set forth

Questions about set forth

What does set forth mean?

set forth means "state". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for set forth?

Close synonyms include expound, exposit, depart, part, start. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is set forth a common word?

set forth is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.