<b>nouns:</b>
- A group of similar things that belong together in some way 
- A number of objects or pieces of equipment needed for a particular activity, especially playing a game 
- A group of repeated movements performed as part of a period of physical exercise 
- In mathematics, a set is a group of objects with stated characteristics.
- A group of people who have similar interests and ways of living 
- The place where a film or play is performed or recorded, and the pictures, furniture, etc. that are used 
- A part of a game of tennis or volleyball 
- A musical performance that forms part of a concert, especially one of pop music or jazz 
- The act of having your hair set 
- A television 
- Something built or put together to represent a place where the action happens in a play or movie 
- A group of things that belong together or are used together 
- A set is also a group of people who have similar interests and spend time together 
- In tennis, a set is a group of games between the same competitors 
- A position or an arrangement, esp. of the hair or body 

<b>verbs:</b>
- To put something in a particular place or position 
- If a story, film, etc. is set in a particular time or place, the action in it happens in that time or place 
- To cause something or someone to be in the stated condition or situation 
- To establish or decide something 
- To get something ready so that it comes into operation or can be used 
- To put furniture and other things on a stage so that it represents the time and the place in which the action of a play, film, or television programme is going to happen 
- To fix or make certain 
- When a doctor sets a broken bone, he or she puts it into the right position so that it will heal.
- When a broken bone sets, it heals in a particular position.
- If you have your hair set, you have it arranged while it is wet so that it will be in a particular style when it is dry.
- If you set a part of your body, you tighten the muscles around it in order to show that you are determined about something 
- If a liquid or soft material sets, it becomes firm or hard 
- To give someone a piece of school work or homework to do 
- To give someone a particular task to do 
- To write or provide music for a poem or other words so that they can be sung 
- (of the sun, moon, or planets) to go down below the horizon (= the line at which the earth seems to join the sky) 
- If you set something down, you put it on a surface 
- If you set a story in a particular place or time, the events happen then or there 
- To cause someone or something to be in a particular condition, or to begin doing something 
- To arrange or adjust something so it is ready to work or be used 
- To establish a pattern or example to follow 
- To cause something to become fixed or firm 
- If you have your hair set, you have it arranged while it is wet so that it will stay in a particular style when it is dry.
- If a stone is set, it is fixed in a piece of jewelry 
- When a broken bone is set, it is kept in a fixed position so that it can heal.
- (esp. of the sun or moon) to sink in the sky until it cannot be seen 
- To arrange or decide on something 
- To state a goal or standard that people should try to achieve 
- To give someone a task or piece of work to do, or tell them what they must achieve 

<b>adjectives:</b>
- Ready and prepared 
- Likely or in a suitable condition 
- Always the same, never changing 
- Used to describe a book or writer that must be studied for a particular course 
- With everything arranged; ready 
- Fixed or firm 
- If you are set on something, you have firmly decided about it 
- Fixed or never changing 
- Ready or likely to happen 

<i>Set expression/phrase</i>:
- A phrase in which the words are always used in the same order

<i>Set into sth/be set with sth</i>:
- If a precious stone is set in∕into a piece of jewellery, or a piece of jewellery is set with a precious stone, the stone is fixed firmly to the piece of jewellery 

<i>Set sb to work</i>:
- To give someone work to do 

<i>Set sb/sth doing sth</i>:
- To cause someone or something to start doing something 

<i>Set up shop</i>:
- To start a new business