Wordie: Set: Comments

Comment by gangerh, 2 months ago

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:41:46 +0000

An environment used for filming.

Comment by jennarenn, 11 months ago

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:37:16 +0000

Zoiks! We're witnessing history in the making.

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:22:36 +0000

News Flash from the OED website:

"Set (the verb) no longer the longest entry in the OED
For many years the verb to set has been cited as the longest entry in the OED. But a recheck shows that it has at last been toppled from this position. The longest entry in the revised matter is represented by the verb to make (published in June 2000). However, it is quite possible that set will regain its long-held position at the top of the league of long words when it comes itself to be revised.

In ranking order, the longest entries currently in the online Third Edition of the OED are: make (verb - revised), set (verb), run (verb), take (verb), go (verb), pre- (revised), non- (revised), over- (revised), stand (verb), red, and then point (the noun - revised)."

Comment by yarb, 11 months ago

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:36:22 +0000

It's fun to compare the OED definition with the weirdnet one.

Comment by whichbe, about 1 year ago

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:30:43 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(mythology)

Comment by andrew.simone, about 1 year ago

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:26:55 +0000

it really is nice to know there are more people like me in the world.

Comment by sarra, about 1 year ago

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:25:28 +0000

If it helps, I read the fact somewhere when I was quite small and started looking up the length of the "set" entry in rather a lot of dictionaries afterward :)

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:24:19 +0000

Thanx to sarra. BTW, I found where I read it: The Meaning of Everything: the story of the OED by Simon Winchester. Great book, highly recommended...

Comment by andrew.simone, about 1 year ago

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:11:23 +0000

shoot. wikipedia, that made it easy. I was simply going to look at my OED when I got home.

Comment by sarra, about 1 year ago

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:07:25 +0000

The word set has a multitude of definitions in the English language (464 separate definitions according to the Oxford English Dictionary, making it the word with the highest number of definitions; its full definition contains over 10,000 words making it the longest definition in the OED).Wikipedia

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:20:23 +0000

Could be; I still haven't found where I read or heard it. Eventually somebody will know...

Comment by nkocharh, about 1 year ago

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:16:17 +0000

Wasn't it "run" which had the greatest number of definitions?

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:52:32 +0000

Not completely sure about this yet, but I believe "set" has the longest definition in the OED (greatest number of pages).