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Meanings of set about in English

Portuguese
começar
Catalan
començar
Spanish
empezar

Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.

    começar
    Portuguese
    começar
    Spanish
    emprender

    To begin to deal with, e.g., a task, a problem, etc.

          começar
          Portuguese
          empreender
          Spanish
          emprender

          Enter upon an activity or enterprise.

                empreender
                Usage of set about in English
                1
                I set about the serious work of getting together a football team.
                The new yorker
                2
                Isobel batted that thought away and set about solving more immediate problems.
                The power of the legendary greek
                3
                They would contain answers to questions he'd set about the Middle Ages.
                Lucky Jim
                4
                The market hailed the better-than-expected results and analysts set about upgrading them.
                The Irish Times
                5
                Do any of these TDs actually set about framing a proposed amendment?
                The Irish Times
                6
                She came back completely Americanized & set about Americanizing her Japanese family.
                The new yorker
                7
                In 1802 Pierre-Simon Laplace set about to estimate the population of France.
                The Guardian
                8
                Armed with this information, Eileen Goold set about addressing the gender imbalance.
                The Irish Times
                9
                So we set about applying everything we learned up to that point.
                Wired
                10
                The ceremonies over, all the rites observed, I set about taking power.
                The Memoirs of Cleopatra
                11
                Dowling set about transforming both properties from offices back into family homes.
                The Irish Times
                12
                The Catholic Church at once set about establishing missions at various pueblos.
                The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
                13
                And that's certainly who I was before I set about this project.
                The new yorker
                14
                Ando released the young cop and straightaway set about locating Asakawa's parents.
                Spiral
                15
                And yesterday they set about working to strangle our renewed revolutionary vigour.
                The Guardian
                16
                So he set about constructing a steam engine to power the drill.
                Land of marvels
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                Translations for set about
                Set about through the time
                Set about across language varieties
                United Kingdom
                Common
                Ireland
                Less common
                United States of America
                Less common