"set an example" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sets an example",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting an example",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set an example",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set an example",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "set<,,set> an example"
      },
      "expansion": "set an example (third-person singular simple present sets an example, present participle setting an example, simple past and past participle set an example)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to behave in a way that other people should."
      ],
      "id": "en-set_an_example-en-verb-Zw7qJy5J",
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transitive with for",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with for) to behave in a way that other people should."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "make an example of"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "näyttää esimerkkiä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "donner l’exemple"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "montrer l’exemple"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ein Exempel statuieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "świecić przykładem"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "set an example"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sets an example",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting an example",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set an example",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set an example",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "set<,,set> an example"
      },
      "expansion": "set an example (third-person singular simple present sets an example, present participle setting an example, simple past and past participle set an example)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "make an example of"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Requests for review of Cantonese translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to behave in a way that other people should."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transitive with for",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with for) to behave in a way that other people should."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "näyttää esimerkkiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "donner l’exemple"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "montrer l’exemple"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ein Exempel statuieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "świecić przykładem"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set an example"
}