setting (plural settings )
The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) isset ;context ;scenario . The act of setting.thesetting of the sun thesetting , or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry. Alevel orplacement to which aknob orcontrol isset .the volumesetting on a television The act ofmarking theposition ofgame , as asetter does. Hunting with asetter .Something set in, or inserted. A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music ).Schubert'ssetting of Goethe's poem Bach'ssetting of the Magnificat The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage. The direction of a current of wind. circumstance in which something is set
setting
present participle andgerund ofset time, place, circumstance
Bengali:সেটিঙ্ ( śeṭiṅ ) Bulgarian:среда (bg) f ( sreda ) ,обстановка (bg) f ( obstanovka ) Dutch:context (nl) m Finnish:tapahtumapaikka ,miljöö (fi) French:cadre (fr) m ,contexte (fr) m German:Kontext (de) m Hungarian:környezet (hu) ,keret (hu) ,háttér (hu) ,kontextus (hu) ,elrendezés (hu) ,elhelyezkedés (hu) ,fekvés (hu) ,( theater ) díszlet (hu) ,( venue ) színtér (hu) ,helyszín (hu) ,( time ) idő (hu) Indonesian:latar (id) Italian:contesto (it) m ,circostanza (it) f Japanese:設定 (ja) ( せってい, settei ) Korean:배경(背景) (ko) ( baegyeong ) ,설정(設定) (ko) ( seoljeong ) Maori:opunga ( of a heavenly body ) Occitan:contèxt (oc) m ,circomstància ,situacion (oc) ,condicion (oc) Portuguese:ambiente (pt) Russian:обстано́вка (ru) f ( obstanóvka ) Scottish Gaelic:suidheachadh m Swedish:miljö (sv) c
of a heavenly body: disappearance below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates
setting
That disappears below thehorizon .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.
that disappears below the horizon
Borrowed fromEnglish setting .
setting f or m (definite singular settinga or settingen ,indefinite plural settinger ,definite plural settingene )
setting Fromsetja +-ing .
setting f (definite singular settinga ,indefinite plural settingar ,definite plural settingane )
the act ofputting ,setting (something somewhere) themanner ofputting ,setting (something somewhere) Borrowed fromEnglish setting .
setting m (definite singular settingen ,indefinite plural settingar ,definite plural settingane )
asetting ( frame, background,context ,scenario )