Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛt‿aʊt/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SETOUT

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Verb

set out (third-person singular simple present sets out, present participle setting out, simple past and past participle set out)Category:English lemmas#SETOUTCategory:English verbs#SETOUTCategory:English phrasal verbs#SETOUTCategory:English phrasal verbs formed with %22out%22#SETOUTCategory:English multiword terms#SETOUTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SETOUTCategory:Pages with entries#SET%20OUTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SET%20OUT

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SETOUT) To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing.

   This contract sets out all the terms of the agreement as we discussed.Category:English terms with usage examples#SETOUT

2. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#SETOUT) To go out, leave.

   Tomorrow we set out for America.Category:English terms with usage examples#SETOUT

   • 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:

     I had been calling Nobs in the meantime and was about to set out in search of him, fearing, to tell the truth, to do so lest I find him mangled and dead among the trees of the acacia grove, when he suddenly emerged from among the boles, his ears flattened, his tail between his legs and his body screwed into a suppliant S. He was unharmed except for minor bruises; but he was the most chastened dog I have ever seen.

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3. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#SETOUT) To start an activity with the intention of finishing it.

   He set out with the aim of writing the book in less than 3 months.Category:English terms with usage examples#SETOUT

   Many young people set out to change the world.Category:English terms with usage examples#SETOUT

4. (UKCategory:British English#SETOUT, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SETOUT) To position, to put in a position
   • 26 August 2014, Richard Rae, “Manchester United humbled by MK Dons after Will Grigg hits double”, in The Guardian‎:

     Following the acquisition of Di María, a winger, there was almost as much interest in the manner in which Van Gaal would set out his team as there was in the personnel. It was probably as well, considering only the goalkeeper David De Gea was retained from the XI who started Sunday’s draw at Sunderland.

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5. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SETOUT, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#SETOUT, printingCategory:en:Printing#SETOUT) To arrange the necessary type into a printing press in preparation to run it.

Anagrams

• Stoute, Tetsuo, outset