- Place in a lower position. 2. Put in writing; record. 3. Regard or consider someone as a certain type. 4. Assign to a cause; ascribe. 5. Land an aircraft.
Examples:
- Just set down all the facts as you remember them.
Origin: Late 1400s (sense 1); second half of 1500s (sense 2)
Synonyms: record, put down, write down