set

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
  2. noun (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
  3. noun several exercises intended to be done in series

Etymology

From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”).

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