Set and Undertake

Set

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

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

Nearby Words: setup, setting

Undertake

Undertake verb - To take to or upon oneself.

Set and undertake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Set" instead a verb "Undertake".

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

series set series undertake series
way set way undertake way
task set task undertake task
game set game undertake game
Other words: plans.

Both words in one sentence

  • In the course of their journey, their original goal is set aside in light of a greater mission they must undertake.
  • Kornbluth's short story "The Mindworm" (about a psychic vampire), the main character walks in on an artist who has finally set aside the time to undertake his Magnum Opus and unceremoniously smashes the raw material he painstakingly acquired.
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