# sets

Pronunciation: say "SETS" /sɛts/

## Noun

1. Plural of set. — plural of set
   - Simple: Plural of set. Use this form when there is more than one set.
   - _The museum displays several tea sets from the eighteenth century._
   - _Tennis players win matches by taking the most sets._
3. An informal term for set theory, the branch of mathematics concerned with collections of distinct objects. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: An informal name for set theory, the math of collections of objects.
   - _He breezed through calculus but struggled with sets._
   - _The seminar paired sets with formal logic across the semester._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of set. — third-person singular simple present indicative of set
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of set. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _She sets high standards for everyone on the team._
   - _The jelly sets once it cools in the refrigerator._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sets (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).