set aside

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set aside

/sɛt.əˈsaɪd/ UK

Rhymes with -aɪd

verb sets aside · setting aside · set aside

transitive To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose. Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.
Similar: allocate
transitive To leave out of account; to omit or neglect. […] therefore setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavour to know the truth, and yield to that.
Similar: put aside
transitive To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
Similar: decline, refuse, turn down
transitive To declare something invalid or null and void. 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.
Similar: earmark, shelve, annul, invalidate, rescind

Opposite: raise, beg

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verb

Opposite: raise, beg

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verb separate and reserve for a specific purpose

Español	provisionar
Português	separar
Français	mettre de côté, réserver
Italiano	accantonare, riservare, mettere da parte, mettere via, fare scorta

verb disagree with something

Français	laisser de côté, écarter

verb declare something invalid

中文	撤銷 /撤销 chèxiāo, 宣布……無效 /宣布……无效 xuānbù... wúxiào
Italiano	accantonare

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@misc{set_aside_2026,
  title = {set aside},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/set%20aside},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}