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set in

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. set in, kick inverb

    enter a particular state

    "Laziness set in"; "After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in"

  2. set inverb

    blow toward the shore

    "That gale could set in on us with the next high tide"

  3. set inverb

    become established

    "winter has set in"

Wiktionary

  1. set inverb

    To take root, become established.

ChatGPT

  1. set in

    In mathematics, a set is a collection of distinct objects, considered as an object in its own right. The term "set in" usually refers to an element or objects being a part of a particular set. For example, if we say "3 is set in the set of natural numbers", it means 3 is a part of the collection of natural numbers.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. set in

    Said when the sea-breeze or weather appears to be steady.

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Anagrams for set in »

  1. inset

  2. niste

  3. nites

  4. sient

  5. snite

  6. stein

  7. Stein

  8. tines

  9. tsine

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of set in in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of set in in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of set in in a Sentence

  1. Henk De Hoop:

    Retrenchments are very sensitive from the government perspective. You don't want to rock the boat by letting so many people lose their jobs before an important election, but behind the scenes, realism is expected to set in because you equally don't want to scare away investors.

  2. Pierre Lacey:

    He's going to walk a quarter mile from his house in a pair of shoes that's two sizes too small after he takes off his new pair of shoes - and this is a 17-year-old black kid with a brand new pair of Jordan's on. He's going to take those Jordan's off and just get rid of them and put on some shoes that's not his -- we don't know where he got them from, no laces in them -- and continue to walk down this dirt road late at night to swing set in the middle of the trailer park and hang himself, how can I believe that.

  3. Randy Arnold:

    At this point, our best chance for catching this bear will be culvert traps set in the area near the chicken coop where the bear killed and ate several chickens.

  4. Ralph Northam:

    That deadline is set in our code and it does not appear that I have the authority to change it.

  5. Wendy Gilbert:

    Immediate anger set in and it wasn't a good conversation, I can tell you that, no American citizen or anybody should have to ask permission to show their patriotism in this country.

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