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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
setting
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
default settings
▪ You can change the default settings to suit your needs.
idyllic setting/surroundings/scene etc
▪ If you want old-world tradition in an idyllic setting, this is the hotel for you.
intimate setting
▪ The collection has been moved from its intimate setting to the British Museum.
place setting
setting aside
▪ I’ve been setting aside a few pounds each week.
setting off fireworks
▪ Jeff and David were in the back yard setting off fireworks.
the rising/setting sun (=the sun as it appears/disappears)
▪ The fields were ablaze with light from the setting sun.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
appropriate
▪ Hardly an appropriate setting for Rock's Natural Warrior.
▪ The Foundation includes garden statuary among its interests and it is anxious to commission pieces that are specifically appropriate to their setting.
beautiful
▪ This is a comparatively short section, in a beautiful setting, of an original aqueduct 25 miles long.
▪ Or you may prefer one of our country-house hotels nearby, in beautiful settings and with recreational facilities.
▪ It was an attractive creeper-covered house in a beautiful setting.
▪ The talk is only of sun-drenched paradises and beautiful settings.
▪ Tavernas are very informal, simple quality, great fun, and often in the most beautiful settings.
▪ For they will be playing on a course designed by the great Jack Nicklaus in a stunningly beautiful setting.
▪ A mood of foreboding sets in, despite the beautiful settings.
▪ I confess that more than once I came near to tears, eyes as misted as the beautiful stage setting of Günther Schneider-Siemssen.
different
▪ None of them are completely satisfactory because of the problem of control of ability and opportunity in the different settings.
▪ Each stood out in different settings, creating a sense of inevitability about their eventual accession to the White House.
▪ But this becomes tedious if you use the different settings often.
▪ All gauges are carefully monitored with regular readings taken to establish the performance of the engine at different settings and temperatures.
▪ The 1,500W Professional Dryer with diffuser by Carmen has five different heat settings and two speed settings and costs £23.95.
▪ It has three different heat settings and costs £26.95.
▪ On these pages we show you two very different settings and ways to adapt them for your festivities at home.
historical
▪ The strongly evoked historical setting gives the story substance and originality.
▪ So too, is re-enactment in a historical setting.
▪ Not always easy to categorize, her books combine gothic and romantic suspense elements often with historical settings.
▪ The best are those that do not simply rely on a historical setting, but encourage historical skills, evaluation and understanding.
▪ Many of these novels also made use of historical settings and some incorporated religious themes.
idyllic
▪ If you want old-world tradition in an idyllic setting, this is the hotel for you.
▪ It is altogether a very charming, Idyllic setting.
▪ Indeed, it would seem almost sacrilegious to introduce anything unnatural into this idyllic setting.
institutional
▪ In terms of basic resources, the small staffed homes were very different to the institutional settings they replaced.
▪ In particular, these programs have been hesitant to reimburse the provider of nutrition services by independent practitioners outside standard institutional settings.
▪ When distressed, black people naturally resist accepting help in frightening institutional settings from people they do not trust.
▪ Recent studies also indicate that child abuse may occur twice as often in institutional settings as in families.
▪ Other research illustrates the kinds of cross-cultural communication problem which can arise in interviews and other institutional settings.
▪ Most of the large programs in existence at the present time tend to favor institutional settings.
▪ Distinct packages of skills and approaches to work, may, however, survive but perhaps in new institutional settings.
▪ He found that support mechanisms and institutional settings are not key factors affecting research advance.
intimate
▪ The luxurious dress, ornate chair and intimate setting reflect the rococo spirit of the period.
▪ Shielded by shadows, away from the world, in a safe and intimate setting, it is possible to talk.
▪ Simple division Being able to divide a living/dining room into two distinct areas means you can easily create an intimate setting.
▪ The Grand is an intimate theatre setting.
magnificent
▪ But he soon changed his mind when he realized the scope for expansion and the magnificent setting of the building.
▪ The city of Belfast has a magnificent setting, ringed by high hills, sea lough and river valley.
▪ Cost of lunch in this magnificent setting was £25 a head.
▪ That evening we attended a royal banquet in the magnificent setting of Wolsey's hall.
natural
▪ Investigations take place both in natural settings, such as in schools or with families, as well as in the psychological laboratory.
▪ However, the negotiations fell through and Stockwith mill remains in its natural, tranquil setting to delight all who visit it.
▪ It will consist of three zones, in a pleasant natural setting.
▪ Attempts are therefore being made to assess activities and processes in more natural settings, either real or simulated.
▪ Monthly video recordings are made in structured situations in the University and in more natural settings at home.
▪ Another greenhouse has been landscaped to show succulents and cacti in a natural setting.
particular
▪ The discontinuity this time stems from the child-rearing practices found in this particular setting.
▪ Would a particular setting help to maintain a punchy sound?
▪ The social structure in a particular environmental setting creates, as it were, religious expectations.
▪ The same is not true of working-class people, whose social contacts tend to be confined within particular settings.
▪ This particular setting is very authentic and the cadets have had only the company of sheep during their enthusiastic quest for insurgents.
perfect
▪ Lain's Barn is the perfect setting for Midwinter merchants, selling everything from weapons to costume.
▪ It made a perfect setting for Murder in the Dark.
▪ Long and narrow frames make the perfect setting for such sophisticated pressed flower designs as this one.
▪ Occasionally archery competitions are held here - a perfect setting for such an event.
▪ She really is perfect in this setting, Rupert thought, as she came into the room.
▪ The perfect setting for relaxing and soaking up the sun.
rural
▪ We also offer a stimulating homebase from which to enjoy and learn within a rural setting.
▪ This struggle remains intense in rural and poor settings.
▪ What is more, both of them have stated that they prefer to work in a rural setting.
▪ Yet Oldknow's historical reputation largely derives from the community which he created in this rural setting.
▪ However, there was an important contrast between rural and urban settings.
▪ I had certainly found the rural setting I had been hankering after.
▪ They have been on exercise for a week, learning and practising the techniques of counterrevolutionary warfare in a rural setting.
social
▪ He appears to be offering a total cinema in which technique, story, social setting, and spiritual values came together.
▪ That includes both the job settings and social settings involved in performing in foreign countries.
▪ The incidence, geography and social setting of each offence are analysed.
▪ Traditional drinks are consumed only in social settings, as evidenced by the large pot where they are stored.
▪ This can be particularly true in the voluntary and social work setting.
▪ It is always exceedingly difficult to look at oneself within a familiar social setting without falling into conventional cliches.
▪ But it also fulfils a wider social purpose in setting standards for the markets and in discouraging aberrant behaviour.
▪ It involves change on the individual and the social setting level, whether an organization, local community, or national policy.
standard
▪ Ways in which the authority can discharge its responsibilities for standard setting for all aspects of care will also require attention.
▪ In particular, these programs have been hesitant to reimburse the provider of nutrition services by independent practitioners outside standard institutional settings.
▪ In the purchaser/provider situation, they may be heavily involved in audit and standard setting.
▪ The second, related, problem in standard setting is one of the distribution of costs.
▪ Various procedures for standard setting have been described in the literature.
▪ Dishwasher manufacturers use a standard place setting as a guide to how much machines will hold.
■ NOUN
care
▪ Much of what is said can also be applied to a day care setting.
▪ Health or medical records and data systems in ambulatory care settings may not be as well organized as in inpatient care settings.
▪ The institutional population varies considerably between these different care settings.
▪ Health or medical records and data systems in ambulatory care settings may not be as well organized as in inpatient care settings.
▪ In health care settings one seldom sees this pure form of the autocratic leader style exercised by administrative personnel.
default
▪ Task 14 Objective To reformat paragraphs Paragraph reformatting ... This means changing the appearance and/or position of paragraphs from their default settings.
▪ Using the default settings, a new page starts after every 54 lines.
▪ In the example given below for each entry, the default settings are used when a parameter is omitted.
▪ The commands a modem understands vary slightly among brands, as do the default settings.
▪ Leave those in the default settings and go back when you understand the questions and know your demands.
▪ Option 2, Set Initial settings, affects all of the document creation and editing default settings.
▪ You can do direct colour photo-copying using this set-up and the scanner will give one button scans using default settings.
▪ This chapter describes how to change the default settings to suit your own needs.
fire
▪ An incendiary device exploded setting fire to furniture, but the blaze was brought under control.
▪ The third struck above the waterline setting fire to the aircraft fuelling system ruptured by the first two hits.
▪ That's where Parsons picked up his charming habit of setting fire to cats.
▪ One reason given for the termination at Machynlleth was the risk of setting fire to the wooden Dovey Bridge!
▪ Once upon a time a man could hang for setting fire to a hayrick!
▪ But your enemies wanted to destroy you, and they suggested setting fire to your house at night.
▪ Seven students have died after setting fire to themselves.
▪ You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum - but don't tell them I said so.
place
▪ The place setting is laid with the silver dinner service made by Garrard.
▪ She saw seven place settings and seven beds with white sheets.
▪ In canteens and place settings from leading stores.
▪ Bamboo placemats on the table complement both contemporary and traditional place settings.
▪ Matching sets of cups, saucers, plates or place settings.
▪ A waitress appeared, quickly putting water and place settings before them.
▪ Perhaps paint place setting on to mats so that knives and forks can be matched to picture.
▪ Dishwasher manufacturers use a standard place setting as a guide to how much machines will hold.
sun
▪ The wind was tugging at her hair, the setting sun turning it to false and fleeting gold.
▪ The setting sun had turned the pale stone walls to gold.
▪ What gave her the greatest satisfaction was the water, now bloodstained by the final, flamboyant exhibition of the setting sun.
▪ His burnished armour glinted in the light of the setting sun.
▪ Silhouetted against the setting sun and peering anxiously upward, they looked as if they were awaiting their fate on Watership Down.
▪ But there were only the familiar guard towers, the blunted edge of the City's walls, the setting sun.
▪ In the light of the setting sun his eyes glittered like blue ice.
■ VERB
include
▪ Measures have included the setting up of regional development agencies, private- public partnership schemes and privately organised enterprise trusts.
▪ That includes both the job settings and social settings involved in performing in foreign countries.
▪ For example, you can set up paragraph styles which include settings for fonts, tabs, margins and indents.
▪ It provides a basis for action which includes setting targets and then monitoring outcomes and it motivates those involved. 5.
▪ They include setting up a new track authority and consumer committees to safeguard the interest of passengers.
▪ Further considerations of research design include the setting of the research and its timespan.
▪ Duties include preparing apparatus and setting up equipment for use in practical classes.
lead
▪ The values of justice and equality would lead to the setting up of bureaucracies which would empty the world of sacred meanings.
▪ This had led to the setting up of a joint system of financial control.
provide
▪ It provides for the setting of guaranteed service standards and for customers to know the service that they will receive.
▪ Pennan provided the setting for the movie village, but the picturesque beach was filmed at Morar, near Arisaig.
▪ It provides a conceptual setting for what follows in the succeeding chapters.
▪ Arbroath abbey was to provide the setting for another nationalistic upsurge in our own century.
▪ The ward thus provides an ideal setting for learning.
▪ On summer weekends, the lawns at Marble Hill provide a delightful setting for a series of riverside concerts.
▪ The Courtyard provides a delightful setting for refreshment with tables and chairs placed outside in fine weather.
▪ The general idea behind them was that they would provide a setting for vigorous entrepreneurs, capable of generating an industrial renaissance.
use
▪ The documents appear to have been working papers that were used for setting price caps for the authorities.
▪ In less than three months he shot twenty-one films, most of them using Southern California settings.
▪ The natural tendency was to use the maximum setting and airflow to get the job done quickly.
▪ But this becomes tedious if you use the different settings often.
▪ They are therefore designed to indicate to what extent and in what ways the child uses language in naturalistic settings.
▪ Flanging, by nature, has the effect of thinning down a signal, especially if used on an extreme setting.
▪ A few communities use vernacular plainchant settings, usually with one of the older rites.
▪ You can't knit circular rows using the settings given in Figure 1 when using a punchcard.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Dashwood Manor sounds like the setting for a Victoria Holt novel, doesn't it?
▪ Imagine working in a beautiful setting overlooking the bay.
▪ Most patients were initially treated in a hospital setting.
▪ The heater has three temperature settings.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And that only reliable operators programme these settings into the oven's memory.
▪ Auden's influence on the young Britten was enormous: it shaped his whole attitude to the setting of words.
▪ Difficult or not, I none the less believe that we should seek less formal settings.
▪ In beautifully landscaped settings, this unique zoo is great fun for all the family.
▪ Is the meeting held in the informal comfort of the staff room or is the setting a more formal arrangement?
▪ Simple division Being able to divide a living/dining room into two distinct areas means you can easily create an intimate setting.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Setting

Set \Set\ (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Set; p. pr. & vb. n. Setting.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s["a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E. sit. [root]154. See Sit, and cf. Seize.]

  1. To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.

    I do set my bow in the cloud.
    --Gen. ix. 13.

  2. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

    Set your affection on things above.
    --Col. iii. 2.

    The Lord set a mark upon Cain.
    --Gen. iv. 15.

  3. To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.

    The Lord thy God will set thee on high.
    --Deut. xxviii. 1.

    I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother.
    --Matt. x. 35.

    Every incident sets him thinking.
    --Coleridge.

  4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to. Specifically:

    1. To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.

      They show how hard they are set in this particular.
      --Addison.

    2. To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.

      His eyes were set by reason of his age.
      --1 Kings xiv. 4.

      On these three objects his heart was set.
      --Macaulay.

      Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint.
      --Tennyson.

    3. To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.

    4. To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.

      And him too rich a jewel to be set In vulgar metal for a vulgar use.
      --Dryden.

    5. To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.

  5. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt. Specifically:

    1. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.

      Tables for to sette, and beddes make.
      --Chaucer.

    2. To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.

    3. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
      --Fielding.

    4. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.

    5. To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.

    6. (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

  6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

    I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.
    --Shak.

  7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.

    Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
    --Dryden.

  8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.

  9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

    High on their heads, with jewels richly set, Each lady wore a radiant coronet.
    --Dryden.

    Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.
    --Wordsworth.

  10. To value; to rate; -- with at.

    Be you contented, wearing now the garland, To have a son set your decrees at naught.
    --Shak.

    I do not set my life at a pin's fee.
    --Shak.

  11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.

  12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.

  13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]

  14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page. To set abroach. See Abroach. [Obs.] --Shak. To set against, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one thing against another. To set agoing, to cause to move. To set apart, to separate to a particular use; to separate from the rest; to reserve. To set a saw, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent the saw from sticking. To set aside.

    1. To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to neglect; to reject; to annul.

      Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.
      --Tillotson.

    2. To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of one's income.

    3. (Law) See under Aside. To set at defiance, to defy. To set at ease, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the heart at ease. To set at naught, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise. ``Ye have set at naught all my counsel.'' --Prov. i. 25. To set a trap To set a snare, or To set a gin, to put it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's power. To set at work, or To set to work.

      1. To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how tu enter on work.

      2. To apply one's self; -- used reflexively. To set before.

        1. To bring out to view before; to exhibit.

        2. To propose for choice to; to offer to. To set by.

          1. To set apart or on one side; to reject.

          2. To attach the value of (anything) to. ``I set not a straw by thy dreamings.'' --Chaucer. To set by the compass, to observe and note the bearing or situation of by the compass. To set case, to suppose; to assume. Cf. Put case, under Put, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer. To set down.

            1. To enter in writing; to register.

              Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army.
              --Clarendon.

            2. To fix; to establish; to ordain.

              This law we may name eternal, being that order which God . . . hath set down with himself, for himself to do all things by.
              --Hooker.

      3. To humiliate. To set eyes on, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on. To set fire to, or To set on fire, to communicate fire to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to irritate. To set flying (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc., instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; -- said of a sail. To set forth.

        1. To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt; to display.

        2. To publish; to promulgate; to make appear.
          --Waller.

        3. To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.] The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles. To set forward.

          1. To cause to advance.

          2. To promote. To set free, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or bondage; to liberate; to emancipate. To set in, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to. If you please to assist and set me in, I will recollect myself. --Collier. To set in order, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method. ``The rest will I set in order when I come.'' --1 Cor. xi. 34. To set milk.

            1. To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream may rise to the surface.

            2. To cause it to become curdled as by the action of rennet. See 4 (e) . To set much by or To set little by, to care much, or little, for. To set of, to value; to set by. [Obs.] ``I set not an haw of his proverbs.'' --Chaucer. To set off.

              1. To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of an estate.

              2. To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.

                They . . . set off the worst faces with the best airs.
                --Addison.

          3. To give a flattering description of. To set off against, to place against as an equivalent; as, to set off one man's services against another's. To set on or To set upon.

            1. To incite; to instigate. ``Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this.''
              --Shak.

            2. To employ, as in a task. `` Set on thy wife to observe.''
              --Shak.

            3. To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's heart or affections on some object. See definition 2, above. To set one's cap for. See under Cap, n. To set one's self against, to place one's self in a state of enmity or opposition to. To set one's teeth, to press them together tightly. To set on foot, to set going; to put in motion; to start. To set out.

              1. To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an estate; to set out the widow's thirds.

              2. To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]

              3. To adorn; to embellish.

                An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become.
                --Dryden.

    4. To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]

      The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.
      --Addison.

    5. To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.

      I could set out that best side of Luther.
      --Atterbury.

    6. To show; to prove. [R.] ``Those very reasons set out how heinous his sin was.''
      --Atterbury.

    7. (Law) To recite; to state at large. To set over.

      1. To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector, ruler, or commander.

      2. To assign; to transfer; to convey. To set right, to correct; to put in order. To set sail. (Naut.) See under Sail, n. To set store by, to consider valuable. To set the fashion, to determine what shall be the fashion; to establish the mode. To set the teeth on edge, to affect the teeth with a disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in contact with them. To set the watch (Naut.), to place the starboard or port watch on duty. To set to, to attach to; to affix to. ``He . . . hath set to his seal that God is true.'' --John iii. 33. To set up.

        1. To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a pillar.

        2. Hence, to exalt; to put in power. ``I will . . . set up the throne of David over Israel.''
          --2 Sam. iii. 10.

      3. To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to set up a school.

      4. To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a son in trade.

      5. To place in view; as, to set up a mark.

      6. To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.

        I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.
        --Dryden.

      7. To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as, to set up a new opinion or doctrine.
        --T. Burnet.

    8. To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune; as, this good fortune quite set him up.

    9. To intoxicate. [Slang]

    10. (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing; as, to set up type.

      To set up the rigging (Naut.), to make it taut by means of tackles.
      --R. H. Dana, Jr.

      Syn: See Put.

Setting

Setting \Set"ting\, n.

  1. 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.

  2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
    --Boyle.

  3. Something set in, or inserted.

    Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.
    --Ex. xxviii. 17.

  4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.

  5. the time, place, and circumstances in which an event (real or fictional) occurs; as, the setting of a novel.

    Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings.

    Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2.

    Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water.

    Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
setting

late 14c., "fact or action of setting (something), putting, placing, planting," verbal noun from set (v.).\n

\nMeaning "place, location, site" is late 14c. Surgical sense, with reference to broken bones, etc., is from early 15c. In reference to heavenly bodies, from c.1400. Also in Middle English "act of creation; thing created" (c.1400). In reference to mounts for jewels, etc. from 1815; meaning "background, history, environment" is attested from 1841.

Wiktionary
setting

  1. that disappears below the horizon n. 1 The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario. 2 The act of setting. 3 A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry. 4 A level or placement that a knob or control is set to. 5 The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does. 6 hunting with a setter. 7 Something set in, or inserted. 8 A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music). v

  2. (present participle of set English)

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WordNet
set

  1. adj. (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" [syn: fit(p), primed(p), set(p)]

  2. fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" [syn: fixed, rigid]

  3. situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank" [syn: located, placed, situated]

  4. set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern" [syn: laid]

  5. being below the horizon; "the moon is set" [syn: set(p)]

  6. determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching" [syn: determined, dictated]

  7. converted to solid form (as concrete) [syn: hardened]

  8. [also: setting]

set

  1. n. a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"

  2. (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite"

  3. several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" [syn: exercise set]

  4. representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; "the sets were meticulously authentic" [syn: stage set]

  5. an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: circle, band, lot]

  6. a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent]

  7. the act of putting something in position; "he gave a final set to his hat"

  8. a unit of play in tennis or squash; "they played two sets of tennis after dinner"

  9. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" [syn: hardening, solidifying, solidification, curing]

  10. evil beast-headed Egyptian god with high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris [syn: Seth]

  11. the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; "before the set of sun"

  12. (psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way; "the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set" [syn: readiness]

  13. any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals; "the early sets ran on storage batteries"

  14. [also: setting]

setting

adj. (of a heavenly body) disappearing below the horizon; "the setting sun" [ant: rising]

setting

See set

setting

  1. n. the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: scene]

  2. the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: background, scope]

  3. arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted [syn: mise en scene, stage setting]

  4. the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat"

  5. a table service for one person; "a place setting of sterling flatware" [syn: place setting]

  6. 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" [syn: mount]

set

  1. v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" [syn: put, place, pose, position, lay]

  2. fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn: determine]

  3. decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, determine, fix, limit]

  4. establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record" [syn: mark]

  5. put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire"

  6. fix in a border; "The goldsmith set the diamond"

  7. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up]

  8. set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; "set clocks or instruments"

  9. locate; "The film is set in Africa" [syn: localize, localise, place]

  10. disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days" [syn: go down, go under] [ant: rise]

  11. adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music" [syn: arrange]

  12. put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: plant]

  13. apply or start; "set fire to a building"

  14. become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme" [syn: jell, congeal]

  15. put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone"

  16. insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) [syn: countersink]

  17. give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor

  18. urge a dog to attack someone [syn: sic]

  19. estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: place, put]

  20. equip with sails, masts, etc.; "rig a ship" [syn: rig, set up]

  21. get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery" [syn: set up, lay out]

  22. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" [syn: adjust, correct]

  23. bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" [syn: fructify]

  24. arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn: dress, arrange, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]

  25. [also: setting]

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Wikipedia
Setting

Setting may refer to:

  • A location (geography) where something is set
  • Set construction in theatrical scenery
  • Setting (narrative), the place and time in a work of narrative, especially fiction
  • Setting up to fail a manipulative technique to engineer failure
  • Stonesetting, in jewelry, when a diamond or gem is set into a frame or bed
  • Campaign setting in role playing games
  • In computers and electronics, the Computer configuration or options of the software or device
  • Typesetting
  • Set and setting, the context for psychedelic drug experiences
  • Setting (knot), the tightening of a knot
  • Musical setting, the composition of music for an existing text, usually in choral music.
Setting (narrative)

In works of narrative (especially fictional), the literary element setting includes the historical moment in time and geographic location in which a story takes place, and helps initiate the main backdrop and mood for a story. Setting has been referred to as story world or milieu to include a context (especially society) beyond the immediate surroundings of the story. Elements of setting may include culture, historical period, geography, and hour. Along with the plot, character, theme, and style, setting is considered one of the fundamental components of fiction. and novelist Donna Levin has described how this social milieu shapes the characters’ values. The elements of the story setting include the passage of time, which may be static in some stories or dynamic in others with, for example, changing seasons.

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Usage examples of "setting".

UNMIK, with European Union assistance, did intervene - in setting up institutions and abetting economic legislation - it has done more harm than good.

He did manage to use his fire magic on a few of them, setting their shirts and hair ablaze, and that forced the rest to reconsider their attack for a time.

The negotiator worked to isolate the suspect while at the same time setting himself in a position to wait, psychologically starving out the individual, as here, where Abies had effectively been placed under house arrest.

The other acorn, although emplaced in a setting attuned to the first through both similarity and contagion, did not germinate as a result of the spell and, in fact, could not be located despite diligent search at the close of the experiment.

They winced when High Magus Adad slapped Marduk smartly across the face before setting the mitered crown on his head.

And setting their course towards it the Edain came at last over leagues of sea and saw afar the land that was prepared for them, Andor, the Land of Gift, shimmering in a golden haze.

And saw a stream of animals, hoofed, padded, clawed and dashing, splashing through the ponds for Various Aquatic Birds, setting the night aflight - all of them making for the rear gate that opened to the Tiroler Garten.

Standing up abruptly, he tumbled a startled Noel off his lap, catching her and setting her on her feet before she landed in aheap on the floor.

He spoke the words, though, as he turned himself sunwise, murmuring the brief prayer to each of the four airts in turn, and ended facing west, into the setting sun.

The alchemist thoughtfully stroked his beard, setting the bells tinkling.

Benzoic aldehyde was only moderately flammable, but the prospect of setting himself on fire with his own pipe conformed to his worst ideas of the indignity that death would one day visit upon him.

Seregil and Alec warmed themselves gratefully at the cheerful blaze on the hearth while their host shuffled about with practiced efficiency, setting out bread, soup, and boiled eggs for them at the scrubbed wooden table.

Wethis was busy setting out the meal on a round table at the center of the room and nodded pleasantly to Alec as they entered.

The thing was that Alfin took more care setting his spikes than the rest did.

The alguazil of the Holy Office was in the very act of setting the gyves upon my legs when the first shot was fired, followed almost at once by a fusillade.