Phrase Hound found 475 phrases and 281 compound words that contain set. The most common are listed below. Open set in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 475
- set upTo make ready for use.
- set outTo explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing.
- data setA file of related records on a computer-readable medium such as a disk, especially one on a mainframe computer.
- set-asideSomething (especially money) that is set aside for a specific purpose.
- set forthTo state; describe; give an account of.
- set offTo leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
- set on fireTo cause to begin to burn.
- set the tableTo arrange plates, etc. for a meal.
- set to workTo begin working.
- set freeTo release, to free, to give freedom to.
- set for lifePossessing sufficient resources, especially financial, to last a lifetime.
- box setRelated musical or video recordings that are gathered on multiple items of the same kind of media (compact discs, DVDs, VHS tapes, etc.) and placed in a box to be sold as a unit.
- set to musicTo adapt a literary work by adding music (and often song)
- set backTo delay or obstruct.
- all setReady, prepared, equipped.
- set theoryThe mathematical theory of sets.
- character setThe set of characters encoded by a given character encoding.
- set the toneCreate the emotional quality to be expected for something.
- power setThe set whose elements comprise all the subsets of S (including the empty set and S itself).
- set aboutUsed with the adverb sense of about.
- set the sceneTo prepare for something by providing a background, a description, etc.
- set the barTo set specific standards or expectations.
- empty setThe unique set that contains no elements, denoted ∅ or {}.
- open setInformally, a set such that the target point of a movement by a small amount in any direction from any point in the set is still in the set; exemplified by a full circle without its boundary.
- instruction setThe set of machine instructions that a particular CPU can execute; the corresponding set of assembly language mnemonics.
Compound words 281
- sunsetThe moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- offsetAnything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- resetTo set back to the initial state.
- upsetAngry, distressed, or unhappy
- headsetA pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.
- onsetThe initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
- handsetThe part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.
- setterA typesetter.
- chipsetA group of integrated circuits that are designed to work together, and are usually marketed as a single product.
- outsetAn onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.