Meaning

verb put into a certain place or abstract location

noun a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

adjective (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed

originFrom Middle English set, sete, sette (“that which is set, the act of setting, seat”), from Old English set (“setting, seat, a place where people remain, habitation, camp, entrenchment, a place where animals are kept, stall, fold”) and Old English seten (“a set, shoot, slip, branch; a nursery, plantation; that which is planted or set; a cultivated place; planting, cultivation; a setting, putting;…

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