Knowing and Set

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Knowing adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.

Usage example: after giving knowing offense to people of Italian ancestry, he gave the lame excuse that it had all been a joke

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Set and knowing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead an adjective "Knowing".

Nearby Words: know, known, knowingly

Set adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.

Usage example: it was not my set purpose to cause trouble for anyone

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Knowing and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knowing" instead an adjective "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

But the baby is saved, and he not knowing his parents (nor they knowing him) is, of course, the set-up that makes the prophecy actually come true.

Source: Theatre / Oedipus the King
Flaming Emblem: Matt apparently drew his famous "DD" emblem in gasoline and let it set at a crime scene, knowing that someone would flick a cigarette on the ground and set it off.

Source: Film / Daredevil
The plot of Gone Girl sounds a bit boringly familiar without knowing the reveal that Amy Dunne has set the whole thing up.

Source: Walking Spoiler

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