set apart — ► set apart give (someone) an air of unusual superiority. Main Entry: ↑set … English terms dictionary
set apart — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms set apart : present tense I/you/we/they set apart he/she/it sets apart present participle setting apart past tense set apart past participle set apart 1) set someone/something apart to make someone or… … English dictionary
set apart — verb 1. select something or someone for a specific purpose (Freq. 1) The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise • Syn: ↑assign, ↑specify • Derivationally related forms: ↑specification (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
set apart — v. (D; tr.) to set apart from (certain traits set apart them apart from the others) * * * [ setə pɑːt] (D; tr.) to set apart from (certain traits set apart them apart from the others) … Combinatory dictionary
set-apart — adjective being or feeling set or kept apart from others (Freq. 1) she felt detached from the group could not remain the isolated figure he had been Sherwood Anderson thought of herself as alone and separated from the others had a set apart… … Useful english dictionary
set apart — 1) the orchestral background sets this song apart from the rest Syn: distinguish, differentiate, mark out, single out, separate, demarcate 2) one pew was set apart from the rest Syn: isolate, separate, segregate, put to one side … Thesaurus of popular words
set apart — To divide for a purpose, sometimes for identification, as in setting apart a homestead. Under a divorce statute authorizing the court to decree that the separate property of the husband be set apart for the support and maintenance of the wife,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
set apart as different — index differentiate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
set apart for special use — index dedicate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
set apart — set (someone/something) apart (from (someone/something)) to show someone or something to be different or special. Those selected as leaders of the future have qualities that set them apart. He s the one in the big white hat and bow tie, which… … New idioms dictionary
