"set aside" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sets aside [present, singular, third-person], setting aside [participle, present], set aside [participle, past], set aside [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> aside}} set aside (third-person singular simple present sets aside, present participle setting aside, simple past and past participle set aside)
  1. (transitive) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose. Tags: transitive Synonyms (reserve something for a specific purpose): allocate Translations (separate and reserve for a specific purpose): varata (Finnish), mettre de côté (French), réserver (French), accantonare (Italian), riservare (Italian), mettere da parte (Italian), mettere via (Italian), fare scorta (Italian), tāpui (Maori), tilsidesette (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-set_aside-en-verb-4NBW4xrx Disambiguation of 'reserve something for a specific purpose': 89 4 5 2 Disambiguation of 'separate and reserve for a specific purpose': 89 3 4 4
  2. (transitive) To leave out of account; to omit or neglect. Tags: transitive Synonyms: earmark, set apart Synonyms (omit or neglect): put aside Derived forms: set-aside [noun], setaside [noun]
    Sense id: en-set_aside-en-verb-8Qz3gRGB Disambiguation of 'omit or neglect': 2 92 3 3
  3. (transitive) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it. Tags: transitive Synonyms (disagree with something): decline, refuse, turn down Translations (disagree with something): kieltäytyä (Finnish), tyrmätä (Finnish), hylätä (Finnish), laisser de côté (French), écarter (French)
    Sense id: en-set_aside-en-verb-7YNCXnqN Disambiguation of 'disagree with something': 3 7 88 2 Disambiguation of 'disagree with something': 3 6 89 2
  4. (transitive) To declare something invalid or null and void. Tags: transitive Synonyms (declare something invalid): annul, invalidate, rescind Translations (declare something invalid): arrenconài (Campidanese Sardinian), 撤銷 (Chinese Mandarin), 撤销 (chèxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 宣布……無效 (Chinese Mandarin), 宣布……无效 (xuānbù... wúxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), kumota (Finnish), mitätöidä (Finnish), accagnà (Gallurese), accantonare (Italian), tilsidesette (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-set_aside-en-verb-mISo0Mz0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (aside) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 15 9 71 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (aside): 12 24 15 48 Disambiguation of 'declare something invalid': 5 6 8 81 Disambiguation of 'declare something invalid': 5 4 7 84

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “omit or neglect”",
      "word": "raise"
    },
    {
      "english": "as in beg the question; of a question",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “omit or neglect”",
      "word": "beg"
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        {
          "text": "Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.",
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        "To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose."
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        "(transitive) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose."
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          "_dis1": "89 3 4 4",
          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "mettre de côté"
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          "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
          "word": "accantonare"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
          "word": "riservare"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
          "word": "mettere da parte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 3 4 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
          "word": "mettere via"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
          "word": "fare scorta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 3 4 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
          "word": "tāpui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 3 4 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
          "word": "tilsidesette"
        }
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          "_dis1": "7 63 11 19",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "set-aside"
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          "_dis1": "7 63 11 19",
          "tags": [
            "noun"
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          "word": "setaside"
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        {
          "ref": "1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious; republished as “Sermon I”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, London: B. Aylmer, 1696, page 31",
          "text": "[…] therefore setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavour to know the truth, and yield to that.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To leave out of account; to omit or neglect."
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          "omit",
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        ],
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          "neglect"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To leave out of account; to omit or neglect."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "11 50 10 29",
          "word": "earmark"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 50 10 29",
          "word": "set apart"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 92 3 3",
          "sense": "omit or neglect",
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        "To disagree with something and reject or overturn it."
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          "disagree",
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        [
          "reject",
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        [
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          "overturn"
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        "(transitive) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "3 7 88 2",
          "sense": "disagree with something",
          "word": "decline"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 7 88 2",
          "sense": "disagree with something",
          "word": "refuse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 7 88 2",
          "sense": "disagree with something",
          "word": "turn down"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "3 6 89 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "disagree with something",
          "word": "kieltäytyä"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 6 89 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "disagree with something",
          "word": "tyrmätä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 89 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "disagree with something",
          "word": "hylätä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 89 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "disagree with something",
          "word": "laisser de côté"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 6 89 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "disagree with something",
          "word": "écarter"
        }
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (aside)",
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      "glosses": [
        "To declare something invalid or null and void."
      ],
      "id": "en-set_aside-en-verb-mISo0Mz0",
      "links": [
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          "invalid",
          "invalid"
        ],
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          "null and void",
          "null and void"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To declare something invalid or null and void."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "5 6 8 81",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "annul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 8 81",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "invalidate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 8 81",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "rescind"
        }
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 7 84",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "撤銷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 7 84",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chèxiāo",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "撤销"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 7 84",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "宣布……無效"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 7 84",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xuānbù... wúxiào",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "宣布……无效"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 7 84",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "kumota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 7 84",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "mitätöidä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 7 84",
          "code": "sdn",
          "lang": "Gallurese",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "accagnà"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 7 84",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "accantonare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 7 84",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "tilsidesette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 7 84",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
          "sense": "declare something invalid",
          "word": "arrenconài"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "set aside"
}
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “omit or neglect”",
      "word": "raise"
    },
    {
      "english": "as in beg the question; of a question",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “omit or neglect”",
      "word": "beg"
    }
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    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (aside)",
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    "Requests for review of Spanish translations"
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      "word": "set-aside"
    },
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    {
      "form": "sets aside",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting aside",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "set aside",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "set aside",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "text": "Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose."
      ],
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          "purpose",
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        "(transitive) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose."
      ],
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        "English transitive verbs"
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          "ref": "1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious; republished as “Sermon I”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, London: B. Aylmer, 1696, page 31",
          "text": "[…] therefore setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavour to know the truth, and yield to that.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To leave out of account; to omit or neglect."
      ],
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          "leave out"
        ],
        [
          "omit",
          "omit"
        ],
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          "neglect",
          "neglect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To leave out of account; to omit or neglect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disagree with something and reject or overturn it."
      ],
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          "disagree",
          "disagree"
        ],
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ],
        [
          "overturn",
          "overturn"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To declare something invalid or null and void."
      ],
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          "invalid",
          "invalid"
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          "null and void",
          "null and void"
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        "(transitive) To declare something invalid or null and void."
      ],
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    {
      "sense": "reserve something for a specific purpose",
      "word": "allocate"
    },
    {
      "word": "earmark"
    },
    {
      "word": "set apart"
    },
    {
      "sense": "omit or neglect",
      "word": "put aside"
    },
    {
      "sense": "disagree with something",
      "word": "decline"
    },
    {
      "sense": "disagree with something",
      "word": "refuse"
    },
    {
      "sense": "disagree with something",
      "word": "turn down"
    },
    {
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "annul"
    },
    {
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "invalidate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "rescind"
    }
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
      "word": "varata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
      "word": "mettre de côté"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
      "word": "réserver"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
      "word": "accantonare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
      "word": "riservare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
      "word": "mettere da parte"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
      "word": "mettere via"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
      "word": "fare scorta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
      "word": "tāpui"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "separate and reserve for a specific purpose",
      "word": "tilsidesette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disagree with something",
      "word": "kieltäytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disagree with something",
      "word": "tyrmätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disagree with something",
      "word": "hylätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "disagree with something",
      "word": "laisser de côté"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "disagree with something",
      "word": "écarter"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "撤銷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chèxiāo",
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "撤销"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "宣布……無效"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuānbù... wúxiào",
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "宣布……无效"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "kumota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "mitätöidä"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdn",
      "lang": "Gallurese",
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "accagnà"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "accantonare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "tilsidesette"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "sense": "declare something invalid",
      "word": "arrenconài"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set aside"
}

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