English to English
noun
- the context and environment in which something is set
The perfect setting for a ghost story.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
You can't do that in a university setting.
source: WordNet 3.0
- arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
source: WordNet 3.0
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
The historical context.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the physical position of something
He changed the setting on the thermostat.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a table service for one person
A place setting of sterling flatware.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
