BE set to INFINITIVE – English Grammar Profiler

‘set to’ just means: be ready or prepared to do something.  

C1 English Grammar Profile point 209 in MODALITY  is defined as:

‘BE SET TO’ – strong assertion about the future, especially in institutional contexts

An iWeb search for:

_VB set to _VVI

1 IS SET TO TAKE 4027 2 IS SET TO BEGIN 3858 3 IS SET TO OPEN 3608 4 IS SET TO BECOME 3532 5 IS SET TO RELEASE 3211 6 IS SET TO MAKE 2739 7 IS SET TO LAUNCH 2419 8 IS SET TO CONTINUE 2061 9 IS SET TO RETURN 2046 10 IS SET TO GO 1857 11 IS SET TO START 1765 12 IS SET TO EXPIRE 1646 13 IS SET TO PLAY 1455 14 IS SET TO HIT 1438

15 ARE SET TO TAKE

1228

These young American missionaries are set to take on the best in the world.

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16 IS SET TO GROW 1159 17 IS SET TO INCREASE 1148 18 IS SET TO RUN 1141 19 ARE SET TO GO 1047 20 IS SET TO ZERO 1046 21 IS SET TO GET 1028 22 IS SET TO PREMIERE 985 23 IS SET TO APPEAR 968 24 IS SET TO CHANGE 961 25 IS SET TO RECEIVE 956 26 IS SET TO RISE 939 27 IS SET TO COME 916 28 IS SET TO HOST 914 29 IS SET TO JOIN 841 30 ARE SET TO BEGIN 798 31 ARE SET TO RELEASE 761 32 WAS SET TO BEGIN 752 33 WAS SET TO EXPIRE 752 34 IS SET TO STAR 725 35 IS SET TO BRING 724 36 IS SET TO USE 710 37 ARE SET TO MAKE 708 38 IS SET TO CLOSE 706 39 BE SET TO ZERO 669 40 IS SET TO FEATURE 630 41 IS SET TO ARRIVE 628 42 ARE SET TO PLAY 612 43 ARE SET TO OPEN 593 44 WAS SET TO TAKE 580 45 IS SET TO LEAVE 561 46 IS SET TO DROP 560 47 ARE SET TO BECOME 546 48 WAS SET TO GO 541 49 IS SET TO ANNOUNCE 540 50 ARE SET TO EXPIRE 538 51 IS SET TO KICK 525 52 IS SET TO EXPAND 521 53 IS SET TO DELIVER 509 54 IS SET TO PERFORM 503 55 IS SET TO FACE 501 56 ARE SET TO RETURN 500 57 IS SET TO SEE 473 58 ARE SET TO RISE 464 59 IS SET TO MEET 451 60 ARE SET TO INCREASE 438 61 IS SET TO END 423 62 ARE SET TO RECEIVE 421

63 IS SET TO MISS 421

64 IS SET TO MOVE

409

Between now and 2050,

when the global population is set to move from today’s 7.6 billion to tomorrow’s 9.8 billion people,

hundreds of millions of people will experience security, health and safety issues.

65 ARE SET TO GET 405 66 IS SET TO INCLUDE 401 67 ARE SET TO BENEFIT 396 68 ARE SET TO CONTINUE 394 69 IS SET TO REACH 392 70 ARE SET TO START 377 71 ARE SET TO MEET 373 72 IS SET TO SHOW 371 73 ARE SET TO LAUNCH 368 74 ARE SET TO FACE 367 75 ARE SET TO ZERO 349 76 IS SET TO GIVE 348 77 BE SET TO RUN 347 78 IS SET TO RETIRE 347 79 IS SET TO REMAIN 345 80 IS SET TO REPLACE 343 81 IS SET TO PROVIDE 339 82 BE SET TO USE 338 83 IS SET TO ALLOW 328 84 IS SET TO UNVEIL 328 85 WAS SET TO START 321 86 IS SET TO UNDERGO 320 87 IS SET TO HOLD 319 88 ARE SET TO APPEAR 311 89 WAS SET TO MAKE 310 90 IS SET TO INTRODUCE 304 91 IS SET TO CREATE 302 92 IS SET TO DOUBLE 299 93 IS SET TO DIRECT 296 94 IS SET TO FOLLOW 294 95 BE SET TO GO 293 96 ARE SET TO COME 293 97 IS SET TO COMPETE 293 98 ARE SET TO HIT 290 99 IS SET TO ENTER 289

100 BE SET TO ALLOW 286

B2 vocabulary:

expand, feature, host, launch, release