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Set aside
To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
📖 Definitions of "Set aside"
verb
- 1
To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
"Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum."
- 2
To leave out of account; to omit or neglect.
- 3
To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
- 4
To declare something invalid or null and void.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Set aside"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| reservenoun | (transitive, ditransitive) To book in advance; to make a reservation for. |
| suspendverb | To halt something temporarily. |
| allowverb | (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to. |
| appropriateverb | Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous. |
| earmarkverb | (figurative) (finance) An act of designating certain funds to be used for a specific purpose; specifically (US, politics), a designation by the Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project. |
| put asideverb | (transitive) To save or keep (something) to be used at a later time. |
| set apartverb | To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose. |
| separate | Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). |
| hold outverb | (idiomatic, often with for) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.) |
| sequesternoun | sequestration; separation |
| saveverb | (transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty. |
| detachverb | (transitive) To take apart from; to take off. |
| lay awayverb | (UK, transitive) To reserve (an item for sale in a store) for future purchase. |
| skillnoun | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| lay asideverb | To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup. |
| spare | Extra. |
| recondnoun | (obsolete, transitive) To put away; to set apart. |
| removeverb | (transitive) To delete. |
| seposeverb | (obsolete, transitive) To set apart. |
| secernverb | (transitive) (by extension) To separate (something from other things) in the mind; to discriminate, to distinguish. |
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