set down — I verb book, calender, chronicle, commit to writing, docket, enter, jot down, line up, list, note, place, plan, post, program, put on record, record, register, schedule, slate associated concepts: set down for trial II index alight, avow,… … Law dictionary
set down — (something) to write or print something. He set down his memories of his trip to Italy as a child. When you get a chance, set your ideas down on paper. Related vocabulary: lay down something … New idioms dictionary
set down — ► set down record in writing or as an authoritative rule or principle. Main Entry: ↑set … English terms dictionary
set down to — index attribute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
set down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms set down : present tense I/you/we/they set down he/she/it sets down present participle setting down past tense set down past participle set down 1) to write something on a piece of paper so that it will not be … English dictionary
set down — {v.} 1. To write; record. * /He set down all his important thoughts in his dairy./ * /At the beginning of his letter Dan set down the date./ Syn.: PUT DOWN. 2. To stop a bus or other vehicle and let (someone) get off. * /The bus driver set her… … Dictionary of American idioms
set down — {v.} 1. To write; record. * /He set down all his important thoughts in his dairy./ * /At the beginning of his letter Dan set down the date./ Syn.: PUT DOWN. 2. To stop a bus or other vehicle and let (someone) get off. * /The bus driver set her… … Dictionary of American idioms
set down — 1) he set down his thoughts Syn: write down, put in writing, jot down, note down, make a note of; record, register, log 2) we set down some rules Syn: formulate, draw up, establish, frame; … Thesaurus of popular words
set down — Synonyms and related words: abase, abash, account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, admonish, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, apply to, argue, ascribe to, assert, assever, asseverate, assign to, attach to, attribute to, aver,… … Moby Thesaurus
set down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If a committee or organization sets down rules for doing something, it decides what they should be and officially records them. [V P n (not pron)] The Dublin Convention of June 1990 sets down rules for deciding which EC country… … English dictionary
