English verb: set out | |||
1. | set out (change) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | ||
Samples | We began working at dawn. Who will start?. Get working as soon as the sun rises!. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia. He began early in the day. Let's get down to work now. | ||
Synonyms | begin, commence, get, get down, set about, start, start out | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | attack, auspicate, bestir oneself, break in, come on, embark, enter, fall, get cracking, get going, get moving, get rolling, get started, get to, get weaving, jump off, launch, plunge, recommence, strike out | ||
Verb group | begin | ||
Antonyms | terminate, end | ||
2. | set out (contact) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line | ||
Samples | Lay out the clothes. Lay out the arguments. | ||
Synonyms | array, lay out, range | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | compart | ||
3. | set out (motion) leave | ||
Samples | The family took off for Florida. | ||
Examples | The children set out to the playground | ||
Synonyms | depart, part, set forth, set off, start, start out, take off | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go away, go forth, leave | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blaze, blaze out, lift off, roar off, sally forth, sally out, take off | ||