"set on" meaning in English

See set on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sets on [present, singular, third-person], setting on [participle, present], set on [participle, past], set on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> on}} set on (third-person singular simple present sets on, present participle setting on, simple past and past participle set on)
  1. To attack.
    Sense id: en-set_on-en-verb-IMtkAR5Z
  2. To encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone. Translations (to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone): saldırmaq (Azerbaijani), (fàng) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (ràng) (Chinese Mandarin), usuttaa kimppuun (Finnish), azuzar (english: dog) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-set_on-en-verb-J5ga1G3s Disambiguation of 'to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone': 10 90 0
  3. To be determined to do or achieve something. Synonyms: set upon Related terms: onset Translations (to be determined to do or achieve something): 決心 (Chinese Mandarin), 决心 (juéxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 決定 (Chinese Mandarin), 决定 (juédìng) (Chinese Mandarin), aikoa (Finnish), olla päättänyt (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-set_on-en-verb-3p5EVwB4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 39 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 18 18 64 Disambiguation of 'to be determined to do or achieve something': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for set on meaning in English (3.6kB)

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        {
          "text": "I will set the dogs on you, if you don't leave right now!"
        }
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          "word": "saldırmaq"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 90 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fàng",
          "sense": "to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone",
          "word": "放"
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          "_dis1": "10 90 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone",
          "word": "讓"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "usuttaa kimppuun"
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          "_dis1": "10 90 0",
          "code": "es",
          "english": "dog",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "text": "I had my mind pretty well set on working for a small company."
        },
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          "ref": "2020 June 17, Coconuts Bangkok, “Chula still set on demolishing historic shrine – once it evicts caretakers”, in coconuts.co, coconuts.co, retrieved 2020-06-17",
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to be determined to do or achieve something",
          "word": "決心"
        },
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        },
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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        }
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone",
      "word": "saldırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fàng",
      "sense": "to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone",
      "word": "放"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone",
      "word": "讓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ràng",
      "sense": "to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone",
      "word": "让"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone",
      "word": "usuttaa kimppuun"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "dog",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone",
      "word": "azuzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to be determined to do or achieve something",
      "word": "決心"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "juéxīn",
      "sense": "to be determined to do or achieve something",
      "word": "决心"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to be determined to do or achieve something",
      "word": "決定"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "juédìng",
      "sense": "to be determined to do or achieve something",
      "word": "决定"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be determined to do or achieve something",
      "word": "aikoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be determined to do or achieve something",
      "word": "olla päättänyt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set on"
}

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