SET TO meaning: Adjust or prepare for use

We found 26 dictionaries that define the word set to:

General (24 matching dictionaries)

set to: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
set-to, set to: Merriam-Webster
set-to, set to: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
set-to: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
set-to, set-to, set to: Collins English Dictionary
set-to: Vocabulary.com
set-to: Wordnik
set-to, set to: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
set-to, set to: Wiktionary
set-to: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
set-to: Infoplease Dictionary
set-to, set to: Dictionary.com
Set-to: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
set-to: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
set-to: Rhymezone
Set-to: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
SET-TO: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
Set-to: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
set-to: FreeDictionary.org
set-to: Mnemonic Dictionary
set-to, set to: TheFreeDictionary.com
set-to: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.

Business (1 matching dictionary)

set-to, set to: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

set to: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (set to)

▸ verb: (intransitive) To begin something with determination; to commence a long and difficult task or project.
▸ verb: (intransitive, archaic) To fight.

Opposite:

unset, clear, remove, disable, turn off

Phrases:

set to music, set to work, set fire to, set pen to paper, set to rights, more...

Adjectives:

deliver, set, in, put up, initiate, apply, moved in, set up, coming, overture, advance

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