set – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to set about sb
Participle: set about sb
Gerund: setting about sb

Cognates

See the 10 cognates of set

Indicative

Present

I	set about sb
you	set about sb
he;she;it	sets about sb
we	set about sb
you	set about sb
they	set about sb

Perfect

I	have set about sb
you	have set about sb
he;she;it	has set about sb
we	have set about sb
you	have set about sb
they	have set about sb

Past

I	set about sb
you	set about sb
he;she;it	set about sb
we	set about sb
you	set about sb
they	set about sb

Pluperfect

I	had set about sb
you	had set about sb
he;she;it	had set about sb
we	had set about sb
you	had set about sb
they	had set about sb

Future

I	will set about sb
you	will set about sb
he;she;it	will set about sb
we	will set about sb
you	will set about sb
they	will set about sb

Future Perfect

I	will have set about sb
you	will have set about sb
he;she;it	will have set about sb
we	will have set about sb
you	will have set about sb
they	will have set about sb

Subjunctive

Present

I	set about sb
you	set about sb
he;she;it	set about sb
we	set about sb
you	set about sb
they	set about sb

Perfect

I	have set about sb
you	have set about sb
he;she;it	have set about sb
we	have set about sb
you	have set about sb
they	have set about sb

Imperfect

I	set about sb
you	set about sb
he;she;it	set about sb
we	set about sb
you	set about sb
they	set about sb

Pluperfect

I	had set about sb
you	had set about sb
he;she;it	had set about sb
we	had set about sb
you	had set about sb
they	had set about sb

Conditional

Present

I	would set about sb
you	would set about sb
he;she;it	would set about sb
we	would set about sb
you	would set about sb
they	would set about sb

Perfect

I	would have set about sb
you	would have set about sb
he;she;it	would have set about sb
we	would have set about sb
you	would have set about sb
they	would have set about sb

Imperative

you	set about sb
we	Let's set about sb
you	set about sb

Indicative

Present

I	am setting about sb
you	are setting about sb
he;she;it	is setting about sb
we	are setting about sb
you	are setting about sb
they	are setting about sb

Perfect

I	have been setting about sb
you	have been setting about sb
he;she;it	has been setting about sb
we	have been setting about sb
you	have been setting about sb
they	have been setting about sb

Past

I	was setting about sb
you	were setting about sb
he;she;it	was setting about sb
we	were setting about sb
you	were setting about sb
they	were setting about sb

Pluperfect

I	had been setting about sb
you	had been setting about sb
he;she;it	had been setting about sb
we	had been setting about sb
you	had been setting about sb
they	had been setting about sb

Future

I	will be setting about sb
you	will be setting about sb
he;she;it	will be setting about sb
we	will be setting about sb
you	will be setting about sb
they	will be setting about sb

Future Perfect

I	will have been setting about sb
you	will have been setting about sb
he;she;it	will have been setting about sb
we	will have been setting about sb
you	will have been setting about sb
they	will have been setting about sb

Conditional

Present

I	would be setting about sb
you	would be setting about sb
he;she;it	would be setting about sb
we	would be setting about sb
you	would be setting about sb
they	would be setting about sb

Perfect

I	would have been setting about sb
you	would have been setting about sb
he;she;it	would have been setting about sb
we	would have been setting about sb
you	would have been setting about sb
they	would have been setting about sb

Verbs conjugated like 'set'

beset, broadcast, burst, bust, cost, crosscut, cut, forecast, hit, hurt, inset, let, misread, overset, overspread, put, read, rebroadcast, recut, relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'set'

bet, fet, get, jet, let, net, pet, ret, seat, sed,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Cf. Old English settan , connected with the Old English strong verb sittan.

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. settan "cause to sit, put in some place, fix firmly," from P.Gmc. *satjanan (cf. O.N. setja, O.Fris. setta, Du. zetten, Ger. setzen), causative form of P.Gmc. root *set- (cf. O.E. sittan "to sit," see sit). Confused with sit since early 14c. Of the sun, moon, etc., "to go down," recorded from c.1300. Set-to "bout, fight" is 1743, originally pugilistic slang. Setup "arrangement" is from 1890. Setback (n.) is from 1674; to set (someone) back "cost" is from 1900.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *sed-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
5. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
6. Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti
7. Proto-Germanic *satjaną
8. Proto-West Germanic *sattjan
9. Old English settan
10. Middle English setten
11. English set
12. From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”).
13. Cognate with Dutch zetten, German setzen, Danish sætte, Norwegian Bokmål sette, Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk setja, Swedish sätta, Faroese seta. See: Middle English 'setten', Old English 'settan', Proto-Germanic '*satjaną', Proto-Indo-European '*sodéyeti', Dutch 'zetten', German, old spelling 'setzen', Danish 'sætte', Norwegian 'sette', Swedish 'sätta', Faroese 'seta'.

Verbs referencing "set"

Indonesian set, Norwegian sette, Romanian seta, German, old spelling setzen, Luxembourgish setzen, German, Pennsylvania setze, Italian settare, Swedish sätta, Danish sætte, Spanish setear, Tagalog iset.

Sample Sentences

[...] eyes, full of fire and softness, looked out from beneath the rich, long lashes, as he peered curiously into the apartment. A gay robe of scarlet and yellow plaid, carefully made and neatly fitted, set off to advantage the dark and rich style of his beauty; and a certain comic air of assurance, blended with bashfulness, showed that he had been not unused to being petted and noticed by his master. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] hardening to the feelings; but I never found it so. Fact is, I never could do things up the way some fellers manage the business. I 've seen ’ em as would pull a woman's child out of her arms, and set him up to sell, and she screechin ’ like mad all the time; — very bad policy—damages the article—makes ’ em quite unfit for service sometimes. I knew a real handsome gal once, in Orleans, as was [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] had been torn sheer away. The wheels were exposed and bare; and they whirled and dashed their spray about the decks at random. Chimney, white with crusted salt; topmasts struck; storm-sails set; rigging all knotted, tangled, wet, and drooping: a gloomier picture it would be hard to look upon. (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ Dare say he may be; never was much adapted to anything that I set him about, I'll be bound. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] the affectionate friendships to which it has given rise; the amount of vanity and prejudice it has dispelled. The golden calf they worship at Boston is a pigmy compared with the giant effigies set up in other parts of that vast counting-house which lies beyond the Atlantic; and the almighty dollar sinks into something comparatively insignificant, amidst a whole Pantheon of better gods. (American Notes for General Circulation)
In a portion of the building, set apart for that purpose, are work-shops for blind persons whose education is finished, and who have acquired a trade, but who cannot pursue it in an ordinary manufactory because of their deprivation. [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ Aint she a peart young un ? ” said Tom, holding her from him to take a full-length view; then, getting up, he set her on his broad shoulder, and began capering and dancing with her, while Mas’r George snapped at her with his pocket-handkerchief, and Mose and Pete, now returned again, roared after her like [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] of all the parasols and silk stockings in the market; and perhaps the bankruptcy of some speculative New Englander who bought them all up at any price, in expectation of a demand that never came; I set no great store by the circumstance. (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] cottages seemed to cut the very wind as it whistled against them, and to send it smarting on its way with a shriller cry than before. Those slightly-built wooden dwellings behind which the sun was setting with a brilliant lustre, could be so looked through and through, that the idea of any inhabitant being able to hide himself from the public gaze, or to have any secrets from the public eye, was not [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ There's a man a piece down here, that's going over with some truck this evening, if he durs ’ to; he'll be in here to supper tonight, so you'd better set down and wait. That's a sweet little fellow, ” added the woman, offering him a cake. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
They 'll, like, set a salad in front of Karen and be like, this salad is for you ("Below Deck Sailing Yacht" Past the Boiling Point)
Once the sun sets, I win ! Mr. Krabs, look! It's your bubble! (The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants)
How will I forget you? You were as old as your son when I last set eyes on you (Magudam)
♪ With fiery rage in the eye of the blaze come, pour & spread, set it ablaze ♪ (Magudam)

set – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of set

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'set'

Verbs similar to 'set'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "set"

Sample Sentences