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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. begin to deal with;
- Example: "approach a task"
- Example: "go about a difficult problem"
- Example: "approach a new project"
[syn: set about, go about, approach]

2. enter upon an activity or enterprise;
[syn: undertake, set about, attempt]

3. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;
- Example: "We began working at dawn"
- Example: "Who will start?"
- Example: "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"
- Example: "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"
- Example: "He began early in the day"
- Example: "Let's get down to work now"
[syn: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

set about
    v 1: begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a
         difficult problem"; "approach a new project" [syn: set
         about, go about, approach]
    2: enter upon an activity or enterprise [syn: undertake, set
       about, attempt]
    3: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We
       began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as
       soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive
       in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to
       work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out,
       start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end,
       terminate]