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Reps vs. Sets — What's the Difference?

Reps vs. Sets — What's the Difference?

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Reps

Reps is a small town in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Mirditë.

Sets

To put in a specified position or arrangement; place
Set a book on a table.
Set the photo next to the flowers.

Reps

A ribbed or corded fabric of various materials, such as cotton, wool, or silk.

Sets

To put into a specified state
Set the prisoner at liberty.
Set the house ablaze.
Set the machine in motion.

Reps

A representative.
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Sets

To cause to begin an action
The noise set the dog to barking.

Reps

A unit of absorbed radiation dose, equal to the amount of ionizing radiation that will transfer 93 ergs of energy to 1 gram of water or living tissue.

Sets

To cause or assign (someone) to undertake an action or perform a service
The sergeant set the recruit to sweeping the barracks.

Reps

A repertory company.

Sets

To incite to hostile feeling or action
A dispute that set the neighbors against each other.

Reps

A repertory theater.

Sets

To position (oneself) so as to be ready to do something, such as start running a race.

Reps

Reputation
"Modern British royalty began with Queen Victoria, who still has a bad rep for being stodgy, straitlaced and—well, Victorian" (Anthony Holden).

Sets

To position or secure so as to be fixed or immobile
Set the fence post in cement.

Reps

A repetition of a particular movement or action, as in weightlifting.

Sets

To put in a mounting; mount
Set an emerald in a pendant.

Reps

Rep.

Sets

To apply jewels to; stud
The tiara was set with diamonds.

Reps

Plural of rep

Sets

To cause (a hook) to become fixed in a fish's mouth.

Sets

To arrange for the consumption of a meal
Set the table.
Set a place at table.

Sets

To adjust (an instrument or device) to a specific point or calibration
Set the alarm for 7:00.

Sets

To prepare (a trap) for catching prey.

Sets

To adjust (a saw) by deflecting the teeth.

Sets

(Nautical)To spread open to the wind
Set the sails.

Sets

To arrange scenery on (a theater stage).

Sets

To restore to a proper and normal state when dislocated or broken
Set a broken arm.

Sets

To apply equipment, such as curlers and clips, to (hair) in order to style.

Sets

To concentrate or direct (one's mind or attention, for example) on a purpose or goal.

Sets

To direct or focus (one's desires or hopes, for example) on a certain thing.

Sets

(Sports)To pass (a volleyball), usually with the fingertips, in an arc close to the net so that a teammate can drive it over the net.

Sets

To arrange (type) into words and sentences preparatory to printing; compose.

Sets

To transpose (text, for example) into type.

Sets

To compose (music) to fit a given text.

Sets

To write (words) to fit a given melodic line.

Sets

To declare or demonstrate (a precedent or standard, for instance).

Sets

To provide or establish as a model
A parent must set a good example for the children.

Sets

To establish as the highest level of performance
Set a swimming record.

Sets

To arrange or establish (a computer password, for example) to allow future action.

Sets

To prescribe as a time for
Set the meeting for Friday afternoon.

Sets

To prescribe the unfolding of (a drama or narrative, for instance) in a specific place
A play that is set in Venice.

Sets

To value or regard something at the rate of
She sets a great deal by good nutrition.

Sets

To fix at a given amount
The judge set bail for the defendant at $50,000.

Sets

To make as an estimate of worth
We set a high value on human life.

Sets

To cause to sit
Set yourself over by the fire.

Sets

To put (a hen) on eggs for the purpose of hatching them.

Sets

To point to the location of (game) by holding a fixed body position. Used of a hunting dog.

Sets

(Botany)To produce, as after pollination
Set seed.

Sets

To disappear below the horizon
The sun set at seven that evening.

Sets

To diminish or decline; wane
When the glory of the empire set.

Sets

To sit on eggs. Used of fowl.

Sets

To become fixed; harden
Allowed the aspic to set.

Sets

To become permanent. Used of dye.

Sets

To become whole; knit. Used of a broken bone.

Sets

To point to the location of game by holding a fixed body position. Used of a hunting dog.

Sets

(Botany)To mature or develop, as after pollination.

Sets

(Nonstandard)To sit
"If Emmett drives, I could set up front" (Bobbie Ann Mason).

Sets

To position oneself preparatory to an action, such as running a race.

Sets

Fixed or established by agreement
A set time for the launching.

Sets

Established by convention
Followed set procedures for filing a grievance.

Sets

Established deliberately; intentional
Our set purpose is to win the conflict.

Sets

Fixed and rigid
"His bearded face already has a set, hollow look" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).

Sets

Unwilling or very reluctant to change
He is set in his ways.

Sets

Intent and determined
"He is dead set against rushing abroad to build a plant" (Fortune).

Sets

Ready; prepared
We are set to leave early tomorrow morning.

Sets

The act or process of setting.

Sets

The condition resulting from setting.

Sets

The manner in which something is positioned
The set of her cap.

Sets

A permanent firming or hardening of a substance, as by cooling.

Sets

The deflection of the teeth of a saw.

Sets

The carriage or bearing of a part of the body.

Sets

A particular psychological state, usually that of anticipation or preparedness
"The mental set of an audience is crucial to his performance" (Psychology Today).

Sets

A descent below the horizon.

Sets

The direction or course of wind or water.

Sets

A seedling, slip, or cutting that is ready for planting.

Sets

The act of arranging hair by waving and curling it.

Sets

(Sports)The act of setting a volleyball for a teammate.

Sets

In Texas hold'em, a hand in which a player has two cards of the same rank and another card of that rank is among the community cards.

Sets

A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
A chess set.

Sets

A group of persons sharing a common interest
The high-school set.

Sets

A group of books or periodicals published as a unit.

Sets

A number of couples required for participation in a square dance.

Sets

The movements constituting a square dance.

Sets

The scenery constructed for a theatrical performance.

Sets

The entire enclosure in which a movie is filmed; the sound stage.

Sets

A session of music, typically dance music, played before an intermission.

Sets

The music so played.

Sets

The collective receiving apparatus assembled to operate a radio or television.

Sets

(Mathematics) A collection of distinct elements having specific common properties
A set of positive integers.

Sets

A group of games constituting one division or unit of a match, as in tennis.

Sets

An offensive formation in football or basketball.

Sets

Plural of set

Sets

(informal) Set theory.

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