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I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.
Leni Riefenstahl

Meaning of "set about" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SET ABOUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SET ABOUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Set about is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES SET ABOUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of set about in the English dictionary

The definition of set about in the dictionary is to start or begin. Other definition of set about is to attack physically or verbally.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SET ABOUT

set
set against
set aside
set at naught
set back
set by the ears
set chisel
set designer
set down
set eyes on
set fire to
set forth
set in
set menu
set off
set on
set on foot
set one´s cap for
set one´s face against
set one´s hand to

WORDS THAT END LIKE SET ABOUT

about
bout
bring about
come about
get about
go about
hang about
just about
kick about
make no bones about
marabout
nothing to write home about
out and about
right about
roundabout
see about
talk about
thereabout
time about
walkabout
what about

Synonyms and antonyms of set about in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «set about» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SET ABOUT

Find out the translation of set about to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of set about from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «set about» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

着手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

se dedicó a
570 millions of speakers

English

set about
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सेट के बारे में
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجموعة حول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приступили к
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

definir sobre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্ধারিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mettre sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

menetapkan tentang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gesetzt zu
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

約設定
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 대한 설정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyetel babagan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiết lập về
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமைப்பது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुरुवात करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hakkında konuşmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accingersi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ustaw o
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приступили до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stabilit cu privire la
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

που για
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stel oor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ställa om
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sett om
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of set about

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SET ABOUT»

The term «set about» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.517 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SET ABOUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «set about» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «set about» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about set about

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7 QUOTES WITH «SET ABOUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word set about.
1
Jack Canfield
Trust your gut feeling about things, listen to what others are saying, and look at the results of your actions. Once you know the truth, you can set about taking action to improve. Everyone will be better for it.
2
Og Mandino
To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead.
3
Ogden Nash
Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them.
4
Mario Puzo
Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.
5
Leni Riefenstahl
I set about seeking a thread, a theme, a style, in the realm of legend. Something that might allow me to give free rein to my juvenile sense of romanticism and the beautiful image.
6
Kevin Sorbo
This is our lance. See, you're making me laugh about this now, because there have been a few jokes on the set about what they actually look like. But, see, I personally think they'd be a great toy. So... just batteries aren't included.
7
Naomi Weisstein
Psychologists have set about describing the true nature of women with a certainty and a sense of their own infallibility rarely found in the secular world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SET ABOUT»

Discover the use of set about in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to set about and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
All Set about with Fever Trees and Other Stories
The seven stories in Pam Durban's widely praised debut collection are tales of family, of love and loss, of survival and affirmation.
Pam Durban, 1995
2
Contextual Authority and Aesthetic Truth
Those who wished to order their national life, would first set about regulating their family life. Those who wished to regulate their family life would set about cultivating their personal life. Those who wished to cultivate their personal lives, would ...
James S. Hans, 1992
3
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
Is this the wiy to set about it? Eh 7" LIN, Imperial High, Commiuioner, to Captain KUiut. " Je ne auig ni assez sage, ni asscz fou, pour avoir toujouis raison." JEAN JACQUES ~ " NOTHING so difficult as beginning," says Byron, and he very justly  ...
‎1842
4
The Golden Mean: The Last Mamluk Sultans and Egypt's Waning ...
For me the best assertion of this kind of middle path is to be found in Confucius's famous statement about order: The ancients who wished to preserve the fresh or clear character of the people of the world, would first set about ordering their ...
James S. Hans, 1994
5
Walter Isaacson Great Innovators e-book boxed set: Steve ...
He set about making sure that the next version of the iPad would emphasize ways to facilitate artistic creation by the user. Newsweek's cover line was “What's So Great about the iPad? Everything.” Daniel Lyons, who had zapped it with his ...
Walter Isaacson, 2011
6
On What Matters: Two-volume set
It might very well be true that, following this policy, you should first set about rescuing the five and only then try to rescue the single person, because in that way you will go farther, faster and with greater certainty toward achieving your only ...
Derek Parfit, 2011
7
The Casket of Gems: The Gift of an Uncle and Aunt
r 125 SET ABOUT IT DIRECTLY. Ay, set about it directly, my boys, if the thing you mean to do be worth doing, and if it do not interfere with any other duty. Set about it directly ; or a thousand things may occur to prevent your setting about it at all.
‎1836
8
The Linguistic Individual : Self-Expression in Language and ...
In the survey we examine here, questions include a set eliciting opinions about how various public officials were performing, a set about skin cancer, a set about the supercollider that was then under construction in Texas, a set about abortion,  ...
Barbara Johnstone Associate Professor of Linguistics Texas A&M University, 1996
9
The World Set Free
Most of the things they made him do were silly—it was part of a bad tradition, but there was nothing silly in the way he set about them... The spirit of kingship is a fine thing, Firmin; I feel it in my bones; I do not know what I might not be if I were ...
Herbert George Wells, 1956
10
Healthy Divorce: Keys to Ending Your Marriage While ...
... was the only way he saw Helen. Most of the time, we are not aware of our negative mind-sets as such. Think about whether you have a mind-set about your ex through which you interpret negative interactions. Write down what this might be.
Lois Gold M.S.W., 2009

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