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set
Verb
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If you set something somewhere, you put something into a place.
She sets the lamp on the floor.
I was setting glasses on the table when I heard a noise.
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If you set something, you put it into some state or condition.
After changing the batteries, you have to set the clock again.
They set the house on fire
He sets the CD player to play.
The guard had never set a prisoner free before.
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If you set something, you define it or to fix its value.
The teacher set a time limit of two minutes for this exercise.
The date for the exam was set to next Thursday.
The microwave was set to 400 watts.
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If you set the table, you put dishes, forks and knives on it.
I set the table for five people, but only three came.
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When the sun or moon sets, it moves toward the horizon.
The sun sets every evening.
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If something sets, it dries and becomes solid.
The concrete needs to set before a car can drive on it.
This glue needs two hours to set.
set
Adjective
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Something that is set is fixed. It cannot be changed easily.
Don't argue! The rules are set.
The time for the race is set.
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To be ready for something.
Are you set?
set
Noun
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The set is the scenery for a theatrical work such as a play, ballet, musical, etc.
The Metropolitan Opera's set for Aida is spectacular.
I was painting a wall on the set when the director arrived.
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A set is a group of things that are similar or can be used together.
This chess set is too expensive to play chess with it.
I have a set of porcelain figurines depicting characters from Shakespeare's plays.
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A set is a group of things, where every single one of them has a certain purpose. All of them are needed to perform a certain operation.
To play poker, you need a set of playing cards and chips.
A mason has a set of tools.
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Persons that have something in common may be called a set.
That rich chick is a member of the Jet Set.
Girls who wear sweaters on Wednesday in my school belong to the sweater set.
The Long Island Horsey Set plays polo on weekends.
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A set is a machine which gets radio or television programs.
This television set is broken.
This radio set can receive programs from Australia.
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In many sports, a number of sets make up a game. An example of this would be in tennis or table tennis.
The tennis player won the first two sets, but lost the game.
theoretical
Adjective
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Theoretical is about theory rather than its practical application.
Entanglement is important but difficult to study, both in terms of a theoretical understanding and doing experiments.
model
Noun
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A model is a something that is made to look or act like something else, usually being smaller or simpler than the original.
Mathematical models can greatly help researchers understand the behavior of real systems.
The company builds and sells detailed 3-D models of the human body.
Scientists have developed a theoretical model of the planet's interior that describes one possibility.
A few years ago, the best climate models predicted that there would soon be an ice-free Arctic during the summer.
There is a good fit between the four-factor model and the data in this study.
His father had been a small man with a kind face and large hands who helped him build model airplanes and rockets.
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A model is an example of something, a goal, or a way to do something.
Both men and women who had public athletic role models during childhood were more likely to play sports at a higher level.
Each university used a variety of different instructional models.
It was a model company, combining high profits, happy workers, and clean, efficient production methods.
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A model is a person who puts on clothes, glasses, jewelery, etc. to show them at shows and in photographs or who poses for paintings or sculptures.
High-fashion runway models are typically 5 foot 10 inches or taller.
He develops his paintings without models being present in the studio.
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A model is a kind or design of car or other machine.
The wireless phone will be installed in future models from GM, Toyota and Honda.
model
Verb
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If you model clothes, jewelery, etc., you wear them to show them at shows and in photographs.
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If you model an action, you show how it is done.
Parents should model the behavior they want without forcing or controlling the child.
All music teachers can model good and poor tone quality.
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If you model mathx/math on mathy/math, you try to make mathx/math like mathy/math.
There's a youth baseball field modeled after Fenway Park in the old Memorial Stadium.
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If you model something, you make a smaller, simpler copy of it.
He's trying to model the human thought process on the computer.