set apart

Speech parts

1. set apart - Verb

2. set apart - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

select something or someone for a specific purpose

being or feeling set or kept apart from others

set apart from others

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

set-apart

Synonyms

separated appropriate isolated distinguish specify assign isolate dedicate discriminate sequester sequestrate keep apart mark cloister separate
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Antonyms

cleave company broke banned clip branched
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Hypernyms

take separate choose select divide part

Hyponyms

detail dedicate

Examples

There are many poor men and poor women: set apart some one constantly to remain there: let the poor man be though but as a guard to thy house: let him be to thee wall and fence, shield and spear. Where alms are, the devil dares not approach, nor any other evil thing. John Chrysostom

Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day Let other hours be set apart for business. To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk And this our queen shall be as drunk as we. Henry Fielding

The best way to support dreams and stretch is to set apart small ideas with big potential, then give people positive role models and the resources to turn small projects into big businesses. Jack Welch

He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength. Cormac McCarthy

The serious artist must be as open as nature. Nature does not give all of herself in a paragraph. She is rugged and not set apart into discreet categories. Ezra Pound

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things. Jarvis Cocker

Close letter words and terms

set an example set angle Set animal set aright set ashore set aside