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Related to set back: gloating, follow through
set back
n. Football
An offensive back who lines up behind the quarterback.
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set back
vb (tr, adverb)
1. to hinder; impede
2. informal to cost (a person) a specified amount
n
3. anything that serves to hinder or impede
4. (Architecture) a recession in the upper part of a high building, esp one that increases the daylight at lower levels
5. (Architecture) Also called: offset or setoff a steplike shelf where a wall is reduced in thickness
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| Verb | 1. | set back - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" call - stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game" hold - stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" suspend - render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended" probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence |
| 2. | set back - slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back" | |
| 3. | set back - cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000" |
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set 1
verb2. To put in or assign to a certain position or location:
5. To place (a story, for example) in a designated setting:
lay.
8. To calculate approximately:
9. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something:
Military: lay.
10. To change or be changed from a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass:
set about
phrasal verb
set apart
To make noticeable or different:
set aside
To put an end to, especially formally and with authority:
Law: extinguish.
set back
phrasal verb
set by
phrasal verb
set down
2. To come to rest on the ground:
set forth
phrasal verb
set off
1. To be the cause of:
bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, stir (up), touch off, trigger.
Idioms: bring to pass, give rise to.
2. To stir to action or feeling:
3. To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition:
4. To act as an equalizing weight or force to:
5. To make up for:
set out
1. To go about the initial step in doing (something):
approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake.
Informal: kick off.
3. To proceed in a specified direction:
set to
phrasal verb
set up
2. To bring into existence formally:
1. Firmly established by long standing:
3. Fixed and distinct from others:
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Translations
يُعيق، يُؤَخِّر
zpozdit
visszavet
seinka
oneskoriť
bırakmakgeciktirmek
set
(set) – present participle ˈsetting: past tense, past participle set – verb1. to put or place. She set the tray down on the table.
2. to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal. Please would you set the table for me?
3. to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc). It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.
4. to give a person (a task etc) to do. The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.
5. to cause to start doing something. His behaviour set people talking.
6. (of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon. It gets cooler when the sun sets.
7. to become firm or solid. Has the concrete set?
8. to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function. He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.
9. to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.
10. to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.
11. to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing. They set his broken arm.
adjective1. fixed or arranged previously. There is a set procedure for doing this.
2. (often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something). He is set on going.
3. deliberate. He had the set intention of hurting her.
4. stiff; fixed. He had a set smile on his face.
5. not changing or developing. set ideas.
6. (with with) having something set in it. a gold ring set with diamonds.
noun1. a group of things used or belonging together. a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.
2. an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals. a television/radio set.
3. a group of people. the musical set.
4. the process of setting hair. a shampoo and set.
5. scenery for a play or film. There was a very impressive set in the final act.
6. a group of six or more games in tennis. She won the first set and lost the next two.
ˈsetting noun1. a background. This castle is the perfect setting for a murder.
2. an arrangement of jewels in eg a ring.
3. music composed for a poem etc. settings of folk songs.
ˈsetback noun a delay in progress.
set phrase a phrase which always occurs in one form, and which cannot be changed. `Of no fixed abode' is a set phrase.
ˈset-square noun a triangular instrument with one right angle, used in geometrical drawing etc.
ˈsetting-lotion noun a lotion that is used in setting the hair.
ˌset-ˈto an argument or fight.
ˈset-up noun an arrangement. There are several families living together in that house – it's a funny set-up.
all set (often with to) ready or prepared (to do something); just on the point of (doing something). We were all set to leave when the phone rang.
set about to begin. She set about planning her holiday; How will you set about this task?
set (someone) against (someone) to cause (a person) to dislike (another person). She set the children against their father.
set aside to keep for a special use or purpose. He set aside some cash for use at the weekend.
set back to delay the progress of. His illness set him back a bit at school.
set down (of a bus etc) to stop and let (passengers) out. The bus set us down outside the post-office.
set in to begin or become established. Boredom soon set in among the children.
set off1. (sometimes with on) to start a journey. We set off to go to the beach.
2. to cause to start doing something. She had almost stopped crying, but his harsh words set her off again.
3. to explode or ignite. You should let your father set off all the fireworks.
set (something or someone) on (someone) to cause (eg dogs) to attack (a person). He set his dogs on me.
set out1. to start a journey. He set out to explore the countryside.
2. to intend. I didn't set out to prove him wrong.
set to to start to do something (vigorously). They set to, and finished the work the same day.
set up1. to establish. When was the organization set up?
2. to arrange or construct. He set up the apparatus for the experiment.
set up camp to erect tents etc. They set up camp in a field.
set up house to establish one's own home. He'll soon be earning enough to set up house on his own.
set up shop to start a shop.
set upon (also set on) to attack. He set upon me in the dark.
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