Any query to the setter is required to be addressed as such (e.g., "Setter: Please check"); otherwise it will be treated as a query to the author.
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Setter
//ˈsɛt.ə//
Synonyms for "setter" (12 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (6)
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Translations
47 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- разпределител noun (volleyball player)
- сетер noun (breed of dog)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 二傳 /二传 noun (volleyball player)
- 塞特犬 noun (breed of dog)
- 舉球員 /举球员 noun (volleyball player)
- 賽特犬 /赛特犬 noun (breed of dog)
Czech
2 entries- nahrávač noun (volleyball player)
- nahrávačka noun (volleyball player)
Finnish
4 entries- asettaja noun (one who sets something)
- asettelija noun (one who sets something)
- setteri noun (breed of dog)
- syöttäjä noun (volleyball player)
French
3 entries- mutateur noun (function to set data)
- setter noun (breed of dog)
- setter noun (function to set data)
German
4 entries- Passeur noun (volleyball player)
- Setter noun (breed of dog)
- Setzer noun (one who sets something)
- Setzerin noun (one who sets something)
Greek
1 entries- πασαδόρος noun (volleyball player)
Italian
2 entries- palleggiatore noun (volleyball player)
- palleggiatrice noun (volleyball player)
Japanese
1 entries- セッター noun (volleyball player)
Latvian
1 entries- cēlājs noun (volleyball player)
Lithuanian
1 entries- seteris noun (breed of dog)
Polish
1 entries- seter noun (breed of dog)
Portuguese
1 entries- levantador noun (volleyball player)
Romansch
1 entries- giugader da pass noun (volleyball player)
Russian
3 entries- пасующий noun (volleyball player)
- связующий noun (volleyball player)
- сеттер noun (breed of dog)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cù-eunaich noun (breed of dog)
Slovak
2 entries- nahrávač noun (volleyball player)
- nahrávačka noun (volleyball player)
Swedish
1 entries- passare noun (volleyball player)
Turkish
4 entries- dizgici noun (one who sets something)
- ihbarcı noun (one who sets something)
- oyun kurucu noun (volleyball player)
- seter noun (breed of dog)
Welsh
1 entries- adargi noun (breed of dog)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.
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The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally.
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In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters.
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