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set in

set in verb: to take root, become established.

Verb

set in (third-person singular simple present sets in, present participle setting in, simple past and past participle set in)

  1. To take root, become established.
    • That was the point at which the rot set in.
    • [...] but rain set in, driven by a furious westerly gale, [...].1941 November, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 484

set in meaning in Hindi and Kannada

set in in Hindi

to set in, begin, come on
आना ānā

set in in Kannada

ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಗು, ತಲೆದೋರು, ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗು

Forms of set in

third-person singular presentsets in
present participlesetting in
past participleset in
pastset in

Questions about set in

What does set in mean?
Set in means to take root, become established.
What is set in in Hindi?
Set in in Hindi is आना (ānā). See Set in meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is set in?
Set in is a verb.
What is the past tense of set in?
The past tense of set in is set in.

Words near set in in the dictionary

  1. set forward
  2. set forwards
  3. set free
  4. set function
  5. set functions
  6. set in
  7. set in motion
  8. set in one's ways
  9. set in stone
  10. set in train
  11. set light

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Adapted from Wiktionary: set in (page history and authors); आना (Hindi) (page history and authors); set in (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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