phrasal verb · neutral
set out
/sɛt ˈaʊt/SET·out
1) to begin a journey with an intention; 2) to present or explain something clearly and in detail
Examples
“They set out early in the morning to climb the mountain.”
“In the essay she set out her main arguments in the introduction.”
“He set out to prove that the theory was wrong.”
Band 8 sentence
“In her thesis she set out a clear methodology that subsequent researchers could replicate.”
Collocations
- set out to do sth / set out the reasons / set out a plan
Word family
Common mistakes
He set out climbing the mountain.→He set out to climb the mountain.
She set out her mind in the report.→She set out her main arguments in the report.
Say it for a higher band
5start→6begin→7+set out
Synonyms
begin
lay out
Easily confused
set out vs set off
“They set out to explore the coast and set off at dawn to avoid the heat.”
set out vs lay out
“In the proposal she laid out the schedule and set out the objectives clearly.”
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