• Setting

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -É›tɪŋ

    Verb

    setting
    1. Present participle of set

    Full definition of setting

    Noun

    setting

    (plural settings)
    1. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
    2. The act of setting.the setting of the sunthe setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris
    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.the volume setting on a television
    5. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
    6. Hunting with a setter.
    7. Something set in, or inserted.
      • Bible, Exodus xxviii. 17Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.

    Adjective

    setting

    1. that disappears below the horizon

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