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Theory did a great work pant, and everyone was doing denim. But no one was making a trouser sexy, or the focus of an outfit... So, that's what I set out to do.
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Meaning of "set out" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SET OUT

set out play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SET OUT

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

WHAT DOES SET OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of set out in the English dictionary

The first definition of set out in the dictionary is to present, arrange, or display. Other definition of set out is to give a full account of; explain exactly. Set out is also to plan or lay out.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SET OUT

set menu
set off
set on
set on foot
set one´s cap for
set one´s face against
set one´s hand to
set one´s heart on
set one´s seal on
set one´s sights on
set out one´s stall
set piece
set point
set product
set sail
set scrum
set someone´s mind at rest
set someone´s teeth on edge
set square
set the ball rolling

WORDS THAT END LIKE SET OUT

act out
check out
contract out
cut out
eat out
flat out
get out
hit out
left out
let out
night out
opt out
point out
print out
push the boat out
put out
shoot out
sit out
sort out
start out
sweat out

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

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SET OUT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «set out» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of set out

Translation of «set out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SET OUT

Find out the translation of set out to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of set out 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 out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开始
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

partir
570 millions of speakers

English

set out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाहर सेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَبْدَأُ رِحْلَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отправляться в путь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

procurar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘোষণা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

démarrer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

dinyatakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

herrichten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

並べる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

출발하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyetel metu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khởi hành
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமைக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाहेर सेट करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yola çıkmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avviarsi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wystawić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вирушати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a pleca înspre
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεκινώ για ταξίδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uiteengesit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta itu med
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dra ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of set out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SET OUT»

The term «set out» is very widely used and occupies the 12.975 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SET OUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «set out» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «set out» 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 out

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10 QUOTES WITH «SET OUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word set out.
1
Lascelles Abercrombie
With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem.
2
Neil Abercrombie
There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in.
3
Scott Anderson
My father suffered from chronic wanderlust. When I was 14, he set out on a yearlong road trip across Europe and Asia - and decided to take me along for company.
4
Stacey Bendet
Theory did a great work pant, and everyone was doing denim. But no one was making a trouser sexy, or the focus of an outfit... So, that's what I set out to do.
5
Anthony Bourdain
The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, 'I'm not interested,' or you're unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don't understand that, and I think it's rude. You're at Grandma's house, you eat what Grandma serves you.
6
Vincent Bugliosi
And I think within the pages of The Betrayal of America I think I present an overwhelming case that these five justices were up to no good, and they deliberately set out to hand the election to George Bush.
7
Kurt Busiek
That's the way it happens - some characters you set out to use, some are happy accidents. As long as it works, it doesn't really matter how you got them.
8
Caryl Churchill
I do enjoy the form of things. I enjoy finding the form that seems best to fit what I'm thinking about. I don't set out to find a bizarre way of writing.
9
John Collison
It's easy to talk to people over the Web, but it's not very easy to trigger transactions. That's the thing we set out to fix with Stripe.
10
Charles Horton Cooley
There is nothing less to our credit than our neglect of the foreigner and his children, unless it be the arrogance most of us betray when we set out to 'Americanize' him.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SET OUT»

Discover the use of set out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to set out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Community: A Sociological Study, Being an Attempt to Set Out ...
Stimulating introduction to the concept of community, with an analysis of its origins in western utopian thought and as an imagined primitive state equated with traditional societies in classical sociology and anthropology.
Robert M. MacIver, 2012
2
Woodwork Joints - How They Are Set Out, How Made and Where Used
We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Various, 2010
3
Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides to Cold Climate Gardening: ...
See page 19 for information on starting seed indoors. The following annuals may be started indoors: □ Ageratum (floss flower), Ageratum houstonianum. Start two and a half months early; set out after danger of frost. Full sun or partial shade ...
Rebecca Atwater Briccetti, 2000
4
The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-sensitive Adaptation of the ...
8They set out from Pene*-hahiroth and passed through the sea into the wilderness; and they made a three- days' journey in the wilderness of Etham and encamped at Marah. 9They set out from Marah and came to Elim. There were twelve ...
David E. Stein, 2010
5
An Easy Grammar of the French Language, for Young Beginners
Pars, du'il parte, Partons, Parte z, du'ils partent, set out (thou.) let him set out. let us set out. set out (ye or you.) let them set out. Present. due je parte, That I may set out. due tu partes, That thou mayst set out. Qu'il parte, That he may set out. due ...
François-Marie-Joseph Surault, 1831
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United States Code, 2000 Edition, Titles 1-18, January 2, ...
12580, set out as a note under section 9615 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.] Sec. 44. [Amended Ex. Ord. No. 12555, set out as a note under section 2602 of Title 19, Customs Duties.] Sec. 45. [Amended Ex. Ord. No. 12501, set out  ...
House, Office of the Law Revision Counsel, 2004
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Dictionnaire françois-anglois et anglois-françois ... revue ...
OUT [to publish] Politer, declarer, manifester, mettre tn evidence, exposer, faire connoitre. To let out a pioclamation, Publier vne ordonnana ou declaration. To set out a book, Pullier un • livre. To set one out, Faire connoitre quelqu'un, lepruner.
Louis Chambaud, 1815
8
Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and ...
which was set out, and that was stopped at the post-house. In the case of libels they must he set out; and that was the opinion of ihejudges in Dr. Sacheverell's casein proceedian at law: but the course of parliament was held by the Lords to be ...
‎1812
9
Sin apprehended, tried, and condemned. Repr. of 'The Isle of ...
illuminated by grace, is that which can find out sin ; set out by the Deputy Constable, the Tything-Man, the Petty Constable, and Chief Constable. X. — That where such understanding is, there is a gracious reformation ; set out by the Chief ...
Richard Bernard, David Fenton Jarman, 1851
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United States Code 2006
435, provided that: "This Act [amending section 9503 and 9504 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, and section 5338 of Title 49, Transportation, enacting provisions set out as a note under section 9503 of Title 26, and amending provisions set ...
House, Office of the Law Revision Counsel, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SET OUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term set out is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hillary Clinton Will Set Out a Progressive Economic Vision and …
Hillary Clinton will lay out a vision for the economy on Monday that focuses on boosting the middle class and addressing income inequality, a central part of her ... «TIME, Jul 15»
2
Leaders set out future health goals
Leaders set out future health goals ... and finance ministers will meet in Addis Ababa this week to work out the best way to deliver future global healthcare. «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool set out to reinvent the comic-book …
Will the person who leaked the Deadpool test footage please stand up? Ryan Reynolds really wants to kiss you. “And not just a little kiss,” he purrs. “But full on ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
4
Beekeepers set out to remove a million bees from NY home
WALLKILL, N.Y. (AP) — Beekeepers have quite the task ahead of them as they remove an estimated 1 million honey bees that have taken up residence at a ... «Yahoo News UK, Jun 15»
5
David Cameron under pressure to set out demands for EU reform
David Cameron is under pressure from his Eurosceptic MPs to set out a ... On the “out” side there are two groups of MPs – Conservatives for Britain, led by Steve ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
World leaders set out agenda for G7
I would like to emphasise the fact that I rule it out because it is something I do not want because I cannot predict what the consequences would be,” he said. «euronews, Jun 15»
7
When Should Startups Set Out to Raise Money?
Obviously, you never want to be out of cash so that you are forced into a fire sale or ... If they do decide to accept your request, they're going to set a very low ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
8
Europe's fractious Catholics set out their views in synod questionnaire
When the Vatican sent out the final report of the synod's October 2014 Extraordinary Assembly, it asked bishops to conduct an "in-depth examination" and seek ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jun 15»
9
Chancellor to set out RBS plan in Mansion House speech
George Osborne is expected to use his Mansion House address to senior City figures next week to sketch out how he intends to start the sale of the ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
10
Passer Filling Brady's Shoes Set Out to Follow in Footsteps
With Brady aging and Bill Belichick never having taken a quarterback so high while New England's coach, Garoppolo arrived at Patriot Place out of Eastern ... «New York Times, May 15»

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