Synonyms for set down
set down

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1. write down, set down, get down, put downverb

   put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

   Synonyms:
   unload, land, swallow, write down, repose, bring down, get off, get, cast down, debark, drop off, disgrace, destroy, lower, demoralise, commence, dismount, get down, place down, demoralize, write off, demean, record, lay, degrade, let down, expense, take down, start, put down, begin, drop, enter, discharge, start out, dispirit, depress, deject, dismay, light, set about, unhorse, set out, disembark

2. land, set downverb

   reach or come to rest

   "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, shore, unload, put down, disembark, discharge, down, drop, debark, shoot down, land, set ashore, drop off, get down, bring, place down, write down

3. set downverb

   put or settle into a position

   "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley"

   Synonyms:
   drop, place down, discharge, disembark, unload, get down, drop off, write down, land, debark, put down

4. set down, put down, place downverb

   cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place

   "set down your bags here"

   Synonyms:
   destroy, bring down, enter, get down, disgrace, record, put down, degrade, disembark, lay, discharge, debark, repose, drop, land, take down, demean, drop off, place down, unload, write down

5. disembark, debark, set downverb

   go ashore

   "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"

   Synonyms:
   drop, place down, discharge, unload, get down, drop off, disembark, write down, land, debark, put down

6. drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, dischargeverb

   leave or unload

   "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"

   Synonyms:
   fall back, drowse off, eject, strike down, fall behind, empty, unload, put down, exonerate, send away, drop down, deteriorate, cast, enter, offload, miss, drop away, spend, omit, throw away, nod off, exculpate, doze off, dangle, destroy, land, muster out, fire, throw off, get down, expend, overleap, unlade, lay, fall asleep, flatten, exhaust, cut down, dribble, place down, overlook, knock off, devolve, dispatch, leave out, demean, repose, go off, shed, complete, sink, shake off, bring down, pretermit, write down, acquit, free, disgrace, drop off, neglect, recede, fell, cast off, disembark, drift off, degenerate, throw, lose, release, dope off, dismiss, expel, assoil, degrade, drop, flake out, discharge, debark, fall away, record, clear, send packing, drip, swing, slip, take down

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1. • Arrive
   • Land
   • Place
   • Put
   • Write

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1. set down

   Synonyms:
   register, record, state, put in writing, chronicle, make a note of, jot down, take down, make a memorandum of

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1. The Guardian:

   He set down the water, called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.

2. Johann von Goethe:

   If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

3. Christian Yates:

   Traditionally people thought that cells didn't make it to the front of embryos to pigment the belly because they just weren't migrating fast enough, what we've been able to show through our studies is that actually, if anything, cells in piebald animals migrate faster but they're just not proliferating enough. They're not making enough daughter cells to colonize - or cover - the whole region of the skin that needs to be covered by the time the pigmentation pattern is set down.

4. Bertha Flowers:

   Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.

5. Simon Weedon:

   I think Hutchison is prepared to do a lot in England to get regulatory approval but the commission has set down a tough line with the Denmark decision.