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1. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.

2. (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.Examples: "the set of a spring"; "The wings were bent or set permanently 2 to 3 inches upward at the wingtips; however, the set was within the manufacturer's allowable tolerances."

3. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.

4. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.dated

5. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.Examples: "the set of a coat"; "So much of our culture, hidden by necessity for so long, involves subtle codes and signals: the set of her shoulders, the sway of his hips."colloquial

6. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.Examples: "We will in France, by God's grace, play a set / Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard."; "That was but civil war, an equal set."; "Thenceforth the Dowager, with a light and careless humour, often recounted to her particular acquaintance how, after a hard trial, she had found it impossible to know those people who belonged to Henry’s wife, and who had made that desperate set to catch him."obsoleterare

1. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.

1. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.Examples: "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."; "He put his eye to the alidade. “I thought so! Zero five four and that's allowing nothing for set and drift along the line of bearing. We're inside the departure point now[…]”"Synonyms: direction, drift, heading, motion, movement, path, tendency, trendfigurativelyliterally

2. (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.

3. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.informalplural

4. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.

5. (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.Examples: "Meronym: reps"; "This is the fourth set of benchpresses."

6. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.

1. (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to abilityExamples: "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."; "At Amber Hill, setting was a high-profile concept, and the students were frequently reminded of the set to which they belonged."; "Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting."UK

1. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.Synonyms: Bab, BabaEgyptian