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Set out

//ˈsɛt‿aʊt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing. transitive

    "This contract sets out all the terms of the agreement as we discussed."

  2. 2
    take the first step or steps in carrying out an action wordnet
  3. 3
    To go out, leave. intransitive

    "Tomorrow we set out for America."

  4. 4
    lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line wordnet
  5. 5
    To start an activity with the intention of finishing it. intransitive

    "He set out with the aim of writing the book in less than 3 months."

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  1. 6
    depart for someplace wordnet
  2. 7
    To position, to put in a position UK, transitive

    "Following the acquisition of Di María, a winger, there was almost as much interest in the manner in which Van Gaal would set out his team as there was in the personnel. It was probably as well, considering only the goalkeeper David De Gea was retained from the XI who started Sunday’s draw at Sunderland."

  3. 8
    To arrange the necessary type into a printing press in preparation to run it. obsolete, transitive

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