SET FORTH
Dictionary entry overview: What does set forth mean?
• SET FORTH (verb)
The verb SET FORTH has 2 senses:
1. state
2. leave
Familiarity information: SET FORTH used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SET FORTH (verb)
Meaning:
State
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
exposit; set forth; expound
Context example:
set forth one's reasons
Hypernyms (to "set forth" is one way to...):
dilate; elaborate; enlarge; expand; expatiate; exposit; expound; flesh out; lucubrate (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "set forth"):
depict; describe; draw (give a description of)
premise (set forth beforehand, often as an explanation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Leave
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
take off; set off; start out; set forth; part; depart; set out; start
Context example:
The family took off for Florida
Hypernyms (to "set forth" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "set forth"):
lift off; take off (depart from the ground)
roar off (leave)
blaze; blaze out (move rapidly and as if blazing)
sally forth; sally out (set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children set forth to the playground
