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Definition of Setting

1. Noun. The context and environment in which something is set. "The perfect setting for a ghost story"

2. Noun. The state of the environment in which a situation exists. "You can't do that in a university setting"

3. Noun. Arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted.

4. Noun. The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event. "The historical context"

5. Noun. The physical position of something. "He changed the setting on the thermostat"

6. Noun. A table service for one person. "A place setting of sterling flatware"

7. Noun. A mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place. "The diamond was in a plain gold mount"

Definition of Setting

1. n. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.

Definition of Setting

1. Verb. (present participle of set) ¹

2. Noun. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario. ¹

3. Noun. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry. ¹

4. Noun. A standard level or placement that a knob or control is placed at, for example, the volume setting on a television. ¹

5. Adjective. that disappears below the horizon ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Setting

1. the scenery used in a dramatic production [n -S]

Medical Definition of Setting

1. Hardening, as of amalgam. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Setting

sets up setscrew setscrews sett settee settees setter settered settering setterlike

setters setterwort setterworts settest setteth setting (current term) setting about setting apart setting aside setting back

setting expansion setting fire setting foot setting forth setting hen setting in setting off setting on fire setting out setting sail

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