set aside

See also: setaside and set-aside

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɛt.əˈsaɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

set aside (third-person singular simple present sets aside, present participle setting aside, simple past and past participle set aside)

1. (transitive) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.

   Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.

2. (transitive) To leave out of account; to omit or neglect.
   • 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious; republished as “Sermon I”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, London: B. Aylmer, 1696, page 31:

     […] therefore setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavour to know the truth, and yield to that.

   • 1960 May, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 305:

     In 1883, the contract came up for renewal, the L.N.W.R. received it, and the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company was set aside. But there was a certain miasma of secrecy about the affair, so that many, especially in Ireland, looked for information and insisted on getting it.

3. (transitive) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
4. (transitive) To declare something invalid or null and void.
   • 2024, David Golinkin, “Are Thee Ways Of Hidinng A Mezuzah In Times Of Danger?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 213:

     As is well-known, pikuaḥ nefesh [saving a life], sets aside all the commandments in the Torah except for idol worship, forbidden sexual relationships and murder.

Synonyms

• (reserve something for a specific purpose): allocate, earmark, shelve; see also Thesaurus:set apart
• (omit or neglect): put aside
• (disagree with something): decline, refuse, turn down
• (declare something invalid): annul, invalidate, rescind

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “omit or neglect”): raise, beg (as in beg the question) (of a question)

Derived terms

• set-aside (noun)
• setaside (noun)

Translations

separate and reserve for a specific purpose

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: varata (fi)
• French: mettre de côté (fr), réserver (fr)
• Italian: accantonare (it), riservare (it), mettere da parte, mettere via, fare scorta
• Māori: tāpui
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilsidesette

• Portuguese: separar (pt)
• Spanish: provisionar

to omit or neglect — see put aside

disagree with something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kieltäytyä (fi), tyrmätä (fi), hylätä (fi)
• French: laisser de côté (fr), écarter (fr)

declare something invalid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撤銷 / 撤销 (zh) (chèxiāo), 宣布……無效 / 宣布……无效 (xuānbù... wúxiào)

• Finnish: kumota (fi), mitätöidä (fi)
• Gallurese: accagnà
• Irish: cuir ar ceal
• Italian: accantonare (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilsidesette

• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: arrenconài

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} wegzetten (nl)

Anagrams

• east side, eastside, seatside, siestaed, steadies