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SET OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Example:
Let's get down to work now
Synonyms:
begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Verb group:
begin (begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "set out"):
bestir oneself; get cracking; get going; get moving; get rolling; get started; get weaving (start to be active)
embark; enter (set out on (an enterprise or subject of study))
come on (occur or become available)
launch; plunge (begin with vigor)
break in (start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role)
attack (set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task)
auspicate (commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck)
get to (arrive at the point of)
jump off (set off quickly, usually with success)
fall (begin vigorously)
strike out (set out on a course of action)
recommence (begin again)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
Example:
lay out the arguments
Synonyms:
array; lay out; range; set out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "set out" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "set out"):
compart (lay out in parts according to a plan)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Leave
Example:
The family took off for Florida
Synonyms:
depart; part; set forth; set off; set out; start; start out; take off
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "set out" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "set out"):
lift off; take off (depart from the ground)
roar off (leave)
blaze; blaze out (move rapidly and as if blazing)
sally forth; sally out (set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children set out to the playground
Context examples:
The scientists set out to understand how astrocytes, star-shaped cells found in mammals' brains, help neurons do their job.
(Research on repetitive worm behavior has implications for understanding human diseases, National Science Foundation)
"That's loving our neighbor better than ourselves, and I like it," said Meg, as they set out their presents while their mother was upstairs collecting clothes for the poor Hummels.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The shout I heard was upon the arrival of this engine, which, it seems, set out in four hours after my landing.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Drs. Erkan Karakas and Hiro Furukawa at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory set out to determine the structure of the assembled NMDA receptor ion channel in order to better understand how the receptor functions.
(Structure of receptor involved in brain disorders, NIH)
Given this wide range of exposures, an NIH research team set out to determine how skin microbial communities change over time.
(Skin microbes fairly stable over time, NIH)
Dr. Steve Horvath from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his colleagues set out to investigate the relationship between epigenetic age and mortality.
(DNA changes predict longevity, NIH)
A research team set out to solve the structure of the human serotonin transporter and determine how selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) interact with it.
(Serotonin transporter structure revealed, NIH)
A set of terms that are selected and defined based on the requirements set out by the user group, usually a set of vocabulary is chosen to promote consistency across data collection projects.
(Controlled Vocabulary, NCI Thesaurus)
And the lawyer set out homeward with a very heavy heart.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The next morning he and I set out on foot for the Admiral Benbow, and there I found my mother in good health and spirits.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
