set against
set
ˈsɛt
set
a
a
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gainst
gɛnst
genst
/sˈɛt ɐɡˈɛnst/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "set against"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to set against
[phrase form: set]
01

āĻāĻ•āϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āϜāύāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋, āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to become opposed or hostile toward a friend, relative, ally, etc.
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rumor was designed to set her friends against her, causing distrust and division.
āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϜāύ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to compare two or more things by considering them in relation to each other
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scenic beauty of the mountains is even more striking when set against the bustling city below.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āϏ⧌āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϝ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϚāĻŽāĻ•āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03

āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞāĻžāϭ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to balance one financial amount with another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tax deductions can be set against your total income to lower your taxable income.
āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻ›āĻžāϟ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‹āϟ āφāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āϏ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āφāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ