"set apart" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-set apart.ogg [Australia] Forms: sets apart [present, singular, third-person], setting apart [participle, present], set apart [participle, past], set apart [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> apart}} set apart (third-person singular simple present sets apart, present participle setting apart, simple past and past participle set apart)
  1. To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose. Tags: transitive Synonyms (select for a purpose): appropriate
    Sense id: en-set_apart-en-verb-Ahtq6NlG Disambiguation of 'select for a purpose': 92 3 5
  2. To distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something). Tags: transitive Synonyms (distinguish): discriminate Translations (To distinguish): обособявам (obosobjavam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-set_apart-en-verb-JYZiRP2v Disambiguation of 'distinguish': 2 57 41 Disambiguation of 'To distinguish': 3 95 2
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to separate or isolate. Tags: transitive Hypernyms: choose, segregate Hyponyms: block off Related terms: tell apart
    Sense id: en-set_apart-en-verb-MhJRI7gL Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (apart) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 8 64 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (apart): 22 13 65 Synonyms: dedicate, distinguish, tell apart, allocate, assign, detach [military, war, government, politics], designate, earmark, preselect, put aside, secern [archaic], secernate [archaic], separate [obsolete], sepose [obsolete], sequester, set apart, set aside

Inflected forms

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