to set aside
- phrasal verb
- /sɛt əˈsaɪd/
- You should set aside some time each week for exercise.
- set aside time
- set aside funds
- set aside an amount
So we essentially just set aside a whole day and we filmed this.
- So we essentially just set aside a whole day and we filmed this.
- I made prudent investments, set up, set aside money for taxes.
- I actually set aside products to film this video.
- And every lip product that I set aside was in the same color family of pink.
- And So what it did was it realized and set aside money.
- So should people set aside a fund for Pitchfest or avoid them entirely?
- So how long does it take you to set aside the time to, to work on yourself with that?
- You need six months of your total cost of living set aside in an account.
- And the answer is, while we're together and these are problems, we haven't set aside time to deal with them.
- And, and, and then other people go, but you can be, you just set aside more time.
- And then the lender uses your money that has been set aside for you to pay taxes, insurance, PMI.
- Then I teach in Russia that the time and the money you set aside to be invested is like seed corn.
Examples
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You need six months of your total cost of living set aside in an account.
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The good news is we're setting aside ten acres of forest.
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And so therefore there needs to be money set aside, infrastructure capacity built.
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Richard set aside enough money for Mama to live six months.
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The money that was set aside for that had to be used for other things.
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I even have a trust fund set aside in case something happens to one of them.
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President Clinton has set aside federal matching funds.
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But as a freelancer, you should set aside time and money each year for career development.
Academic text (2011) -
Are you able to set aside a reasonable amount of time to dedicate to your studies?
Academic text (2011) -
We recommend that time be set aside for student experts to showcase a skill to their peers.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
Keep something for use later
To give money for a particular purpose
To set aside money or time for a particular purpose
Give time, effort and money to a person, project or cause
To put money aside instead of spending it now
To keep something for a particular person or purpose
Give parts of something, like money or time, to people for a planned purpose
To put money aside little by little for something you want
Give money needed for a purpose
Reserve a place for someone in an event, for example a class
To set money or resources aside for a particular purpose
Give money officially for a particular use
Keep or save something for future use
Put money aside to use if something unexpected happens
Save part of something to use later
Save money for future use
To give people tasks or seats before they are needed
To save money or keep goods for later
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'set' (put/place) with 'aside' (to the side, reserved): literally to put something to one side, i.e. suspend or not let it have effect. This motion/placement + particle composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Set aside comes from the clear image of moving something to one side to keep it for later: you set money or time aside in a jar or on a shelf. So it means 'to reserve' or 'save' something for a special purpose.