What does set an example mean?

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set an example

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.08 in modern English

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To behave in a way that other people should.

sets an example (present, singular) setting an example (participle, present)

make an example of

make an example of

What does set an example mean?: To behave in a way that other people should.

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