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View synonyms for set out

set out

verb

  1. to present, arrange, or display

    he set the flowers out in the vase

  2. to give a full account of; explain exactly

    he set out the matter in full

  3. to plan or lay out (a garden, etc)
  4. intr to begin or embark on an undertaking, esp a journey
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The University of South Wales said 90 academic jobs could go after previously setting out plans to cut 160 professional services posts.

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Details of how to do this are set out in the letters that have been sent to those affected.

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Creasy's amendment would compel the government to review paternity and parental partner leave and set out a timeline for implementing any recommendations.

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The public consultation on the plans had set out the proposals and Conservative ministers, then in power, had welcomed the "fuller guidance".

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We did a few stretches to warm up and then set out to explore Los Angeles’ very first park — yes, Elysian opened 10 years before Griffith Park in 1886.

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