set
verb [T] (ESTABLISH) /set/ (present tense setting, past tense and past participle set)Definition
B2 to establish or decide something: The school has been criticized for failing to set high standards for its students. The government has set new limits on spending. Lewis has set a new world record. The court's decision has set a legal precedent. Parents should set a good example to their children. He's set himself the goal/target of making his first million by the time he's 30.Causing things to happen
(Definition of set verb (ESTABLISH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -ization suffix
- -ize suffix
- agent noun (CAUSE)
- awaken (sth) in sb phrasal verb
- be associated with sth phrasal verb
- beget verb
- blaze a trail idiom
- draw verb (CAUSE)
- fuel noun
- instigate verb
- instigator noun
- introduce verb (PUT INTO USE)
- plant verb (PUT)
- produce verb (CAUSE)
- produce verb (RESULT IN)
- stir sth up phrasal verb (EMOTION)
- sure adjective
- the domino effect noun
- usher sth in phrasal verb
- wreak verb
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