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set out

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commenceverb

    take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

    "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

  2. range, array, lay out, set outverb

    lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line

    "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"

  3. depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take offverb

    leave

    "The family took off for Florida"

Wiktionary

  1. set outverb

    To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing.

  2. set outverb

    To go out, leave.

  3. set outverb

    To start an activity with the intention of finishing it.

ChatGPT

  1. set out

    To set out is to begin a journey or task with a specific aim, or to arrange or lay something carefully in a particular place or position. It can also mean to explain, describe, or present something in a detailed or organized way.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of set out in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of set out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of set out in a Sentence

  1. Eduardo Serpa:

    What we're doing is bringing forward what we've already committed to spending. We'd planned to spend 650 million soles on this in the operation stage, now we're bringing 100 million of that forward to the construction stage, with regards to the rest, we're within the budgets set out for the project.

  2. Hillary Scott:

    Knowing us, it will probably be a lot shorter than what we probably set out for it to be, because we can’t ever really stop, but yeah, there’s no timeline, and that feels so nice to know. When we feel like it’s ready we’ll go to work.

  3. India Walton:

    We set out about a year ago to do exactly what we did.

  4. Kyrie Irving:

    It's fine, it makes for good stories, it makes for good narratives and good build up for our league. It's never too personal, but we understand as competitors we want to win the game. ... But it's not about us and any individual matchups, it's about being a great team and building on what we set out to do.

  5. Brian Deese:

    The commitments that the Chinese and American cities are taking ... are a very important component of our broader efforts to deepen climate cooperation and to show that ... the two largest emitters in the world are taking seriously our obligation to meet the ambitious goals that we set out last year.


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  • يArabic
  • vydat se, vypravit seCzech
  • määritellä, yksilöidä, lähteä matkaan, ryhtyäFinnish
  • commencer, expliquerFrench
  • प्रस्थान करनाHindi
  • esplicare, illustrare, uscire, spiegare, andare fuoriItalian
  • uitzetten, uiteenzetten, beginnen, verlaten, starten, gaanDutch
  • отправиться, отправляться, устанавливатьRussian
  • виклавUkrainian

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