Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A start or beginning; an outset.
- n. An arrangement or display.
- n. An array of food, as on a buffet table; a spread.
- n. An entertaining event, such as a party.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Preparations, as for beginning a journey.
- n. Company; set; clique.
- n. A display, as of plate, or china, or elaborate dishes and wines at table; dress and accessories; equipage; turn-out.
- n. In leather manufacturing, the act or process of smoothing out or setting a moistened hide with a slicker on a stone or table. See set, transitive verb, 33.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Coloq. A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed.
WordNet 3.0
- v. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- v. leave.
Examples
“As soon as the victims proved favourable they all setout, the Arcadians following with the rest.”
“A short time later Wilhelm rose from the bench and setout for his lodgings.”
“So we setout on a quest in Shanghai to find out if it was true.”
“I haven't a single finger bowl, but this is a setout that will last me all my days, Hannah says.”
“As soon as the victims proved favourable they all setout, the”
“Upon sunset last night i setout to take a few snaps.”
“It is common survey practice in setout, detail, cadastral, all types of surveys to want attribute information attached in excess of the code.”
“And the margin actually is really kind of within the plans that we had setout, when we setout our original guidance of 60 to 62\%.”
“In these difficult times it would be easy for us to second guess ourselves, but when the going gets tough the tough keep going and we will keep going until we completed the restructuring we setout to do including the divesture of all non-core businesses and reducing the shared services costs to fit the new smaller size of the company.”
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ruzuzu "n. In leather manufacturing, the act or process of smoothing out or setting a moistened hide with a slicker on a stone or table. See set, transitive verb, 33." --CD&C
Feb 14, 2012