to set forth

Examples

• All

• And then I took my fate in my own hands and set forth to save myself, God willing.

  Fiction book (2000)

• So they set forth again, and again no one spoke.

  Fiction book (1990)

• "And so, all in their best new clothes, the family set forth.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Since he is a dutiful lad, he wanted your permission before he set forth after her.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Frike and I will give you instruction in weapons, and then you will set forth.

  Fiction book (1991)

• And so the boy who had assumed that his duties were concluded for the night set forth once again into the darkened city.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Thus, when the Vikings set forth to rob and plunder England, they never sailed out of sight of land.

  The Vikings (1958)

• My shipwrecked crew seized the baggala... ...and set forth to find the true Ahmed.

  Sinbad the Sailor (1947)

• In the morning, before even the most zealous of the bureaucrats were awake, Colonel Galpa set forth along the beach, heading for the Drive-in Puerto Rico.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Tomorrow, I will set forth on my journey to visit my family.

Synonyms

G

to go

vsto set forth

∞ 1.0

To move from one place to another, physically or in meaning

is narrower, meaning specifically to leave for a particular destination

S

to start

vsto set forth

∞ 1.0

To begin an action, event or process

is specific to beginning a journey or departing for a place

G

to go out

vsto set forth

∞ 1.0

Leave a place to do a task, for example to help people

is focused on departing to travel to a particular destination rather than an activity

T

to take off

vsto set forth

273 3.2

To leave a place quickly, often to travel somewhere else

describes departure too but without the sudden or abrupt sense

D

to depart

vsto set forth

176 1.3

To leave a place to start a journey

is the same basic leaving action but stresses going to a particular place

H

to head out

vsto set forth

167 2.5

To leave a place to start a trip

is similar but more explicitly about departing for a specific place

S

to set out

vsto set forth

66 2.4

To begin a journey to go to another place

is the same idea, focusing on departure for a particular place

S

to set off

vsto set forth

57 2.4

To begin a journey toward a place

is similar but emphasizes leaving with a specific destination in mind

S

to start out

vsto set forth

39 2.5

To leave a place to go to another place

is the same departure idea but highlights going toward a particular place

S

to set sail

vsto set forth

25 2.9

To start a journey by boat or ship

is similar but applies to departure for any mode of travel to a place

G

to go forth

vsto set forth

• Archaic

24 8.4

To leave a place and move away

is similar but uses everyday sense of departing for a place

E

to embark

vsto set forth

18 4.4

To get on a ship, plane, or other vehicle to begin a journey

is like that but focuses on departure toward a particular place rather than boarding

D

to depart for

vsto set forth

14 2.5

To leave one place to go to another place

is similar but slightly broader, not always naming the destination

V

to venture forth

vsto set forth

3 6.2

To go somewhere or do something even when it is risky

shares movement but focuses on ordinary departure toward a set place

M

to make sail

vsto set forth

• Archaic

1 8.1

To start a journey by boat

covers the same starting action but is not limited to sea travel

Antonyms

R

to return

∞ 1.0

Go back to a place, state or activity

S

to stay put

• Informal

133 2.0

Remain in the same place without moving

How Formal

to embark

18 4.4

to depart

176 1.3

to set forth

3 3.9

to set out

66 2.4

to set off

57 2.4

to leave

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology