"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
3. suddenly set = nagle umieść suddenly set
  • Might be anything from letting us rot here in this dark hole to suddenly setting us free; we simply don't know.
  • The play also suddenly set off a scoring explosion from both teams for the remainder of the first half.
  • He suddenly set the files on which he'd been working aside and pushed bacK his chair.
  • And knowing that, Cindy felt like a bird suddenly set free.
  • As the train approached the home signal it was suddenly set to 'danger'.
  • Then, looking up, his face suddenly set, determined, he began.
  • His eyes moved, not meeting mine, as his own paranoia suddenly set in again.
  • Their wings were suddenly set to alight, as when you lower the flaps.
  • His boyish mouth set suddenly in a grim line.
  • Then he suddenly set her on her feet and gripped her shoulders.
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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