set

[[t]set[/t]] 1. present participle - setting; verb

1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) poser

2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) mettre

3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) fixer

4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) donner

5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) déclencher

6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) se coucher

7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) durcir

8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) régler

9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) faire une mise en plis

10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) poser

11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) remettre en place

2. adjective

1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) établi

2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) résolu à

3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) bien déterminé

4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) figé

5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) (bien) arrêté

6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) incrusté de

3. noun

1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) ensemble, collection

2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) poste

3) (a group of people: the musical set.) groupe

4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) mise en plis

5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) décor

6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set

•

- setting

- setback - set phrase - set-square - setting-lotion - set-to - set-up - all set - set about - set someone against someone - set against someone - set someone against - set against - set aside - set back - set down - set in - set off - set something or someone on someone - set on someone - set something or someone on - set on - set out - set to - set up - set up camp - set up house - set up shop - set upon

English-French dictionary. 2014.