setting

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Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

Verb

setting

1. Present participle of set.

Noun

setting (plural settings)

1. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
2. The act of setting.

   the setting of the sun

   the setting, 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. A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.

   the volume setting on a television

5. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
6. Hunting with a setter.
7. Something set in, or inserted.
   • Bible, Exodus xxviii. 17

     Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.

Translations

time, place, circumstance

• Dutch: context (nl) m
• Finnish: tapahtumapaikka (fi), miljöö (fi)
• German: Kontext (de) m
• Italian: contesto (it) m

• Portuguese: ambiente (pt)
• Russian: обстановка (ru) (obstanóvka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: suidheachadh (gd) m

jewelry

• Czech: lůžko (cs) n

• Russian: оправа (ru) (opráva) f

placement of a control

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 設置 (cmn), 设置 (cmn) (shèzhì)

• Czech: nastavení (cs) n
• French: réglage (fr) m, configuration (fr) f

• German: Einstellung (de) f
• Japanese: 設定 (ja) (せってい, settei)
• Russian: настройка (ru) (nastrójka) f, установка (ru) (ustanóvka) f

Adjective

setting (comparative more setting, superlative most setting)

1. that disappears below the horizon

Translations

that disappears below the horizon

• French: couchant (fr)
• German: untergehend (de)
• Italian: calante (it)

• Portuguese: poente (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: zalazeći (sh)
• Spanish: poniente (es)

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