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🌈The most common four buckets meaning for "Set"
1️⃣to put, lay or stand sth in a specific position.
Ex: Dina set the mug of tea down.
Ex: The movie wa set in Paris.( sth's happened at specific time.)
Ex: Her bracelet was set with enwrought.
2️⃣to put or bring into a specifise state.
Ex: The hostages were set free.
Ex: The argument set me thinking.(to call someone to start doing something)
👏👏👏got me thinking, it made me think are more common than "set me thinking"
Ex: The judge's decision sets a president for future cases.(to establish sth as an example for others to follow or try to achieve)
Ex: Her time in a race set a national record.
Ex: They set a date for their wedding at the end of Feb.
Ex: The union has set a limit on the size of temporary work force.(a price, value or a limit on sth)

4  harden into a solid state
cook for 30 minutes until the cake has fully set
put parts of a body, a bone or a limb into the correct position for healing.
the doctor lined up the bones and set the arm, it's there, moving it into the correct state。

referencing facial expressions right to assume a fixed or rigid expression 
 his face seemed set in a permanent scowl

The clock was just dropped off. They said it stopped ticking last month.
 Perfect! Set it on the workbench please!
 I looks like the gears are misaligned. I'll try to set it. 
We may need to glue the we may need to glue the reset cog after it sets the clock will hold time steady. 
I think this is the 10th clock we fixed today. We may have set a record.

12:20 3 adjusting something, maybe a clock or a watch to show the right time
 I need to set my watch to local time as soon as the plane lands.

Don't set the volume of your ringer too high.

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