set aside

(eg. grace, solace, fire )

set aside Meaning of "set aside"

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Definition(s):

  1. (v) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
  2. (v) make inoperative or stop

Synonym(s)

allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve

Usage(s):

  1. Ample money is set aside to fund pensions, and it is invested prudently but not timidly.
  2. The normally dysfunctional Congolese government set aside a vast new nature reserve in Sankuru in central Congo.
  3. Then comes the afternoon that is set aside for atonement on the subject of marijuana.
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