Setted vs. Set — Which is Correct Spelling?

To decide or establish something in advance.

To prepare or ready for use or operation.

To place or lay in a specified position.

To put into a specified state.

To fix firmly or in an immobile manner.

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position

Put or bring into a specified state

Adjust (a clock or watch), typically to show the right time

Harden into a solid or semi-solid state

(of the sun, moon, or another celestial body) appear to move towards and below the earth's horizon as the earth rotates

(of a tide or current) take or have a specified direction or course

Start (a fire)

(of blossom or a tree) form into or produce (fruit)

Sit

Group (pupils or students) in sets according to ability.

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together

The way in which something is set, disposed, or positioned

A radio or television receiver

A collection of scenery, stage furniture, and other articles used for a particular scene in a play or film.

An arrangement of the hair when damp so that it dries in the required style

A cutting, young plant, or bulb used in the propagation of new plants.

The last coat of plaster on a wall.

The amount of spacing in type controlling the distance between letters.

Variant spelling of sett

Another term for plant (sense 4 of the noun)

Fixed or arranged in advance

Ready, prepared, or likely to do something

To put in a specified position or arrangement; place

To put into a specified state

To cause to begin an action

To cause or assign (someone) to undertake an action or perform a service

To incite to hostile feeling or action

To position (oneself) so as to be ready to do something, such as start running a race.

To position or secure so as to be fixed or immobile

To put in a mounting; mount

To apply jewels to; stud

To cause (a hook) to become fixed in a fish's mouth.

To arrange for the consumption of a meal

To adjust (an instrument or device) to a specific point or calibration

To prepare (a trap) for catching prey.

To adjust (a saw) by deflecting the teeth.

(Nautical)To spread open to the wind

To arrange scenery on (a theater stage).

To restore to a proper and normal state when dislocated or broken

To apply equipment, such as curlers and clips, to (hair) in order to style.

To concentrate or direct (one's mind or attention, for example) on a purpose or goal.

To direct or focus (one's desires or hopes, for example) on a certain thing.

(Sports)To pass (a volleyball), usually with the fingertips, in an arc close to the net so that a teammate can drive it over the net.

To arrange (type) into words and sentences preparatory to printing; compose.

To transpose (text, for example) into type.

To compose (music) to fit a given text.

To write (words) to fit a given melodic line.

To declare or demonstrate (a precedent or standard, for instance).

To provide or establish as a model

To establish as the highest level of performance

To arrange or establish (a computer password, for example) to allow future action.

To prescribe as a time for

To prescribe the unfolding of (a drama or narrative, for instance) in a specific place

To value or regard something at the rate of

To fix at a given amount

To make as an estimate of worth

To cause to sit

To put (a hen) on eggs for the purpose of hatching them.

To point to the location of (game) by holding a fixed body position. Used of a hunting dog.

(Botany)To produce, as after pollination

To disappear below the horizon

To diminish or decline; wane

To sit on eggs. Used of fowl.

To become fixed; harden

To become permanent. Used of dye.

To become whole; knit. Used of a broken bone.

To point to the location of game by holding a fixed body position. Used of a hunting dog.

(Botany)To mature or develop, as after pollination.

(Nonstandard)To sit

To position oneself preparatory to an action, such as running a race.

Fixed or established by agreement

Established by convention

Established deliberately; intentional

Fixed and rigid

Unwilling or very reluctant to change

Intent and determined

Ready; prepared

The act or process of setting.

The condition resulting from setting.

The manner in which something is positioned

A permanent firming or hardening of a substance, as by cooling.

The deflection of the teeth of a saw.

The carriage or bearing of a part of the body.

A particular psychological state, usually that of anticipation or preparedness

A descent below the horizon.

The direction or course of wind or water.

A seedling, slip, or cutting that is ready for planting.

The act of arranging hair by waving and curling it.

(Sports)The act of setting a volleyball for a teammate.

In Texas hold'em, a hand in which a player has two cards of the same rank and another card of that rank is among the community cards.

A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

A group of persons sharing a common interest

A group of books or periodicals published as a unit.

A number of couples required for participation in a square dance.

The movements constituting a square dance.

The scenery constructed for a theatrical performance.

The entire enclosure in which a movie is filmed; the sound stage.

A session of music, typically dance music, played before an intermission.

The music so played.

The collective receiving apparatus assembled to operate a radio or television.

(Mathematics) A collection of distinct elements having specific common properties

A group of games constituting one division or unit of a match, as in tennis.

An offensive formation in football or basketball.

Variant of Seth2.

(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.

(transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

(transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

(transitive) To start (a fire).

To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

(transitive) To determine or settle.

(transitive) To adjust.

(transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

(transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

(transitive) To introduce or describe.

(transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.

(transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

(transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).

(transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.

(transitive) To arrange (type).

(transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.

To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

(intransitive) To solidify.

(transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

(intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

To defeat a contract.

To begin to move; to go forth.

To produce after pollination.

To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

To sit be in a seated position.

To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.

(ambitransitive) To fit music to words.

(ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.

To place or fix in a setting.

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

To extend and bring into position; to spread.

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

(masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

(obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.

To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

(obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

(Scotland) To suit; to become.

To divide a class group in a subject according to ability

A punch for setting nails in wood.

A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.

: a hole made and lived in by a badger.

: pattern of threads and yarns.

: piece of quarried stone.

(horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.

The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.

(engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.

A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.

(piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.

The width of the body of a type.

A young oyster when first attached.

Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)

(colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.

The pattern of a tartan, etc.

The camber of a curved roofing tile.

The full number of eggs set under a hen.

That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.

A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.

A rudimentary fruit.

The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.

General movement; direction; drift; tendency.

A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)

A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.

An object made up of several parts.

(set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.

Set theory.

A group of people, usually meeting socially.

The scenery for a film or play.

The general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.

(dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.

(exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.

(tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.

(volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.

(volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.

(music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.

(music) A drum kit, a drum set.

A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.

Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand.

Fixed in position.

Rigid, solidified.

Ready, prepared.

Intent, determined (to do something).

Prearranged.

Fixed in one’s opinion.

(of hair) Fixed in a certain style.

To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.

Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.

To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.

To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.

To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.

To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.

To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.

To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.

To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.

To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.

To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.

To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.

To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.

To value; to rate; - with at.

To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; - said of hunting dogs.

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.

To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.

To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.

To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.

To fit music to words.

To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).

To congeal; to concrete; to solidify; - of cements, glues, gels, concrete, substances polymerizing into plastics, etc.

To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.

To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; - now followed by out.

To indicate the position of game; - said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.

To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; - now followed by out.

To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.

Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.

Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.

Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.

Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.

Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.

The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.

That which is set, placed, or fixed.

Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.

A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.

A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.

A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique.

A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.

Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.

A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. Called also nail set.

In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.

The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.

A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.

That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.

Any of various standards of measurement of the fineness of cloth; specif., the number of reeds in one inch and the number of threads in each reed. The exact meaning varies according to the location where it is used. Sometimes written sett.

A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street paving. Commonly written sett.

Camber of a curved roofing tile.

The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit; as, the set of a coat.

Any collection or group of objects considered together.

An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called also Seth

A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used;

(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols;

Several exercises intended to be done in series;

Representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production;

An unofficial association of people or groups;

A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way;

The act of putting something in position;

A unit of play in tennis or squash;

The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization;

Evil beast-headed Egyptian god with high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris

The descent of a heavenly body below the horizon;

(psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way;

Any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals;

Put into a certain place or abstract location;

Fix conclusively or authoritatively;

Decide upon or fix definitely;

Establish as the highest level or best performance;

Put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state;

Fix in a border;

Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;

Set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly;

Locate;

Disappear beyond the horizon;

Adapt for performance in a different way;

Put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground;

Apply or start;

Become gelatinous;

Put into a position that will restore a normal state;

Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)

Give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor

Urge a dog to attack someone

Estimate;

Equip with sails, masts, etc.;

Get ready for a particular purpose or event;

Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;

Bear fruit;

Arrange attractively;

(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed;

Fixed and unmoving;

Situated in a particular spot or position;

Set down according to a plan:

Being below the horizon;

Determined or decided upon as by an authority;

Converted to solid form (as concrete)

The actor’s face was set in a frown during the play.

She set a reminder on her phone for the meeting.

The sun set beyond the hills, leaving a glow in the sky.

The teacher set some rules for the classroom.

The committee set a date for the next meeting.

He set the vase on the mantelpiece carefully.

They set a high standard for others to follow.

They set up a fund for the victims.

Set the box down here, please.

The children set up a lemonade stand in the park.

He set out to prove them wrong.

They set the record for the fastest lap.

He set aside some money for his vacation.

I’ve set my goals for the year.

He set his sights on winning the competition.

She set off on her trip early in the morning.

She set her thoughts on paper.

The campers set up their tent before dark.

She set her cap at becoming the best in her class.

Set your heart on doing well, and you will.

The director set the scene with detailed descriptions.

She set a timer for 20 minutes while baking.

Set the alarm for 7 AM tomorrow.

He set his watch according to the world clock.

They set a trap for the unwary fox.