of set verb (POSITION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -based suffix (MAIN PLACE)
- bung verb
- change sth round/around phrasal verb
- clap verb (PUT QUICKLY)
- consign sb/sth to sth phrasal verb
- fit verb (PUT IN POSITION)
- heap verb
- install verb (READY TO USE)
- installation noun (EQUIPMENT/FURNITURE)
- perch verb
- plant verb (PUT SECRETLY)
- position verb
- shelve verb (SHELF)
- shove verb (PUT)
- situate verb
- situated adjective
- slot verb
- stand verb (PLACE)
- tuck verb (STORE SAFELY)
- tuck verb (TIDY)
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