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setadjective being in a state of fitness for some experience or actionwe're all set to go fit, go, prepared, ready conditioned, primed, ripearmed, braced, fortified, steeledqualified, trained flat-footed, half-baked, half-cocked, underprepared, unprepared, unready unqualified, untrained firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodgethat rock is really set in the hillside fast, firm, frozen, jammed, lodged, snug, stuck, tight, wedged bonded, cemented, gluedanchored, clampedembedded(also imbedded), entrenched(also intrenched), impacted, implantedattached, bound, fastened, securedimmovable, unyielding insecure, loose detached, dislodged, freed, loosened, unattached, unbound, undone, unfastened, unsecuredmovable(or moveable), yielding fully committed to achieving a goalset on being the first in her family to graduate from college bent (on or upon), bound, decisive, determined, do-or-die, firm, hell-bent (on or upon), intent, out, purposeful, resolute, resolved, single-minded bitter, vehementcertain, cocksure, confident, positive, sureearnest, serioussteady, unfaltering, unhesitating, unswerving, unwaveringadamant, adamantine, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inflexible, mulish, obdurate, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful(or wilful) on one's mettle faltering, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, undetermined, unresolved, vacillating, wavering, weak-kneed distrustful, doubtful, dubious, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, unsettled, unsuredisinclined, indisposed, loath(also loth or loathe), reluctant having been established and usually not subject to changethe library is only open during set hours certain, determinate, final, firm, fixed, flat, frozen, hard, hard-and-fast, inexpugnable, settled, stable nonadjustable, noncancelable, nonnegotiable, unchangeableconstant, steady, unchanging, uniform, unwaveringdefinite, exact, explicit, specificgiven, stated, stipulateddependable, good, reliable, responsible, safe, solid, sure, tried, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy, trusty adjustable, changeable, negotiableindefinite, open-ended, unspecifiedcapricious, changeful, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile of a particular or exact sortinternational law has set rules for the treatment of prisoners of war concrete, distinct, especial, express, peculiar, precise, special, specific lone, only, separate, single, sole, solitarydistinctive, exclusive, individual, uniquelimited, restricteddifferentiated, specializedgiven, specified nonspecific general, generalized, generic, nonexclusive, universal made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doingit was not my set purpose to cause trouble for anyone conscious, deliberate, intended, intentional, knowing, purposeful, purposive, voluntary, willed, willful(or wilful), witting designed, plannedadvised, calculated, considered, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful, weighedpremeditated, premeditative, prepensediscretionary, elective, optional, volunteer nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional inadvertent, unwittingaccidental, chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, incidental, randomaimless, desultory, purposelessabrupt, impetuous, suddencoerced, forced, involuntarycompulsory, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, requiredcasualextemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated setnouna group of people acting together within a larger groupthe younger set is less likely to volunteer for the church's annual rummage sale bloc, block, body, coalition, faction, party, sect, side, wing splinter, splitcrew, gang, pack, teamdenomination, persuasionschism, scissioncaucus, movement a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together sociallythey rarely associate with anyone outside their social set body, bunch, circle, clan, clique, community, coterie, coven, crowd, fold, galère, gang, klatch(also klatsch), lot, network, pack, ring charmed circle, elite, in-groupclosed shopclub, college, fellowship, guild(also gild), league, organization, societycamp, faction, sect, side, tribemess, squadbrotherhood, fraternity, order, sisterhood, sodality, sororitycommunealliance, bloc, coalition, confederation, congress, council, federation, union lonerindividualist a number of things considered as a unita set of tools array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, suite accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomerationagglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, varietycycle, run, series, suit the whole kit and caboodle entity, item, single, unit one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristicthe next set of job applicants had far more education and practical experience bracket, category, class, classification, division, family, genus, grade, group, kind, league, order, rank(s), rubric, species, tier, type description, feather, ilk, kidney, like, manner, nature, sortbranch, section, speciality, specialty, subclass, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, varietybreed, racegenerationheading, label, title the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage productionbuilt sets for the play decor(or décor), mise-en-scène, scene, scenery backdrop, dropbackgroundset pieceprop, property setverbto cover and warm eggs as the young inside developthe hen set for days brood, hatch, incubate, sit lay, spawn to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authorityset a date for the wedding appoint, designate, fix, name adopt, assign, choose, determine, establish, opt (for), pick, pin (down), prefer, select, settle, single (out), specifyarrange, coordinate, orchestrateadvertise, announce, declare, publish to make an approximate or tentative judgment regardingfire losses were set at a million dollars appraise, assess, estimate, evaluate, guesstimate, rate, valuate, value adjudge, deem, judgeascertain, determine, discover, learnprice, prizedecide, settleanalyze, assay, survey, testreappraise, reassess, reevaluate, rejudge, revaluetransvaluate, transvaluemisesteem, misjudge, misprize, underestimate, undervalue chiefly dialectto rest on the buttocks or haunchescome over and set for a spell sit perchlounge, slouch, sprawl, squat, straddle arise, get up, rise, stand to point or turn (something) toward a target or goaldetermined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off aim, bend, cast, direct, head, hold, level, pinpoint, train sightbear, faceconcentrate, focusincline, orient, steer avert, curve, deflect, detour, divert, rechannel, shunt, sidetrack to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details offinally set some plans for the luncheon agree (on), arrange, decide, fix, settle contract, pledge, promiseblueprint, calculate, chart, concert, design, draft, frame, hammer out, intrigue, lay out, maneuver, map (out), plan, program(also programme), schematize, scheme, shape, square away, work outchoose, conclude, determine, figure, opt, resolveaffirm, approve, authorize, clear, confirm, OK(or okay), sanction, warrantclose, complete, end, finalize, finish, round (off or out), wind up, wrap upbargain, chaffer, deal, dicker, haggle, horse-trade, negotiate dispose of abort, call, call off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revokediffer (over), disagree (with)counter, debate, object, oppose, protest, resistcontest, dispute to put securely in place or in a desired positionhad the jeweler set the diamond again anchor, catch, clamp, fasten, fix, hitch, moor, secure embed(also imbed), entrench(also intrench), implant, ingrain(also engrain), lodge, stuff, wedge loose, loosen, unfasten, unfix, unloose, unloosen extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, yank to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jellythe gelatin is just starting to set now clot, coagulate, congeal, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jelly cake, concrete, firm (up), fix, freeze, harden, indurate, solidify, stiffencondense, thickenclump, curd, curdle, gum, lump (up) deliquesce, flux, fuse, liquefy(also liquify), melt, thaw to arrange something in a certain spot or positionset a book on the table depose, deposit, dispose, emplace, fix, lay, place, position, put, set up, situate, stick move, rearrange, reorder, shiftorientestablish, locate, plant, settleclap, flop, plank, plop, plump, plunk(or plonk), plunk down, slapensconce, nicheassemble, collectcarryberth, parkaffix, anchor, lock, lodge, wedgearray, lay out, line up, queue, rankset down relocate, remove, takebanishdislodge, displace, replace, supersede, supplant to become physically firm or solidthe concrete must set completely before anyone can walk on it concrete, congeal, firm (up), freeze, harden, indurate, solidify cake, callus, encrust(also incrust)clot, coagulate, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jelly, stiffen, thickencalcify, crystallize(also crystalize), ossify, petrify, rigidifyanneal, case-harden, temper liquefy(also liquify), soften deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, melt, smelt, thaw, unfreeze before the 12th century |