"set" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

set verbo

set + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 262
set standards • set fire • set foot • set goals • set limits • set priorities • set sail • set guidelines • set rules • set targets • set prices • ...
verbo + set
Kolokacji: 54
help set • help set up • try to set • begin to set • want to set • ...
set + preposición
Kolokacji: 126
set up • set out • set off • set down • set back • ...
set + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 124
set aside • set forth • originally set • set apart • set free • set high • immediately set • initially set • set earlier • later set • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 30
(1) aside, apart
Kolokacji: 2
(2) forth, forward
Kolokacji: 2
(4) free, automatically, jointly
Kolokacji: 3
(5) high, low
Kolokacji: 2
(8) well, easily, wide, fully
Kolokacji: 4
(10) firmly, hard, resolutely
Kolokacji: 3
(11) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(12) carefully, closely
Kolokacji: 2
(14) actually, truly
Kolokacji: 2
(15) tentatively, provisionally
Kolokacji: 2
(16) properly, improperly
Kolokacji: 2
1. properly set = odpowiednio umieść properly set
2. improperly set = niestosownie zbiór improperly set
  • At some point in the past, her nose had been broken, at least once, and improperly set.
  • As a backup, a warning signal should sound if the pilot tries to take off with the flaps and slats improperly set.
  • His right leg had been broken and the bone improperly set.
  • A pronounced limp in the left leg, caused by an improperly set fracture.
  • His limp, of course, was from a motorcycle accident; the leg had been set improperly.
  • Part of the safety board's investigation focused on a warning system that should have alerted the pilot if flaps were set improperly.
  • Some had had their bones intentionally broken and then improperly set.
  • He broke his leg in 1809 and, as it was improperly set, was left lame.
(17) entirely, equal, alone
Kolokacji: 3
(18) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(19) clearly, exactly
Kolokacji: 2
(22) deeply, deep
Kolokacji: 2
(23) straight, squarely
Kolokacji: 2
(24) permanently, temporarily
Kolokacji: 2
(25) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2
(26) gently, quietly
Kolokacji: 2
(27) barely, hardly
Kolokacji: 2
(28) explicitly, definitely
Kolokacji: 2
(29) beautifully, elegantly
Kolokacji: 2
(30) vertically, horizontally
Kolokacji: 2

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