"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
1. quickly set = szybko umieść quickly set
2. promptly set = natychmiast umieść promptly set
  • Deciding that he ought to test the apparatus, the inspector promptly set to work.
  • When something goes wrong, it is very difficult to fix blame and promptly set a course for remedial action.
  • The present writer, who in another district also watched him speak, promptly set aside the plan to sleep away from home that night.
  • He promptly set free the brother of the governor and signed a peace treaty.
  • And the players promptly set about taking over the asylum.
  • When the decision was made, judges here promptly set execution dates for prisoners affected, and most came in the same period of time.
  • He promptly set about building rapport with the white business establishment while retaining his support among blacks.
  • Atkins promptly set up his biscuit baking business and became rich.
  • The men set promptly to work, following the plan Liriel had laid out.
  • Her son promptly sets to work to trap an insect crawling on a table.
3. suddenly set = nagle umieść suddenly set
4. hastily set = pośpiesznie umieść hastily set
5. hurriedly set = szybko umieść hurriedly set
(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
(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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