Set apart: to keep or intend for a special purpose. Synonyms: allocate, consecrate, dedicate… Find the right word.

set apart 1. To reserve something for a specific use: The villagers set apart two goats for the sacrifice. 2. To make someone or something noticeable: Your spontaneity sets you apart from the other actors.

Switch to new thesaurus. Adj. 1. 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". separated, detached, isolated.

1 of 3 verb ˈset set; setting transitive verb 1 : to cause to sit : place in or on a seat 2 a : to put (a fowl) on eggs to hatch them b : to put (eggs) for hatching under a fowl or into an incubator 3 : to place (oneself) in position to start running in a race 4 a : to place with care or deliberate purpose and with relative stability

set apart. See synonyms for set apart on Thesaurus.com. 1. Reserve for a specific use, as in One group of tissue samples was set apart for incubation. [c. 1600] 2. Make noticeable, as in Certain traits set her apart from her peers. [Late 1400s]

set something apart from (something else) 1. to move something so it is away from something else. Set the old ones apart from the others so we can sell them first. The stale loaves were set apart from the fresh ones. 2. to make something stand out when compared to something else. The bright green really sets this plant apart from the others.

Set-apart Definition. To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose. To distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something). Used other than as an …

set apart 1. To separate and reserve for a special purpose. 2. To discard or reject. 3. To declare invalid; annul or overrule: The court has set aside the conviction.

to reserve for a particular purpose. b. to cause to be noticed; distinguish. Her bright red hair sets her apart from her sisters. See full dictionary entry for set. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

DEFINITIONS 2. 1. (set someone/something apart) to make someone or something different and special. set someone apart from someone/something: Graf’s natural athleticism set her apart from other tennis players. Synonyms and related words. -. To be a feature or example of something. feature.