name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
setter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛt.ə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /ˈset.ə/
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General-American: /ˈsɛt.ɚ/
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General-American: [-ɾɚ]
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rhymes with -ɛtə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S EH1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A typesetter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Any query to the setter is required to be addressed as such (e.g., "Setter: Please check"); otherwise it will be treated as a query to the author.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compositor
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.
- The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally.
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She has a spaniel and a red setter.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, volleyball
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noun
Meaning 6
A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: object-oriented programming
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mutator
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
One who adapts words to music in composition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 10
A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 11
A shill bidder at an auction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang
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verb
Meaning 12
To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sporting dog, gun dog
Narrower terms: English setter, Irish setter, red setter, Gordon setter
noun
Meaning 14
one who sets written material into type
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compositor, typesetter, typographer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: printer, pressman
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti Proto-Germanic *satjaną Proto-West Germanic *sattjan Old English settan Middle English setten Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English settere English setter From Middle English settere, equivalent to set + -er. Compare West Frisian setter, Dutch zetter, German Low German Setter, German Setzer. The hunting dogs are so named because when they scent the game, they set (that is, strike a certain stance).
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: asettaja — one who sets something
- Finnish: asettelija — one who sets something
- German: Setzer — one who sets something
- German: Setzerin — one who sets something
- Turkish: dizgici — one who sets something
- Turkish: ihbarcı — one who sets something
- Bulgarian: сетер (seter) — breed of dog
- Chinese Mandarin: 雪達犬 /雪达犬 (xuědáquǎn) — breed of dog
- Chinese Mandarin: 賽特犬 /赛特犬 (sàitèquǎn) — breed of dog
- Chinese Mandarin: 塞特犬 (sāitèquǎn) — breed of dog
- Finnish: setteri — breed of dog
- French: setter — breed of dog
- German: Setter — breed of dog
- German: Vorstehhund — breed of dog
- German: Vorstehhündin — breed of dog
- Japanese: セッター (settā) — breed of dog
- Korean: 세터 (seteo) — breed of dog
- Lithuanian: seteris — breed of dog
- Polish: seter — breed of dog
- Russian: сеттер (setter) — breed of dog
- Scottish Gaelic: cù-eunaich — breed of dog
- Turkish: seter — breed of dog
- Welsh: adargi — breed of dog
- Bulgarian: разпределител (razpredelitel) — volleyball player
- Chinese Mandarin: 二傳 /二传 (èrchuán) — volleyball player
- Chinese Mandarin: 舉球員 /举球员 — volleyball player
- Czech: nahrávač — volleyball player
- Czech: nahrávačka — volleyball player
- Finnish: syöttäjä — volleyball player
- German: Steller — volleyball player
- German: Stellerin — volleyball player
- German: Passeur — volleyball player
- German: Zuspieler — volleyball player
- German: Zuspielerin — volleyball player
- Greek: πασαδόρος (pasadóros) — volleyball player
- Italian: palleggiatore — volleyball player
- Italian: palleggiatrice — volleyball player
- Japanese: セッター (settā) — volleyball player
- Korean: 세터 (seteo) — volleyball player
- Latvian: cēlājs — volleyball player
- Portuguese: levantador — volleyball player
- Romansh: giugader da pass — volleyball player
- Russian: пасующий (pasujuščij) — volleyball player
- Russian: связующий (svjazujuščij) — volleyball player
- Slovak: nahrávač — volleyball player
- Slovak: nahrávačka — volleyball player
- Swedish: passare — volleyball player
- Turkish: oyun kurucu — volleyball player
- French: mutateur — function to set data
- French: setter — function to set data
Real reading context