set
part of speech
noun, verb, adjective (set, sets, set, setting)
meaning for a pupil
1) A set is a group of things that belong together, like a set of cups or a chess set. tree →
2) To set is to put something in a place: set the cup on the table. tree →
3) To set a table is to put plates, knives and forks on it. tree →
4) To set a timer or alarm is to make it ready for a time. tree →
5) The sun sets when it goes down in the evening. tree →
6) Jelly or glue sets when it becomes firm. tree →
7) Set means ready or fixed: a set time, «ready, set, go». tree →
8) In maths a set is a collection of numbers or things. tree →
9) To set out is to start a journey. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Besides putting things in a place, "set" can mean to appoint someone to a post, as David set a man over his guard. The prophets also use it for making one thing like another, as God asks "How shall I set thee as Zeboim?" about a city to be destroyed. "Set the horn to thy mouth" is a call to sound the alarm. In the primary lessons: Maths: groups with a fixed number of things (a set of 6 cups): total = sets × n; a set of numbers; sorting into sets. Everyday: set the table, set the alarm, set off on a trip, set up a tent, a TV set. Science: sunset, the jelly sets in the fridge. Stories: the story is set in a forest (takes place there).
examples
- And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. (Torah GEN.21.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. (Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they brought him forth, and set him without the city. (Torah GEN.19.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Set the horn to thy mouth. (Prophets HOS.8.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- And David set him over his guard. (Prophets 2SA.23.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- How shall I set thee as Zeboim? (Prophets HOS.11.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- A set of markers has 12 markers. tree →
- She bought 3 sets of plates. tree →
- He set the timer for 20 minutes. tree →
- How many cups are in 5 sets? tree →
- Please set the table for dinner. tree →
- The sun sets in the west. tree →
- Put the jelly in the fridge to set. tree →
- Ready, set, go! tree →
- The story is set on a farm in Canada. tree →
- We set off early to beat the traffic. tree →
- Then they set out for home. tree →
note
Irregular: set, set, set (no «setted»). «A set of n» is a group size: total = sets × n. Trap: the verb set (put) carries no clue. Trap: «set» has very many meanings; read the words around it. «Sit» is what you do on a chair; «set» is what you do to a thing.
In the corpora
- And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
- I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.
- But My covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.'
- At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.'
- And they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «set» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.