to set
68
6.0
- verb
- /sɛt/
:
poner música a
- Have your students "engineer" their own timbres using a combination of overtones set to different loudness levels.
- set to music
- set poems to music
- set lyrics to music
And I'll let you kind of set the scene for our listener.
- And I'll let you kind of set the scene for our listener.
- Allow me to set the scene and tell you a story.
Examples
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The backward flick of a wrist sets muscles dancing in clusters, glissandi, echoes, waves.
Academic text (2015) -
The author decided to set her narrative in the Victorian era for dramatic effect.
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And we're setting up now.
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Have they listened to professional models of music that set the tone for a scene in a play?
Academic text (2005) -
The same weight and consideration are also given to music set to religious texts.
Academic text (2009) -
When I was twelve, I heard two pieces of poetry set to music that absolutely boggled my mind.
Academic text (2015) -
The text is easily set to a simple melody of skips and steps.
Academic text (2005) -
Delores accepted that answer and set to work, composing an invitation to key politicians and scientists.
Fiction book (1998) -
The musician was eager to set the lyrics to her new melody.
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Before the performance, the stage crew had to set the lighting and sound equipment.
Synonyms
26
4.6
To change a song or other work so it can be performed in a new way
4
5.7
Write music for a poem or other words so they can be sung
1
5.1
To rewrite music so it can be played on a different instrument
1
6.5
To arrange text and pictures on a page for printing or publishing
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To begin working very hard and not give up on a difficult task
- Archaic
To cause great excitement or a big effect, often said to mean something is not impressive
Phrasal Verbs
218
2.7
To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave
- Informal
11
3.7
To make a place feel a certain way with lights, music, or decorations
- Informal
To make someone look guilty for something they did not do by tricking other people
- Specialized
To create a fake target to attract and find people who attack or steal data
To put temporary barriers on a road to slow or send traffic another way
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.1
A group of letters, numbers, and symbols used for writing and showing text
- Specialized
1
9.9
A set of complex numbers that makes a very detailed, repeating shape when drawn on a graph
- Archaic
1
6.1
A machine like a radio that receives and makes broadcast signals stronger
1
3.9
A basketball move in which a player stands still and uses both hands to put the ball in the basket
- Specialized
1
3.8
A group of connected home devices like lights or speakers you control together
- Specialized
A computer design where the main processor runs many built-in instructions
- Specialized
A computer design where the processor runs many complex commands directly in hardware
- Archaic
A simple early radio that uses a crystal to receive signals without a battery
- Specialized
A set of 128 basic computer characters for letters, numbers, symbols, and control codes
A set of matching furniture for a room where people sit and relax, like a sofa and chairs
- UK
A toy with metal strips, plates, and wheels you join with nuts and bolts to build moving models
- Specialized
A computer design that uses a small set of simple commands to work faster
- Specialized
A computer design using a small set of simple instructions for faster processors that use less power
- Specialized
A fixed group of words that mean something different from the words alone
- Specialized
All the things we consider in a math problem, including every smaller group
- Specialized
Climbing gear that has a safety strap and two metal clips for via ferrata routes
Surface Forms
Etymology
Set (to put words to music or arrange for performance) comes from the idea of placing or arranging art into a new form, like putting a poem 'in' music. So to set a poem to music is to arrange it so singers can perform it.