Set and Tribe

Set

Set noun - A group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially.

Usage example: they rarely associate with anyone outside their social set

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Tribe and set are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tribe" instead a noun "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

Tribe noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

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Set and tribe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Set" instead a noun "Tribe".

Nearby Words: tribal, tribesman, tribalism

old	old set	old tribe
long	long set	long tribe
particular	particular set	particular tribe
specific	specific set	specific tribe
Other adjectives: complete, certain, original, single, small, powerful, actual, entire, great, evil, main, new, strange, different.

He killed the previous immortal ruler of a South American tribe and set himself up as "the decapitator".

Source: God Emperor
It turns out the "curse" was in fact set up by a tribe of Druids as a Secret Test of Character for the McDucks.

Source: Western Animation / DuckTales
One of the stories set before the Original Quest mentions that the tribe's Healer tried, and was in one case successful, to break that limitation, because there were worries the tribe was too small.

Source: Immortal Procreation Clause

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