"set down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-set down.ogg [Australia] Forms: sets down [present, singular, third-person], setting down [participle, present], set down [participle, past], set down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> down}} set down (third-person singular simple present sets down, present participle setting down, simple past and past participle set down)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To write. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Categories (topical): Writing
    Sense id: en-set_down-en-verb-t4IrEPwS Disambiguation of Writing: 30 4 26 26 14
  2. (transitive) To fix; to establish; to ordain. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-set_down-en-verb-Uz-JCquL
  3. (transitive, especially British) To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying; to deposit; to allow passengers to alight. Tags: British, especially, transitive Categories (topical): Writing Synonyms (deposit): drop off Translations (to place on a surface): κατατίθημι (katatíthēmi) (Ancient Greek), déposer (French), pousar (Galician), hinsetzen (German), hinlegen (German), ablegen (German), absetzen (German), depoze (Haitian Creole), scaoil anuas (Irish), deporre (Italian), posare (Italian), sajźaś [imperfective] (Lower Sorbian), sajźiś [perfective] (Lower Sorbian), pousar (Portuguese), posar (Spanish), אַוועקלייגן (avekleygn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-set_down-en-verb-fXb9pzHw Disambiguation of Writing: 30 4 26 26 14 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (down), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 41 44 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 4 41 49 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 6 6 36 45 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 4 46 43 3 Disambiguation of 'deposit': 0 2 88 7 3 Disambiguation of 'to place on a surface': 0 0 100 0 0
  4. (aviation, transitive, intransitive) To land. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Aviation, Writing
    Sense id: en-set_down-en-verb-c75gQV5D Disambiguation of Writing: 30 4 26 26 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (down), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 41 44 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 4 41 49 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 6 6 36 45 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 4 46 43 3 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To humiliate. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Writing
    Sense id: en-set_down-en-verb-84jRH7SF Disambiguation of Writing: 30 4 26 26 14

Inflected forms

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