Adjective set apart has 1 sense
- detached, isolated, separated, set-apart - being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"
Antonym: joint (indirect, via separate)
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Verb set apart has 2 senses
- assign, specify, set apart - select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
--1 is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
--2 is one way to separate, disunite, divide, part
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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