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English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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setting (pluralsettings)

  1. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) isset;context;scenario.
  2. The act of setting.
    thesetting of the sun
    thesetting, 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. Alevel orplacement to which aknob orcontrol isset.
    the volumesetting on a television
  5. The act ofmarking theposition ofgame, as asetter does.
  6. Hunting with asetter.
  7. Something set in, or inserted.
  8. A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
    Schubert'ssetting of Goethe's poem
    Bach'ssetting of theMagnificat
  9. The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
  10. The direction of a current of wind.

Translations

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circumstance in which something is set

Verb

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setting

  1. presentparticiple andgerund ofset

Derived terms

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Translations

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time, place, circumstance
hardening
of a heavenly body: disappearance below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates
jewelry
placement of a control
music

Adjective

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setting

  1. That disappears below thehorizon.
    thesettingsun
    • 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, inRailway Magazine, page19:
      As we stood waiting for the departure time with thesetting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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that disappears below the horizon

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishsetting.

Noun

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setting f orm (definite singularsettingaorsettingen,indefinite pluralsettinger,definite pluralsettingene)

  1. setting

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Fromsetja +‎-ing.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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setting f (definite singularsettinga,indefinite pluralsettingar,definite pluralsettingane)

  1. the act ofputting,setting (something somewhere)
  2. themanner ofputting,setting (something somewhere)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromEnglishsetting.

Noun

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setting m (definite singularsettingen,indefinite pluralsettingar,definite pluralsettingane)

  1. asetting(frame, background,context,scenario)

References

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