set aside English

Meaning set aside meaning

What does set aside mean?

set aside

— verb (= earmark) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause I will earmark this money for your research She sets aside time for meditation every day

— verb (= suspend) make inoperative or stop suspend payments on the loan

Synonyms set aside synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as set aside?

set aside English » English

put aside

reserve

set apart

save

earmark

appropriate

allocate

separate

select

remove

put by

lay aside

exclude

choose

allow

allot

void

suspend

segregate

reserved

removed

rejected

leave behind

leave aside

kick away

keep

isolate

ignore

dismiss

derogate

book

assign

appoint

unused

turning

turn a deaf ear

taken off

take away

take

sus-pended

store away

store

stir up

stand aside

sort out

sit by

sidetrack

sidestep

side-track

shelve

Topics set aside topics

What do people use set aside to talk about?

Physical actions Arrange Gather

Separate, scatter

• What words refer to taking something away and putting it aside, separate from the others?
  set aside put aside separate from the others keep separate keep special reserve pull out

Examples set aside examples

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News and current affairs

These are national funds that, in boom years, receive revenues from sales of natural resources to be set aside against a rainy day.

Aerial photographers were called in, and a large budget was set aside.