Set Out (Verb)
Meaning 1
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Leave; "The family took off for Florida".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 3
Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The teacher set out the learning objectives at the beginning of the lesson so that the students knew what to expect.
- Sheila set out her qualifications in detail in her application to the PhD program.
- We set out our main goals and strategies for the project in the introduction section of the report.
- He carefully set out the sequence of events in his narrative to avoid confusion.
- The professor set out the key arguments for and against the theory in a clear and concise manner.