Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

set one's heart on

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: set one's -heart on
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To desire with intensity and commitment, to earnestly long for.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"With all the willful eagerness of a child she set her heart on that visit, and from morning till night she would talk with her little boys of the journey to what seemed to her the brightest, most sacred spot on earth, next to her present home."
"[H]e always found it hard to give up anything he had set his heart on, no matter how trivial."
"Roberts set his heart on a national basketball championship."
"Americans can do whatever they set their hearts on."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

sets one's heart on (present, singular) setting one's heart on (participle, present) have one's heart set on (alternative) have one's heart set upon (alternative) set one's heart upon (alternative)

Questions

What does set one's heart on mean?: To desire with intensity and commitment, to earnestly long for.

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