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Setting
//ˈsɛtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
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Adjective
- 1 That disappears below the horizon.
"the setting sun"
Noun
- 1 The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
- 2 arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted wordnet
- 3 The act of setting (various senses).
"the setting of the sun"
- 4 a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place wordnet
- 5 A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
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- 6 a table service for one person wordnet
- 7 A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.
"the volume setting on a television"
- 8 the context and environment in which something is set wordnet
- 9 The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
- 10 the physical position of something wordnet
- 11 Hunting with a setter.
- 12 the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event wordnet
- 13 Something set in, or inserted.
"Thou shalt set in it settings of stones."
- 14 the state of the environment in which a situation exists wordnet
- 15 A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
"Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem"
- 16 The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
- 17 The direction of a current of wind.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of set form-of, gerund, participle, present
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