SETTING
\sˈɛtɪŋ], \sˈɛtɪŋ], \s_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of SETTING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
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the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
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(of a heavenly body) disappearing below the horizon; "the setting sun"
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the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat"
By Princeton University
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arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
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the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
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(of a heavenly body) disappearing below the horizon; "the setting sun"
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the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
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Something set in, or inserted.
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That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
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Something set in, or inserted.
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That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
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of Set
By Noah Webster.
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The act of one who, or that which, sets; that in which something is fastened, as the mounting of a jewel; a background for a play or story.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of placing, fixing, or establishing act of sinking or seeming to sink below the horizon;- something set in or inserted;-that in which something, as a gem, is set;- the direction of a current, sea, or wind in building, the hardening of plaster, mortar, or cement;-also, the art of placing stones or bricks level and fair;-act of taking birds with a setter; also, faculty of pointing at game, as a setter.
