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setting in

setting in is the present participle and gerund of set in.

Meaning of set in

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.

Questions about setting in

What is setting in the present participle and gerund of?
Setting in is the present participle and gerund of set in.

Words near setting in in the dictionary

  1. setting foot
  2. setting forth
  3. setting forward
  4. setting forwards
  5. setting free
  6. setting in
  7. setting in motion
  8. setting in stone
  9. setting in train
  10. setting light
  11. setting loose

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Adapted from Wiktionary: setting in (page history and authors); set in (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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