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5 ways to use ‘set’
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Let's look at five ways that we can use the word set.

Set can mean ready, so:

Are you set? Then let's begin.

A set can mean a collection.

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Set can also mean put in place.

I can set my glass on the table.

We can also set a date and this means to arrange a date, for example:

We have set the date for our wedding. It's on the 1st of June.

If we are set on something, we are strongly in favour of it, for

example:

I am set on getting married in June.

And we can use set against to say that we are strongly against
something, for example:

My parents are set against my wedding.

Oh no!

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