set
- noun
- /sɛt/
- Djokovic would not get any sets against this young boy.
- the first set
- the next set
- start a set
So let's, let's say you do a set of eight reps, right?
- So let's, let's say you do a set of eight reps, right?
- I go through my sets at least five to seven times.
Examples
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Exhausted, Corbett and Eric climb across the last set of foothills before the Devil's Cauldron valley.
Fiction book (1993) -
Amber and I stayed through the second set, which ended well after midnight.
Fiction book (1990) -
And three times a week do three to five sets of three to five reps.
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Zweig leads one set to love.
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The test started with a set of 10 practice fill-ins.
Academic text (2012) -
The kind of person who plays three sets of tennis but doesn't sweat.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the tennis match, she won the first two sets before losing the final one.
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He completed three sets of push-ups before moving on to the next exercise.
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The coach advised us to aim for three sets in each training session.
Synonyms
A number of times you repeat one movement without rest
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
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of letters, numbers, and symbols used for writing and showing text
- Specialized
A set of complex numbers that makes a very detailed, repeating shape when drawn on a graph
- Archaic
A machine like a radio that receives and makes broadcast signals stronger
A basketball move in which a player stands still and uses both hands to put the ball in the basket
- Specialized
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
How Many
Surface Forms
Etymology
Set (a part of a match) comes from the idea of a group of things put together or fixed as one unit. So a tennis set is a group of games that form one complete part of the match.