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setout

setout noun: an outset.

Noun

setout (plural setouts)

  1. an outset
  2. (colloquial, dated) a display or spread
    • ‘You don’t hate Sissy, Tom?’
      ‘I hate to be obliged to call her Jupe. And she hates me,’ said Tom, moodily.
      ‘No, she does not, Tom, I am sure!’
      ‘She must,’ said Tom. ‘She must just hate and detest the whole set-out of us.1854, Charles Dickens, “chapter 8”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC

Forms of setout

pluralsetouts

Origin of setout

From set + out.

Questions about setout

What does setout mean?
Setout means an outset.
What part of speech is setout?
Setout is a noun.
What is the plural of setout?
The plural of setout is setouts.

Words near setout in the dictionary

  1. setose
  2. setosely
  3. setosity
  4. Setouchi
  5. setous
  6. setout
  7. setouts
  8. setover
  9. setovers
  10. setpiece
  11. setpieces

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