setterwort
setterwort

setting


Definition: Meaning of, setting in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈsɛtɪŋ /

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setting settings
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  1. the place where something is or where something happens, and the general environment
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  2. the place or time where the events in a book, film etc happen
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  3. the position in which you put the controls on a machine or instrument
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  4. the metal that holds a stone in a piece of jewellery, or the way the stone is fixed
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  5. music that is written to go with a poem, prayer etc
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  6. the setting of the sun literary the time when the sun goes down
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setting used in phrases

  • jet-setting (adjective)
    1. informal of or like the jet set; flying from one fashionable location to another
  • place setting (noun)
    1. an arrangement on a table of knives, forks, glasses etc to be used by one person
  • setting hen (noun)
    1. a domestic hen ready to brood
  • sight setting (noun)
    1. the adjustment of a gunsight for elevation and windage on a particular range under favourable light conditions
  • stage setting (noun)
    1. arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
  • trend setting (noun)
    1. the initiating or popularizing of a trend or fashion
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