Set In

Definition: Set In

Set In

Verb

1. Enter a particular state; "Laziness set in"; "After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in".

2. Blow toward the shore; "That gale could set in on us with the next high tide.".

3. Become established; "winter has set in".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Set In

Approach

Verb: approach, approximate, appropinquate; near; get near, go near, draw near; come to close quarters, come near; move towards, set in towards; drift; make up to; gain upon; pursue; tread on the heels of; bear up; make the land; hug the shore, hug the land.

Arrangement

Verb: reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally. arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion.

Beginning

Verb: begin, start, commence; conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter; set out; (depart); embark in; incept.

Motion

Put in motion, set in motion; move; impel; propel; render movable, mobilize.

Preparation

Verb: prepare; get ready, make ready; make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation. set in order, put in order; (arrange); forecast; (plan) prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground; till the soil, cultivate the soil; predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine; lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations; dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding; lay the first stone; (begin).

Regression

Put in motion, set in motion; set agoing, start; give a start, give an impulse to; impel; trundle; (set in rotation); expel.

River

Rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks; pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in; mizzle.

Use

Verb: use,.make use of, employ, put to use; put in action, put in operation, put in practice; set in motion, set to work.

Crosswords: Set In

Well, we would have liked to. But it was difficult, obviously, being set in outer space (Notting Hill; writing credit: Richard Curtis)

When the rain set in (Candle In The Wind 1997; performing artist: Elton John)

Well nothing in life is set in stone (Androgyny; performing artist: Garbage)

Please set in the trumpet (Mambo No. 5 (a little bit of ...); performing artist: Lou Bega)

Jerusalem: An Occupation Set In Stone? (1994)

Set in Motion (1986)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Oscar the Balloonist Dives into the Lake: An Exciting Learning Adventure Set in and Around a Lake (reference)

• Completing the Course: A Fairy Tale Set in the School of Life (reference)

• Fundamentals of Physics Fifth Edition 4 Part Paperback Set in Slipcase Consisting of Parts 1 through 4 (reference)

• Fur and Loafing in Yosemite: A Collection of Farley Cartoons Set in Yosemite National Park (reference)

• The Singapore Sting : Gripping Tales Set in a Future Singapore (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• 90 + 18 Set in Tanzanite (reference)

• T + 18 Set in Tanzanite (reference)

• Cokin P397 Pre-Shaped Filter Set in a Protective Case (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Sabatier Grand Chef 10-Piece Knife Set in Wood Block (reference)

• Sabatier Laguiole 6-Piece Steak Knife Set in Wood Storage Tray, Stainless Steel (reference)

• Allied 59091 235-Piece Mechanic's Tool Set in Fold Out Case (reference)

• Wüsthof Classic Limited Edition 2-Piece Carving Set in Heirloom Box (reference)

• Farberware Pro Forged 8-Piece Cutlery Set in Pine Block (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown are 2 pieces of fish in a casserole dish, set in a thick yellow sauce and garnished with parsley. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Shows photo of test tubes and flasks of streptomycin, a bacterial antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis set in Waksman Laboratory at the Agricultural Experimental Station, Rutgers University, New Jersey. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Islands in the sun Islands, tidal passages, and shoals set in an azure to emerald sea. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Mark after being set in ground. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The NATHANIEL B. PALMER set in ice. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Watching the sun set in mid-March from the Clean Air Facility - observers taking photographs. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Figure 30. High pressure bottle devised by Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1890. The manometer was set in place after the bottle's return from the deep ocean in order to measure the pressure of the water sample. This bottle was used for collecting water samples at depth and returning them to the surface at the ambient water pressure at the depth of the sample. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Securing cover for TIROS V satellite prior to launching. Lettering on nose cone reads: CAUTION EXPLOSIVE DEVICES ARE SET IN THIS VEHICLE CONSULT DIRECTIONS BEFORE HANDLING. The bulbous nose fairing protected the satellite during its ride through the atmosphere into space. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Second stage of Thor-Able rocket being set in place prior to launching TIROS I. In: "Weather Analysis from Satellite Observations, " U.S. Navy Research Facility, December 1960. Figure 1.2. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Sacaton grass type fire being set in Roswell Field Office jurisdiction, NM. Credit: H. Parman.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But that magistrates, doing the same thing, may be resisted, hath of late been denied: as if those who had the greatest privileges and advantages by the law, had thereby a power to break those laws, by which alone they were set in a better place than their brethren: whereas their offence is thereby the greater, both as being ungrateful for the greater share they have by the law, and breaking also that trust, which is put into their hands by their brethren. (Second Treatise of Government)

Capital is a collective product, and only by the united action of many members, nay, in the last resort, only by the united action of all members of society, can it be set in motion. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in at about 2:55, when you know that you've had all the baths you can usefully have that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the papers you will never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul

It is peopled by the images of fabulous kings, set in stone

Right up the sides of the trailer, and the kids can set in the trailer, and granma on a mattress

I would advise you to set in the spade down yonder among the groundnuts, where you see the johnswort waving

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

If one relationship between these diseases really is abnormal protein aggregation, then discovering ways to prevent aggregation, or the processes set in motion by the aggregation, may halt the disease process. (references)

Business

Processes have already been set in place for Dell to invoice customers in the local currency. (references)

Some experts believe that complacency has set in as the economy has recovered rapidly from the economic crisis. (references)

Standard technical specifications of each product group are set in term of appearance, moisture content, key ingredient content (%), and coli-form (negative). (references)

Civil Liberties

Macedonia

Police claimed that the fire was due to faulty electrical wiring, but most observers believed that the fire was intentionally set in response to the St. George Church fire. (references)

Switzerland

According to the decision, regulations restricting religious practices are permissible when they are set in law, are related to a legitimate objective, and are applied equally. (references)

Guyana

In early March, the GHRA called on the media to set in place more effective forms of self-regulation and stated that without effective intervention from within or without, the misuse of television broadcasts would expand with negative consequences for society. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

Weekly allowable import quantities during the period of restriction are set in advance. (references)

Suriname

Economic decline rapidly set in after the suspension of economic aid from the Netherlands. (references)

Kuwait

The boundary with Saudi Arabia was set in 1922 with the Treaty of Uqair following the Battle of Jahrah. (references)

Human Rights

Algeria

On August 30, a bomb set in an Algiers market place killed 2 persons and injured more than 30 others. (references)

Political Economy

OMAN

However, the tax rate for foreign petroleum companies is set in concession agreements. (references)

HUNGARY

User prices for pharmaceuticals, public transport, and utilities are set in some cases by the state. (references)

Trade

Indonesia

The GOI has accumulated foreign exchange reserves above the targets set in its IMF program. (references)

Women

Congo

The symbolic nature of the dowry set in the Family Code often is not respected, and men are forced to pay excessive brideprices to the woman's family. (references)

Worker Rights

Benin

Wages in the private sector are set in negotiations between unions and employers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "set in": if no complications set in ♦ set in a row ♦ set in authority ♦ set in motion ♦ set in order ♦ set in rotation ♦ set in stone ♦ set in the midst ♦ set in type ♦ To set in ♦ To set in order. Additional references.

Albanian

filloj (begin, come, commence, develop, embark, enter, fall into, fall on, fall to, get, get down, initiate, lead off, open, originate, rise, set about, set to, set up, start, strike up). (various references)

Arabic 

‏بدأ (begin, begin on smth., commence, fall to, incept, initialize, initiate, institute, launch, lead, lead off, proceed, set, set about, start, start off, tackle, take, take in, tee). (various references)

Bulgarian 

настъпвам (advance, ensue, occur, settle in, step on, tread, tread on), започвам (begin, come in, commence, enter, enter on, fall to, get under way, handsel, initiate, institute, jump off, kick off, lead, lead off, open, preface, premise, roll, set out on, set up, settle in, start off, start up, take off, tee off, teethe, trigger), идвам (accrue, arrive, come, hail, materialize, mature, pop along, pop over, reach, rise, roll around, roll in, roll up), духам към брега. (various references)

Chinese 

開動 (march, move, set in motion, start), 興辦 (begin; set in motion). (various references)

Czech

nastat (arrive, close in, come in, supervene, turn up). (various references)

Danish

kompres trykt udgave (closely set, set in solid type). (various references)

Dutch

een aanvang nemen (begin, come on, start), beginnen (begin, come on, commence, start). (various references)

Esperanto

eki (begin, come on, start). (various references)

Finnish

alkaa (begin, come on, commence, commence hostilities, enter upon, have its source, lopettaa vihollisuudet, originate, set about, start, starts). (various references)

French

surgir, se déclarer, insertion, commencer (set about, set to), aborder. (various references)

German

eingesetzt. (various references)

Greek 

σφηνώνω (jam, lodge), εμφανίζομαι (appear, come into view, come up, make one's appearance, show up, turn up), αρχίζω για τα καλά. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"שליט (let rule, put in command, rule, set in authority), ל�"פעיל (activate, actuate, bring into play, operate, ply, set in motion, start, trigger, turn on, wield, work), ל�"� יע (activate, disturb, drive, impel, induce, motivate, prompt, propel, set in motion, stir, urge), לטכס (adorn, arrange, array, praise, set in order). (various references)

Hungarian

kezd (began, begin, begun, commence, start, to begin, to commence, to set in, to take the water, to throw off, to turn it on). (various references)

Italian

svilupparsi (burgeon, develop, evolve, expand, grow), intervenire (attend, be present, interfere, intervene). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

点字ブロック (bumpy tiles set in public areas to mark the path for the blind), 来る (to approach, to arrive, to be caused by, to be due, to be due to, to be forthcoming, to be next, to become, to call on, to come, to come from, to come on, to come to hand, to derive from, to get, to grow, to set in), 横�' (bar set in a horizontal position, horizontal bar), 入る (to accommodate, to break into, to come in, to contain, to enroll, to enter, to flow into, to get in, to go in, to have, to hold, to join, to set, to set in), 動かす (to change, to deny, to influence, to inspire, to mobilize, to move, to operate, to rouse, to set in motion, to shift). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

くる (hunchback, rickets, to approach, to arrive, to be caused by, to be due, to become, to bore, to call on, to come, to come from, to come on, to come to hand, to derive from, to excavate, to get, to gouge, to grow, to hollow out, to reel, to scoop out, to set in, to wind), う�"かす (to change, to deny, to influence, to inspire, to mobilize, to move, to operate, to rouse, to set in motion, to shift), いる (to be, to boil down, to broil, to cast, to coin, to come in, to exist, to fire, to flow into, to fry, to get in, to go in, to mint, to need, to parch, to roast, to set, to set in, to shoot), よ�"ぼう (bar set in a horizontal position, horizontal bar), て�"じブロック (bumpy tiles set in public areas to mark the path for the blind). (various references)

Manx

toshiaghey (begin, commence, initiate, lead off, no entry, set forth, start, starting). (various references)

Pig Latin

etsay inay.(various references)

Portuguese

começar (begin, come on, commence, get around, go, kick off, lead off, open, originate, set off, set to, start, strike up, tee off). (various references)

Romanian

veni (appear, approach, arrive, come, come down, draw, fall, follow, go in), a-şi face apariţia (come out, enter an appearance, make one's appearance, manifest, show up). (various references)

Russian 

наступать (act on the offensive, advance, arrive, attack). (various references)

Scottish

réitich (conciliate, ratify, set in order). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

staviti u pokret (actuate, bring into play), početi (begin, commence, lead off, open, set on, start), nastupiti (appear). (various references)

Spanish

subir de (amount to, climb, get on, Mount, scale, up), montar (assemble, back, edit, elevate, enter, erect, go in, hack, knit up, knock down, lash, Mount, perform, piece together, put on, put together, put up, ride, set, set up, ship, sit), levantarse (arise, break up, get up, getup, lift, pant, pick oneself up, raise, raise oneself, rise, run high, stand, stand up, tip up, tumble out, turn out, uprise), engastar (beset, Mount, set, take to), encajar (chuck, dovetail, encase, enclose, fit, get in, give, house, inclose, insert, nest, palm off, palm off on, put up with, rabbet), empotrado (built in), empezar (begin, break, broach, come on, commence, enter on, get, inchoate, initiate, institute, kick off, launch, lead off, open, open up, start, start off, start the ball rolling, take up), cerrar (block, bring up, close, close down, fasten, jam, lock, lock out, make, obstruct, put down, put over, put through, seal, seal off, shut, shut down, shut up, stop, to close, to shut, turn off, zip, zip shut, zip up). (various references)

Swedish

sätta in (bank, deposit, induct, insert, pay in, place, seat), ingå (arrive, come, enter, enter into), falla på (come on, light on, strike), bryta in (to override), börja (begin, come on, come up, commence, enter upon, fall to, go ahead, initiate, introduce, kick off, lead off, open, settle down to, start). (various references)

Turkish

sahile doğru esmek, meydana gelmek (begin, come about, come off, consist, consist of, eventuate, hap, happen, occur, originate, take place), gelip çatmak (arrive, strike), bastırmak (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bear against, beat down, bottle up, Burke, choke, compress, crucify, depress, drown, extinguish, flow, gulp, gulp down, hold down, keep down, keep in, keep under, outtalk, overbear, overtake, pocket, push down, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, restrain, settle, settle in, silence, smother, smother up, squash, squelch, stamp, stifle, strangle, subdue, submerge, suppress, swallow, throttle back, throttle down, weigh, weigh down, whelm, whip), başlamak (begin, come on, commence, cut along, enter into, enter on, enter upon, fall into, fall to, get, get a move on, get going, get to, go, go off, inaugurate, introduce, kick off, knuckle down to, launch, launch out, launch out into, lay down, open, set about, set out, set to, start, start in, start off, strike in, strike up, turn to). (various references)

Turkmen 

dьzgьnleюdirmek (set in order). (various references)

Ukrainian

рухатися (bear, move oneself, run, travel, wag, walk, work), наставати (approach, arrive, come, come on). (various references)

Welsh

cyweirio (attune, dress, prepare, set in order). (various references)

advenerant, advenerat, advenerit, advenerunt, adveniat, adveniebant, adveniens, advenient, adveniet, adveniret, advenis, advenissemus, advenissent, advenit, adventu, adventum, adventus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: inset, neist, nites, senti, stein, tines.

-1 letter: nest, nets, nite, nits, sent, sine, site, snit, tens, ties, tine, tins.

-2 letters: ens, ins, its, net, nit, sei, sen, set, sin, sit, ten, tie, tin, tis.

-3 letters: en, es, et, in, is, it, ne, si, ti.

+1 letter: elints, enlist, estrin, feints, finest, incest, inerts, infest, ingest, inlets, insect, insert, insets, instep, inters, invest, listen, nicest, niters, nitres, seniti, sennit, signet, silent, sinter, sitten, spinet, steins, teinds, tenias, tennis, tenuis, theins, tineas, tinges, tinsel, tisane, triens, trines, twines, unites, unties, wisent.

+2 letters: acetins, anestri, antisex, antsier, atonies, aunties, banties, basinet, besting, boniest, cineast, cistern, clients, cretins, cystein, cystine, density, dentils, dentins, dentist, destain, destine, destiny, detains, dipnets, dissent, distend, distent, dunites, easting, eatings, elastin, emetins, emptins, endites, enlists, entails, entasia, entasis, entices, entires, entoils, entries, entwist, estrins, etamins, etesian, ethions, ethnics, fainest, finites, fishnet, fitness, glisten, gunites, henbits, hinters, histone, ignites, inanest, incepts, incests, incites, indents, indites, infects, infests, ingates, ingesta, ingests, injects, inkiest, inmates, inosite, inquest, insects, inserts, inspect, instate, instead, insteps, inswept, intakes, intends, intense, intents, interns, intines, intones, invents, inverts, invests, invites, isatine, isotone, jesting, jitneys, kindest, kittens, lectins, lentils, lentisk, liniest, linnets, lintels, linters, lisente, listens, luniest, luteins, mestino, mindset, minster, minters, minuets, minutes, missent, mistend, mistune, mittens, moisten, mutines, nailset, naivest, nastier, nasties, natives, nesting, nidgets, nifties, nighest, norites, nosiest, notices, nutsier, oestrin, orients, panties, patines, pectins, piniest, pinites, pinkest, pintles, pintoes, plenist, pointes, pterins, puniest, punties, quintes, ratines, reknits, remints, resting, retains, retinas, retines, retints, retsina, sainted, salient, saltine, sapient, satinet, seating, section, sennits, sentimo, sestina, sestine, setline, setting, sextain, sheitan, sienite, signets, silents, singlet, sinters, sinuate, sithens, sixteen, slainte, smitten, snidest, snifter, snippet, spinate, spinets, stained, stainer, stanine, stearin, stencil, stewing, sthenia, sthenic, stibine, stiffen, stinger, stinker, stinted, stinter, stipend, stonier, striven, syenite, taenias, tameins, tansies, tawnies, teasing, tenails, tennies, tennist, tenpins, tensile, tensing, tension, tensity, tensive, testing, theines, tiepins, tinders, tineids, tingles, tiniest, tinkers, tinkles, tinners, tinsels, tinters, tisanes, toniest, townies, toxines, trienes, triunes, tunnies, twiners, twinges, twinset, uniters, unities, utensil, vainest, vesting, viniest, waniest, westing, whitens, winiest, winters, wintles, wisents, witness, witneys, zaniest, zeatins, zeniths, zesting.