different between spot vs set
spot
English
Etymology
From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”). Cognate with North Frisian spot (“speck, piece of ground”), Low German spot (“speck”), Old Norse spotti (“small piece”). See also splot, splotch.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sp?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- (US) IPA(key): /sp?t/
Noun
spot (plural spots)
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.
- Why do ladybugs have spots?
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.
- I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
- Would you like to come round on Sunday for a spot of lunch?
- (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot and two five spots.
- A location or area.
- I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside.
- For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met.
- 1800, William Wordsworth, Hart-leap Well
- "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! / But something ails it now: the spot is curs'd."
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [1]
- Yachvilli made it 6-0 with a second sweet strike from 45 metres after Matt Stevens was penalised for collapsing a scrum, and then slid another penalty just wide from the same spot.
- A parking space.
- (sports) An official determination of placement.
- The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?
- Difficult situation; predicament.
- She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.
- (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
- (soccer) Penalty spot.
- The act of spotting or noticing something.
- - You've misspelled "terrapin" here.
- - Whoops. Good spot.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
- The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
- (in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
- An autosoliton.
- (finance) A decimal point; point.
- Twelve spot two five pounds sterling. (ie. £12.25)
- Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
- Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
Hyponyms
- sitspot
- shot spot
- sweet spot
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Catalan: espot
Translations
Verb
spot (third-person singular simple present spots, present participle spotting, simple past and past participle spotted)
- (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
- (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.
- a garment spotted with mould
- To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.
- To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.
- (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.
- To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
- Link not me in self same chain With the wicked-working folk, Who their spotted thoughts do cloak.
- If ever I shall close these eyes but once, / May I live spotted for my perjury.
- To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- To place an object at a location indicated by a spot. Notably in billiards or snooker.
- The referee had to spot the pink on the blue spot.
Translations
Adjective
spot (not comparable)
- (commerce, finance) Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.
- spot wheat; spot cash; a spot contract
Translations
Anagrams
- OTPs, POST, POTS, PTOs, Post, TPOs, opts, post, post-, post., pots, stop, tops
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sb??d?]
Etymology 1
From the verb spotte (“to mock”). Compare Old Norse spottr, German Spott.
Noun
spot c (singular definite spotten, not used in plural form)
- mockery, ridicule
- 2013, Jan Guillou, Vejen til Jerusalem, Modtryk ?ISBN
- Men at også den anden søn savnede alle mandlige dyder, var straks værre og gjorde spotten større.
- But that the other son, too, lacked all male virtues, was much worse and enlarged the mockery.
- Men at også den anden søn savnede alle mandlige dyder, var straks værre og gjorde spotten større.
- 2010, Tove Ditlevsen, Man gjorde et barn fortræd, Gyldendal A/S ?ISBN
- Hun havde råd til at smile igen, så ligegyldig var deres spot hende.
- She could afford to smile back, that was how little she cared about their ridicule.
- Hun havde råd til at smile igen, så ligegyldig var deres spot hende.
- 2015, Jørgen Christensen, Muhammed-tegningerne, demokratiet og sikkerhedspolitikken, BoD – Books on Demand ?ISBN, page 9
- I artiklen skrev kulturredaktør Flemming Rose bl.a., at muslimer måtte acceptere, at deres religiøse følelser blev udsat for hån, spot og latterliggørelse[sic]:...
- In the article, editor of culture Flemming Rose wrote, among other things, that muslims had to accept their religious feelings being made the object of mockery, derision and ridicule:...
- I artiklen skrev kulturredaktør Flemming Rose bl.a., at muslimer måtte acceptere, at deres religiøse følelser blev udsat for hån, spot og latterliggørelse[sic]:...
- 2014, Fjodor M. Dostojevskij, Minder fra dødens hus, Bechs Forlag - Viatone ?ISBN
- Først sporede man hos alle en heftig forbitrelse, derefter en dyb nedslåethed, og endelig syntes al sindsbevægelse at vige pladsen for hoverende spot.
- At first, one saw with everyone a hefty bitterness, then a deep sadness, and finally, all emotion seemed to recede, making way for gloating mockery.
- Først sporede man hos alle en heftig forbitrelse, derefter en dyb nedslåethed, og endelig syntes al sindsbevægelse at vige pladsen for hoverende spot.
- 2013, Jan Guillou, Vejen til Jerusalem, Modtryk ?ISBN
Inflection
Etymology 2
From English spot.
Noun
spot c or n (singular definite spotten or spottet, plural indefinite spot or spots)
- spotlight
- 1982, Lene H. Bagger, Idioterne, p. 179
- I millisekundet hvor lyset satte spots på hendes uforberedte ansigt, røbede det hende
- In the short moment when the light turned the spotlight on her unprepared face, it revealed her
- I millisekundet hvor lyset satte spots på hendes uforberedte ansigt, røbede det hende
- 1982, Lene H. Bagger, Idioterne, p. 179
- spot (short advertisement in radio or TV)
- 2012, Jyllands-Posten
- Lego meddeler, at deres juleomsætning overgik alle forventninger på grund af spottene i TV 2
- LEGO informs that their Christmas sale surpassed all expectations due to the spots on TV 2
- Lego meddeler, at deres juleomsætning overgik alle forventninger på grund af spottene i TV 2
- 2012, Jyllands-Posten
Inflection
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
spot
- imperative of spotte
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spot, from Old Dutch *spot, from Proto-Germanic *spuþþaz.
Noun
spot m (uncountable)
- mockery
- Synonyms: spotternij, plagerij, pesterij
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English spot.
Noun
spot m (plural spots, diminutive spotje n)
- spot; a spotlight.
- spot; a brief segment on television.
Anagrams
- post, stop
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English spot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?t/
Noun
spot m (plural spots)
- (physics) light spot
- blip (on radar)
- (cinematography, theater) spotlight, spot
- (surfing) area
- (television) spot; a brief segment on television.
Further reading
- “spot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- pots, stop
Indonesian
Etymology
From English spot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sp?t]
- Hyphenation: spot
Noun
spot
- (colloquial) spot, a location or area.
Further reading
- “spot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From English spot.
Noun
spot m (invariable)
- spot (theatrical light; luminous point; brief radio or TV advertisment)
Anagrams
- post, stop
Further reading
- spot in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *spot, from Proto-Germanic *sputtaz.
Noun
spot m or n
- joke, jest
- mockery, derision
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- spotten
Descendants
- Dutch: spot
Further reading
- “spot”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “spot”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English spot (“brief advertisement”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?t/
Noun
spot m inan
- (neologism) spot, a short broadcast in television
Usage notes
Used for all short informational and promotional broadcasts, such as public service announcements, social campaigns, election ads and advertisements. The native counterpart reklama is restricted to advertisements.
Declension
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
spot m (genitive singular spoit, plural spotan)
- spot, stain
- spot, place
Synonyms
- (place): bad
Derived terms
- spot dall
Spanish
Noun
spot m (plural spots)
- advert, ad
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English sport.
Noun
spot
- sport
Volapük
Noun
spot (nominative plural spots)
- sport
Declension
spot From the web:
- what spotify
- what spotting looks like
- what spotting means
- what spot hurts the least for a tattoo
- what spotify playlist should i listen to
- what spots on tonsils
- what spots on skin
- what spots on nails
set
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?t, IPA(key): /s?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophone: sett
Etymology 1
From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-Germanic *satjan?, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”).
Verb
set (third-person singular simple present sets, present participle setting, simple past set, past participle set or (dialectal) setten)
- (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- Synonyms: put, lay, set down
- Antonym: pick up
- (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- The Lord set a mark upon Cain.
- (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- The Lord thy God will set thee on high.
- I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother.
- 1827, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hamlet
- Every incident sets him thinking.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- Synonym: light
- Antonyms: extinguish, put out, quench
- (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- (transitive) To determine or settle.
- (transitive) To adjust.
- (i.e. I programmed it at that hour to go off at a later time)
- (i.e. I programmed it earlier to go off at that hour.)
- (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- (transitive) To arrange (type).
- (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- (intransitive) To solidify.
- (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V
- The king is set from London, and the scene is now transported, gentles, to Southampton
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V
- (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
- 2012, Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows, p. 155
- Many fruit trees will only flower and set fruit following a cold winter.
- 2012, Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows, p. 155
- (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- 1906, Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Fruit Branch, Fruit crop report
- In the Annapolis Valley, in spite of an irregular bloom, the fruit has set well and has, as yet, been little affected by scab.
- 1906, Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Fruit Branch, Fruit crop report
- (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 227:
- And if Mrs. Garner didn't need me right there in the kitchen, I could get a chair and you and me could set out there while I did the vegetables.
- 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 227:
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals...
- If he set industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him.
- 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals...
- (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
- 1682, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe
- Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
- 1682, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe
- (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- (intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fielding to this entry?)
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- High on their heads, with jewels richly set, / Each lady wore a radiant coronet.
- 1815. William Wordsworth, Poems of the Imagination
- pastoral dales thin set with modern farms
- (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- (Scotland) To suit; to become.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English set, sette, from Old English set (“seat, place of residence, camp, settlement, entrenchment, stable, pen”), from Proto-West Germanic *set (“seat”), from Proto-Germanic *set? (“seat”).
Noun
set (plural sets)
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
- Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
- Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
- (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
- That was but civil war, an equal set.
- (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English sett, from Old English ?esett, past participle of settan.
Adjective
set (comparative more set, superlative most set)
- Fixed in position.
- Rigid, solidified.
- Ready, prepared.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
- Prearranged.
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
Synonyms
- (intent, determined): determined, intent
- (prearranged): dictated, prearranged, predetermined, prescribed, specified
- (fixed in one's opinion): fixed, rigid
Translations
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From 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; a stopping; occupied land”), related to Old English settan (“to set”). Compare Middle Low German gesette (“a set, suite”), Old English gesetl (“assembly”). According to Skeat, in senses denoting a group of things or persons, representing an alteration of sept, from Old French sette (“a religious sect”), from Medieval Latin secta (“retinue”), from Latin secta (“a faction”). See sect. It is quite possible that the modern word is more of a merger between both, however.
Noun
set (plural sets)
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Adeline
- the set of day
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Adeline
- (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Style
- Here and there, amongst individuals alive to the particular evils of the age, and watching the very set of the current, there may have been even a more systematic counteraction applied to the mischief.
- 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Style
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.)
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- An object made up of several parts.
- (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 22.
- This is the fourth set of benchpresses.
- 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 22.
- (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
Synonyms
- (close of the day): dusk, eve, evening, sundown, sunset
- (general movement): direction, drift, heading, motion, movement, path, tendency, trend
- (matching collection of similar things): suite
- (set theory, in plural): set theory
- (group of people, usually meeting socially): club, coterie
- (scenery): scenery
- (performance of several musical pieces): gig, session
- (drum kit): drums, drum kit, drum set
- (three of a kind): three of a kind
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 5
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
set (third-person singular simple present sets, present participle setting, simple past and past participle setted)
- (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- 2008, Patricia Murphy, Robert McCormick, Knowledge and Practice: Representations and Identities
- In setted classes, students are brought together because they are believed to be of similar 'ability'. Yet, setted lessons are often conducted as though students are not only similar, but identical—in terms of ability, preferred learning style and pace of working.
- 2008, Patricia Murphy, Robert McCormick, Knowledge and Practice: Representations and Identities
References
Anagrams
- -est, EST, ETS, ETs, Est, Est., STE, StE, Ste, Ste., TEs, TSE, Tse, est, est., tse
Afrikaans
Noun
set (plural [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter Z.
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Old Occitan, from Latin septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *sept??.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?s?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Numeral
set m or f
- seven
Noun
set m (plural sets)
- seven
Derived terms
- set pecats capitals
Etymology 2
From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *d?g??ítis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?s?t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?s?t/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?set/
Noun
set f (plural sets)
- thirst
Derived terms
- assedegar
- sedegar
- sedejar
Further reading
- “set” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “set” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “set” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “set” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Crimean Tatar
Noun
set
- sofa, couch, settee
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?t/
- Homophone: sed
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From English set.
Noun
set m
- (tennis, volleyball) set (part of a match in sports like tennis and volleyball)
Declension
Synonyms
- sada f
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
set
- genitive plural of sto
Further reading
- set in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- set in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Verb
set
- past participle of se
Derived terms
- sådan set
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English set.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?t/
- Hyphenation: set
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophone: Seth
Noun
set m (plural sets, diminutive setje n)
- A set (collection of objects belonging together).
- A set (installation consisting of multiple appliances).
- (tennis) A set (tennis match).
- A film set (filming location).
- Synonym: filmset
Derived terms
- jetset
- kledingset
- loungeset
- pannenset
- setpoint
- stereoset
Eastern Durango Nahuatl
Noun
set
- ice
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?t/
- Homophones: cet, cette, sept, sète
Noun
set m (plural sets)
- (tennis) set
Synonyms
- manche
Derived terms
- balle de set
Further reading
- “set” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- est, Ste., tes
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?s?t]
- Hyphenation: sèt
Etymology 1
From English set, alteration of sept, from Old French sette (“a religious sect”), from Medieval Latin secta (“retinue”), from Latin secta (“a faction”).
Noun
sèt (first-person possessive setku, second-person possessive setmu, third-person possessive setnya)
- (sports) set, group of games counting as a unit toward a match.
- Synonym: babak
- set,
- a matching collection of similar things.
- a collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- Synonyms: perangkat, setel
- set, an object made up of several parts.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From English set, from Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-Germanic *satjan?, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”).
Verb
sèt
- to set
- to put in a specified condition or state.
- to adjust.
- to prepare.
- to arrange.
- Synonym: mengeset
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Clipping of strategi (“strategy”)
Noun
set (first-person possessive setku, second-person possessive setmu, third-person possessive setnya)
- (colloquial) trick; act; strategy
- Synonyms: muslihat, tindak, strategi
Further reading
- “set” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English set.
Noun
set m (invariable)
- set (group of things in maths, tennis, cinema, etc.)
Anagrams
- est
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin septem.
Adjective
set
- seven
Noun
set m (uncountable)
- seven
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /set/, [s??t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /set/, [s?t?]
Conjunction
set
- Alternative form of sed
- c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris
- sexies viginti petre faciunt carrum plumbi scilicet magnum carrum London’ set carrus del Peek est multo minus.
- Six times twenty stone make the load of lead, scilicet the great London load, but the load of Peek is much less.
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [s?t]
Verb
set
- supine of se?
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French sept.
Numeral
set
- seven
Michif
Etymology
From French sept.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [s?t]
Numeral
set
- seven
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
set
- present tense of setja, setje, setta and sette
- imperative of setja and setje
Etymology 2
Verb
set
- (non-standard since 1938) past participle of sjå
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *d?g??ítis.
Noun
set f or m (plural sets)
- thirst
Numeral
set (Limousin)
- seven
Alternative forms
- sèt
Derived terms
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 910.
Old English
Etymology
Compare the verb settan. Compare Old Norse sæti (whence modern English seat), Old High German gesazi (German Gesäß), Middle Dutch gesaete, from Proto-Germanic *s?tij?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /set/
Noun
set n
- seat
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
- ?eset
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin septem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?t/
Numeral
set
- seven
Descendants
- Middle French: sept
- French: sept
- Norman: sept, saept
- Walloon: set
Etymology 2
see savoir
Verb
set
- third-person singular present indicative of savoir
Descendants
- French: sait
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish sed and Portuguese sede and Kabuverdianu sedi.
Noun
set
- thirst
Piedmontese
Etymology
From Latin septem, from Proto-Italic *septem. Cognates include Italian sette and French sept.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?t/
Numeral
set
- seven
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?t/
Etymology 1
From English set.
Noun
set m inan
- (badminton, tennis, volleyball) set (part of the game in badminton, tennis, or volleyball)
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
set f
- genitive plural of seta
Further reading
- set in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- set in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English set.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?.t(?)(i)/
- Rhymes: -?t(?)i
Noun
set m (plural sets)
- set (group of things in maths, tennis, cinema, etc.)
Romansch
Etymology 1
From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *sept??.
Number
set
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) seven
Alternative forms
- (Sursilvan) siat
- (Sutsilvan) seat
Etymology 2
From Latin sitis, from Proto-Indo-European *d?g??ítis (“perishing, decrease”).
Noun
set f
- (Sutsilvan) thirst
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) said
- (Sursilvan) seit
- (Surmiran) seid
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English set.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?set/, [?set?]
Noun
set m (plural sets)
- (tennis) set
Further reading
- “set” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English set.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?t?/
- Homophones: sett, sätt
Noun
set n
- a set (matching collection of items)
- a set (in tennis)
Declension
See also
- sett
- sätt
- tågsätt
Anagrams
- est, tes
Walloon
Etymology
From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *sept??.
Numeral
set
- seven
Welsh
Verb
set (not mutable)
- Contraction of baset.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse sæti, from Proto-Germanic *s?tij?. Confer the English seat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sè?t]
- Rhymes: -è?t
Noun
set n (definite singular sete, definite plural seta)
- seat, bench
- haycock
Derived terms
- höyset (“haycock”)
- snikkarset (“workbench”)
Verb
set (preterite seett, supine sett)
- to cock hay
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