Noun set off has 1 sense
- set-back, setoff, offset - structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
--1 is a kind of structure, construction
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Verb set off has 7 senses
- trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off - put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
--1 is one way to initiate, pioneer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off - leave; "The family took off for Florida"
--2 is one way to leave, go forth, go away
Sample sentence:
The children set off to the playground
- bring out, set off - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"
--3 is one way to stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- explode, detonate, blow up, set off - cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
--4 is one way to change integrity
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- cancel, offset, set off - make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
--5 is one way to balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- set off - set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start"
--6 is one way to begin, lead off, start, commence
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- incite, instigate, set off, stir up - provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
--7 is one way to provoke, stimulate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
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