"set forth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sets forth [present, singular, third-person], setting forth [participle, present], set forth [participle, past], set forth [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> forth}} set forth (third-person singular simple present sets forth, present participle setting forth, simple past and past participle set forth)
  1. (transitive) To state; describe; give an account of. Tags: transitive Translations (to state; to describe): mainita (Finnish), kuvata (Finnish), esittää (Finnish), darlegen (German), asserire (Italian)
    Sense id: en-set_forth-en-verb-K3XVqJeM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (forth), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 30 16 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 19 20 23 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (forth): 36 21 20 23 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 19 19 24 Disambiguation of English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax: 36 20 21 24 Disambiguation of 'to state; to describe': 98 1 1 0
  2. (transitive) To present for consideration; to propose. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to present for consideration): propose, put forward Translations (to present for consideration): ehdottaa (Finnish), darlegen (German), 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fauramēljan) (Gothic), prōpōnō (Latin), presentar (Occitan), propausar (Occitan), przedstawić (Polish), tentar (Spanish), lägga fram (Swedish), yola çıkmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-set_forth-en-verb-jP42cS4m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 30 16 Disambiguation of 'to present for consideration': 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to present for consideration': 0 100 0 0
  3. (intransitive) To begin a journey or expedition. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (to begin a journey): set out Translations (to begin a journey): lähteä matkaan (Finnish), lähteä (Finnish), ausziehen (German), partire (Italian), آغاز کردن، ارائه کردن (Persian), wyruszyć (Polish)
    Sense id: en-set_forth-en-verb-W5rpcAFY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 30 16 Disambiguation of 'to begin a journey': 2 2 87 10 Disambiguation of 'to begin a journey': 2 2 87 10
  4. (intransitive) To start. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-set_forth-en-verb-LWfmmF2t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 22 30 16

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Next, the Chinese text says that they set forth from the district of Lo-lang, which is situated not in Leao-tung, but in Corea, and of which the capital is the present city of Pʽing-jang (in d’Auville’s map, Ping-yang), situated upon the northern bank of the Ta-tʽung-kiang, or Pʽai-shue, a river of the province of Pʽing-ngan, which, in great part, in the time of the dynasty of Han, formed the district of Lo-lang.",
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      "word": "asserire"
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