set2
• noun 1 a number of things or people grouped together as similar or forming a unit. 2 a group of people with common interests or occupations: the literary set. 3 the way in which something is set, disposed, or positioned: that cold set of his jaw. 4 a radio or television receiver. 5 (in tennis, darts, and other games) a group of games counting as a unit towards a match. 6 a collection of scenery, stage furniture, etc., used for a scene in a play or film. 7 (in jazz or popular music) a sequence of songs or pieces constituting or forming part of a live show or recording. 8 Mathematics a collection of distinct entities satisfying specified conditions and regarded as a unit. 9 a cutting, young plant, or bulb used in the propagation of new plants: an onion set. (also dead set) a setter’s pointing in the presence of game. variant spelling of SETT. — PHRASES make a dead set at Brit. make a determined attempt to win the affections of. by association with hunting (see sense 10 above). — ORIGIN partly from Old French sette, from Latin secta ‘sect’, partly from SET1.
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