SET IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does set in mean? 

• SET IN (verb)
  The verb SET IN has 3 senses:

1. enter a particular state

2. blow toward the shore

3. become established

  Familiarity information: SET IN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SET IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enter a particular state

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

kick in; set in

Context example:

After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in

Hypernyms (to "set in" is one way to...):

begin; start (have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Blow toward the shore

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Context example:

That gale could set in on us with the next high tide

Hypernyms (to "set in" is one way to...):

blow (be blowing or storming)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become established

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

winter has set in

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

Twilight had set in by the time this was accomplished.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It was just after eleven, and the big room was fairly full, though the rush had not yet set in.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I gave him a lock of my hair set in a ring when he was at Longstaple last, and that was some comfort to him, he said, but not equal to a picture.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

A visitor to the comet would see the sun rise and set in as little as an hour.

(Hubble Takes Close-up Look at Disintegrating Comet, NASA)

For the year to date, the average global temperature was 1.75 degrees F above average, surpassing the heat record set in 2015 by 0.18 degrees.

(Last month tied as 3rd warmest October on record for the globe, NOAA)

In an instant a scene of the wildest animation had set in.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

January continues this pace, so rest up before the solar eclipse December 25/26, when everything will be set in motion.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It was in the latter days of September, and the equinoctial gales had set in with exceptional violence.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Here's a Romsey man for you!” cried a young bowman with a sprig of evergreen set in his helmet.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This was the highest for June in the 1880–2015 record, surpassing the previous record set in 2012 by 0.11°F (0.06°C).

(June 2015 was warmest June on record for the globe, NOAA)