Set out meaning
Set out is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to start doing something with a particular aim or intention.
- Past simple
- set out
- Past participle
- set out
- -ing form
- setting out
What set out means
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To start doing something with a particular aim or intention
She set out to break the record.
1 more meaning of set out is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With set: set up, set aside, set on, set down, set to, set about, set someone against someone, set apart, set back, set forth.
With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.
Common questions
What does set out mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is to start doing something with a particular aim or intention. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of set out?
Set out, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
