set down

verb

set down; setting down; sets down

transitive verb

1
: to cause to sit down : seat
2
: to place at rest on a surface or on the ground
3
: to suspend (a jockey) from racing
4
: to cause or allow to get off a vehicle : deliver
5
: to land (an airplane) on the ground or water
6
b
: to put in writing
7
a
: regard, consider
set him down as a liar
b

Examples of set down in a Sentence

set the toddler down in her seat set down the names of those in attendance
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Now, Apple has brought this training data set down to just 10 phrases whilst also providing a more authentic match to the original voice. Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 Wednesday, Suarez set down the Angels in order after Alek Jacob and Adrián Morejón worked their own scoreless innings. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025 On Friday, the prosecution and the defense teams will narrow that set down to the 12 men and women who will serve on the trial jury, plus six alternates. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025 At dinner a few weeks ago, my date gazed over at the table next to ours, where a server had just set down a platter of onion rings. Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for set down

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of set down was in the 15th century

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“Set down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20down. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

set down

verb
1
: to cause to sit down : seat
2
: to place at rest on a surface or on the ground
3
: to land (an airplane) on the ground or water
4
: establish sense 2
the government set down laws
5
: to put in writing

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