setting out

verb

Definition of setting outnext
present participle of set out
as in describing
to give a representation or account of in words in his inaugural address, the president set out his vision for the nation over the next four years

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  1. describing
  2. depicting
  3. portraying
Verb
  • The Children's Museum of Indianapolis shared a video to Instagram on Thursday where an employee walks around the museum describing exhibits using niche Gen Z internet slang.
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Di Santo was describing the amount of work needed to gather information to use in carbon reporting, including the need to track the annual mileage of vehicles.
    Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of describing
Verb
  • On a gray day in February, the defendants went on trial in Manhattan, and the prosecution began by depicting Horowitz as a master of deception.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The other was off her most recent album, two decades later, depicting complicated love.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of depicting
Verb
  • Anti-Voodoo rhetoric stoked fears of Black people in New Orleans and other Southern cities, portraying the religions as evil instigators of slave rebellions.
    Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made by History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In the aftermath, the white planter class weaponized the religious aspects of the rebellion, portraying Black people as savage, predatory, and dangerous.
    Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made by History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of portraying
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