Setting

['setɪŋ] or ['sɛtɪŋ]

Definition

(noun.) the context and environment in which something is set; 'the perfect setting for a ghost story'.

(noun.) the physical position of something; 'he changed the setting on the thermostat'.

(noun.) the state of the environment in which a situation exists; 'you can't do that in a university setting'.

Typed by Carolyn--From WordNet

Definition

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Set

(n.) 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.

(n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.

(n.) Something set in, or inserted.

(n.) That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.

Checker: Maryann

Definition

n. act of setting: direction of a current of wind: the hardening of plaster: that which holds as the mounting of a jewel: the mounting of a play &c. for the stage: act of adapting to music.

Inputed by Elizabeth

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