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Definition: Set Apart |
Set ApartVerb1. Select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher ssigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise". 2. Set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Set ApartSynonyms: assign (v), isolate (v), keep apart (v), sequester (v), sequestrate (v), specify (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Choice | Set apart, mark out for; mark. |
Disjunction | Disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart; insulate, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock; (fix), unpack, unravel; disentangle; set free; (liberate). |
Exclusion | Xclude, bar; leave out, shut out, bar out; reject, repudiate, blackball; lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside; relegate, segregate; throw overboard; strike off, strike out; neglect; banish; (seclude); separate.; (disjoin). |
Store | Verb: store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Set Apart |
| English words defined with "set apart": allocate, apportion ♦ Burial ground ♦ consecrate, consecrated ♦ dedicate, dedicated, Devotement, distinguished ♦ federal district ♦ Hospital Sunday ♦ insulate, isolate ♦ keep apart ♦ Navy yard ♦ Privy purse ♦ Scriptorium, Sepose, sequester, sequestrate, smoking room, spending money ♦ To set aside, To set by. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "set apart": Campaigners ♦ Hinzelmann ♦ parking and mooring, Public-house Signs ♦ Wedding Finger. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "set apart": Devotement. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Anarcharsis | The market is the place set apart where men may deceive each other. |
John Greenleaf Whittier | The dreariest spot in all the land to Death they set apart; with scanty grace from Nature's hand, and none from that of Art. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Then, also, the blameless purity of her life during all these years in which she had been set apart to infamy, was reckoned largely in her favour. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The archbishop, as officiating kislaraga of heaven, locked in, and zealously watched this seraglio of souls set apart for God. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | For two hundred years we have been set apart by our faith in the ideals of democracy, of free men and free markets, and of the extraordinary possibilities that lie within seemingly ordinary men and women. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "set apart". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Anathema | N/A | Biblical | Set apart |
| Nazarite | N/A | Biblical | One chosen or set apart |
| Pharisees | N/A | Biblical | Set apart |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expression using "set apart": To set apart. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "set apart"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vë mënjanë (hoard, lay aside, lay by, lay off, move aside, put aside, put by, salt away, save, set aside, set by, set down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فصل (adjudge, adjudicate, arrive at a resolution, break, break up, cashier, cut, cut off, decide, decision, demarcation, detach, detail, determine, discharge, disconnect, disconnection, disentangle, disjoin, disjunction, dismiss, displace, displacement, dissociate, dissociate oneself from, dissociation, disunite, divide, division, elaborate, expel, fire, have a final word, isolate, isolation, itemize, judge, lay off, make a decision, part, particularize, parting, partition, remove, render a judgement, resolve, sack, seclude, seclusion, segregate, segregation, separate, separation, settle, sever, severance, sunder, wean), ميز (characterize, confer distinction upon, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, favor, favour, grant a special privilege, honor, identify, know, label, make a distinction, mark, notice, observe, perceive, prefer, privilege, realize, recognize, segregate, separate, set above others, set aside, single, single out, stamp), معزول (isolated, outlying, removed, secluded, segregate, separated, set aside, shut off, straggler), وفر (economize, put away, put by, put by smth., save, set aside), جزأ (break, fractionate, fritter, partition, ramify), أهمل (be negligent, default, desert, discount, disregard, forsake, go by the board, lapse, lay aside, lay by, leave out, neglect, omit, overlook, pass, pass over smth., scorn, skive, slight, throwaway), دخر (enshrine, fund, garner, hoard, husband, lay by, lay up, put aside, put by, reserve, save, set, set aside, siphon, skimp, sock away, spare, stash, store). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | слагам настрана (lay aside, lay by, put aside, put away, put by, set aside, set by), отделям (abstract, cull, detach, discharge, disestablish, disjoin, dissever, disunite, educe, eject, eliminate, emit, estrange, evolve, excrete, exhale, extricate, exude, insulate, isolate, lay aside, part, prescind, pry, screen, seclude, secrete, segregate, separate, sequester, set off, sever, sort, spare, tear away, unfix, unjoin, unyoke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 選派 , 派任 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dát stranou (set aside). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | varata (allow, occupy, put aside, reserve, take), panna erilleen (put aside), eritellä (analyse, separate, specify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | séparer (seclude, segregate, separate), mettre de côté (set, set aside), mettre part, distinguer (separate, set aside), épargner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unterscheiden (differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, tell apart, to discern, to discriminate, to distinguish), abheben (blast off, get out, lift off, pick up, raise, take off, take out, withdraw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάνω να ξεχωρίζει. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מוקצ" (allocated, allotted, assigned), ליח" (allocate, appropriate, assign, devote), ל"פרי" (dissociate oneself from, divide, mark off, part, separate, sever, sunder, uncouple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tartalékol (keep in reserve, lay by, lay up, set aside, to reserve, to set apart, to set aside), félretesz (allocate, cast aside, discard, lay aside, lay by, move away, pigeon-hole, put aside, put off, set aside, set by, to appropriate, to lay aside, to lay by, to lay sg by, to lay up, to pigeonhole, to put down, to put off, to put sg by, to put sg to one side, to reserve, to separate, to set by, to set sg by, to shelve, to throw off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tersisih (ignored, isolated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mettere da parte (earmark, lay aside, lay by, put aside, salt away), distinguere (differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, distinguish oneself, know, Mark, recognize, single out, tell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 取り除く (to remove, to set apart, to take away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | とりのぞく (to remove, to set apart, to take away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cur ry-lhiattee (adjourn, appropriation, head off, lay by). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etsay apartay pôr de lado (lay aside, overrule, put away, put by, relegate, reserve, salt away, set aside, supersede), pôr parte (make away, ostracize, outgrow, segregate, select, set aside, single). (various references) pune la o parte (lay aside, lay by), branşa (detach). (various references) отделять (compartmentalize, cut loose, detach, divide, intercept, partition off, segregate, separate, untwine). (various references) rastaviti (detach, disassemble, separate, sunder, take apart, unjoin), odlikovati se (characterize, distinguish, distinguish oneself, excel), odbaciti (abandon, cast aside, cast away, disallow, discard, dismiss, leave, off it, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, throw away, toss off). (various references) reservar (book, keep, reserve, secure, set aside), poner aparte (keep, lay aside, put aside, put away, set aside). (various references) skilja (differentiate, disconnect, disjoin, distinguish, disunite, divide, divorce, part, separate, sever), sätta av (bound, drop), lägga undan (hive, hold, lay aside, lay by, pigeonhole, pigeon-hole, put away, put by, save, set aside), lägga åt sidan (shunt). (various references) kenara koymak (lay aside, lay by, lay down, put aside, put away, put by, set aside, take aside), biriktirmek (accumulate, amass, collect, gather, keep back, lay aside, lay by, put aside, put away, put by, roll up, salt, save, set by, setaside, treasure up), ayrılmış (booked, disjointed, disunited, divided, divorced, estranged, isolated, reserved, segregate, set aside, split), ayrı tutmak (discriminate, individualize, insulate, isolate, make a distinction, segregate, sequester, set off, take aside), ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allot, allow, appropriate, assort, book, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, except, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, keep apart, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, portion, reduce, reserve, resolve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set aside, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sunder, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, wall, winnow). (various references) розділяти (demarcate, detach, disjoint, part, partition, sever, split up, sunder), відкладати (adjourn, defer, delay, deposit, hold over, lay aside, lay past, leave over, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, put aside, put over, respite, set aside, set by, stand over, suspend, wait), віддаляти (alienate, distance, estrange). (various references) neilltuo (separate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | consecrabant, consecrabis, consecrabit, consecrans, consecrantur, consecraret, consecrarit, consecrastis, consecrata, consecratae, consecratam, consecrati, consecratis, consecratisque, consecratum, consecratur, consecratus, consecraverant, consecraverat, consecraverunt, consecravi, consecravit, consecrem, consecrentur, consecretur, dicamus, dicant, dicantur, dicas, dicat, dicatis, dicatque, dicatur, dicemus, dicemusque, dicent, dicentque, dicentur, dicere, dices, dicesque, dicet, dicetis, dicetque, dicetur, diceturque, dico, differre, privatus, secretus, semoveo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 22, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Aiscunhn patroV apekaluyan en soi kai en akaqarsiaiV apokaqhmenhn etapeinoun en soi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Verecundiora patris discoperuerunt in te inmunditiam menstruatae humiliaverunt in te |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Fadris vnhilliden in thee more shameful thingis, thei meekeden in thee the vnclennes of the menstruate womman. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | In thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 22, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | Diha kanimo gikuhaan nila sa tabon ang pagkahubo sa ilang mga amahan; diha kanimo gipaulawan nila ang babaye nga nahugawan tungod sa iyang sakit nga binulan. |
| Croatian | U tebi se raskriva sramota oèeva, u tebi siluju žene dok su neèiste. |
| Danish | i dig blottes Faderens Skam, og Kvinder krænkes i deres Urenheds Tid. |
| Dutch | Men heeft de schaamte des vaders in u ontdekt; die onrein was door afzondering, hebben zij in u verkracht. |
| Finnish | Isän häpy sinussa paljastetaan. Naiselle, joka on saastainen kuukautistilansa tähden, tehdään sinussa väkivaltaa. |
| French | Au milieu de toi, on découvre la nudité du père; au milieu de toi, on fait violence la femme pendant son impureté. |
| German | sie decken auf die Blöße der Väter und nötigen die Weiber in ihrer Krankheit |
| Hungarian | Az atya szemérmét föltakarták benned, a havivér miatt tisztátalant erõszakolták benned. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ada yang menggoda dan meniduri ibu tirinya, wanita yang sedang haid, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Di dalammu sudah ditelanjangkannya kemaluan bapanya dan digagahinya perempuan yang cemar kainnya, |
| Italian | In te si hanno rapporti col proprio padre, in te si giace con la donna in stato di mestruazione. |
| Maori | I roto i a koe te hura i to te papa e takoto tahanga ai: i roto i a koe te whakaiti i te wahine poke i a ia e noho wehe ana. |
| Norwegian | Farens blusel blottedes hos dig; en kvinne som var uren i sin månedlige svakhet, krenkedes hos dig. |
| Portuguese | A vergonha do pai descobrem em ti; no meio de ti humilham a que está impura, na sua separação. |
| Rumanian | Kn mijlocul tqu, se descopere goliciunea tatqlui; kn mijlocul tqu, este silitq femeia kn timpul necurqyiei ei! |
| Russian | оБЗПФХ ПФ"Б ПФЛТЩЧБАФ Х ФЕ'С, ЦЕОХ ЧП ЧТЕНС ПЮЙЭЕОЙС ОЕЮЙУФПФ ЕЕ ОБУЙМХАФ Х ФЕ'С. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: patters, spatter, tapster. | |
-2 letters: aptest, attars, paster, paters, patter, prates, reatas, repast, sarape, satrap, stater, strata, tapers, tapeta, taster, tatars, taters, tetras, trapes, treats. | |
-3 letters: apart, apers, apres, apter, areas, asper, aster, ataps, attar, parae, paras, pares, parse, parts, pasta, paste, pater, pates, pears, peart, peats, prase, prate, prats, presa, prest, rapes, rates. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: aspartate, pastorate. | |
+2 letters: apartments, aspartates, deathtraps, pastorates, separatist, transeptal. | |
+3 letters: breastplate, catastrophe, expatriates, paternalist, patriciates, rattletraps, repatriates, separatists, standpatter, supernatant, superstrata, transparent. | |
+4 letters: appurtenants, breastplates, catastrophes, decapitators, ectoparasite, expatriatism, extrapolates, keratoplasty, pancreatitis, partialities, participates, particulates, paternalists, portmanteaus, postgraduate, proletariats, separatistic, spectatorial, standpatters, supernatants, transplanted, transplanter, trepanations. | |
+5 letters: amphitheaters, antiparticles, antipredators, arthropathies, ectoparasites, ectoparasitic, epigrammatist, expatriations, expatriatisms, extrapolators, naturopathies, parasynthetic, paternalistic, patriarchates, postgraduates, precapitalist, procrastinate, recapitulates, repatriations, replantations, separationist, supersaturate, transcriptase, transparently, transplanters, transportable. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Names: Derived from | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Bible Trace | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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