set point
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- noun
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punto de set
- UIndy missed the ensuing serve, but then scored another five in a row to reach set point, 24-19.
- save a set point
Examples
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A kill by Budinska put UNF at set point, and then Pantovic served up an ace as the Ospreys took the fourth set to force a decisive fifth set.
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Ahead 5-4, Ferrer banged out an ace on his third set point.
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And we moved up to the final set point, got to the set point and coordinated and we moved in to to the door.
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The 909 offers a semi-logarithmic analog output and a relay set point.
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USF killed the comeback by taking the three points, but Marquette endured three set points to tie it up at 24 and another to tie it at 25, but it was not meant to be.
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Chris, your observation that the BB occurred at a set point in "space" and then expanded outward in a radial pattern in "space" is false.
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During the match, she reached set point but was unable to capitalize on it.
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He won the game after saving two set points from his opponent.
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As the score neared the end, the pressure built when he had a set point to clinch the set.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a point that would win the set' is directly and transparently built from 'set' (a game division) + 'point' (a scoring unit): it denotes the scoring point that decides the set. This sports-specific compound follows a straightforward compositional pattern familiar across languages and is predictable for learners who know both constituent words.
Etymology
Set point comes from tennis scoring and paints a clear picture: it is the moment when a single point will decide the set. So, the phrase means the one point a player needs 'to win the set'.