Synonyms for set apart
set apart

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1. set apartverb

   Synonyms:
   appropriate, dedicate

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1. set apart

   Allot, originally to assign by lot, applies to the giving of a definite thing to a certain person. A portion or extent of time is allotted; as, I expect to live out my allotted time. A definite period is appointed; as, the audience assembled at the appointed hour. Allot may also refer to space; as, to allot a plot of ground for a cemetery; but we now oftener use select, set apart, or assign. Allot is not now used of persons. Appoint may be used of time, space, or person; as, the appointed day; the appointed place; an officer was appointed to this station. Destine may also refer to time, place, or person, but it always has reference to what is considerably in the future; a man appoints to meet his friend in five minutes; he destines his son to follow his own profession. Assign is rarely used of time, but rather of places, persons, or things. We assign a work to be done and assign a man to do it, who, if he fails, must assign a reason for not doing it. That which is allotted, appointed, or assigned is more or less arbitrary; that which is awarded is the due requital of something the receiver has done, and he has right and claim to it; as, the medal was awarded for valor. Compare APPORTION.

   Synonyms:
   allot, appoint, apportion, assign, award, destine, distribute, divide, give, grant, mete out, portion out, select

   Antonyms:
   appropriate, confiscate, deny, refuse, resume, retain, seize, withhold

   Preposition:
   Allot to a company for a purpose.

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1. detached, isolated, separated, set-apartverb

   being or feeling set or kept apart from others

   "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"

   Synonyms:
   degage, uninvolved, detached, separated, apart(p), uncaring, stranded, stray, marooned, set-apart, free, dislocated, quarantined, spaced, disjointed, obscure, disjunct, isolated, unaffectionate

   Antonyms:
   joint

2. assign, specify, set apartverb

   select something or someone for a specific purpose

   "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"

   Synonyms:
   sequester, particularise, qualify, narrow, put, portion, fix, allot, delineate, pin down, determine, particularize, assign, define, specify, ascribe, intend, sequestrate, arrogate, nail down, delegate, destine, designate, specialize, depute, delimit, specialise, attribute, impute, delimitate, keep apart, stipulate, limit, set, condition, peg down, isolate, narrow down

   Antonyms:
   joint

3. sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolateverb

   set apart from others

   "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

   Synonyms:
   seize, keep apart, assign, confiscate, isolate, impound, seclude, sequester, withdraw, insulate, specify, sequestrate, attach

   Antonyms:
   joint

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1. • Select
   • Separate

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1. set apart

   Synonyms:
   reserve (for a particular use), appropriate, dedicate, consecrate, devote, set aside

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1. John Greenleaf Whittier:

   The dreariest spot in all the land to Death they set apart; with scanty grace from Nature's hand, and none from that of Art.