setter
setter
Definition
set·ter (set′ər)
noun
- a person who sets or a thing used in setting: often used in compounds pinsetter
- a member of any of three breeds ( English setter, Gordon setter, Irish setter) of long-haired bird dog trained to find game and point out its position while standing rigid
setter
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- standard: Simply magnificent, and still the setter of the standard in the West End.
Converse of object
- account: To whom, then, are accounting standard setters accountable?
- have: They had a very attractive Irish setter called Major, from an animal rescue center.
- call: They had a very attractive Irish setter called Major, from an animal rescue center.
- become: At last he found a safe retreat in Egypt, where he became the setter forth of strange and startling doctrines.
Adjective modifier
- Irish: They had a very attractive Irish setter called Major, from an animal rescue center.
- standard: Emma qualified to be standard setter for the free solo.
- national: The IASB has asked the research team to report its initial findings at the meeting of the IASB with national standard setters in April.
- early: The early pace setter in the event was Chris Daniels, who was making his debut in an event.
- international: If international accounting standard setters have their way, that will change.
- young: Even so with our young pace setters leading us on we soon arrived at Isles Bridge.
Modifies a noun
- method: Define setter methods for any inputs to the activity.
- dog: Setter dogs were originally trained to set, or crouch, in front of game preventing the escape of the quarry.
- function: The setter function is called when the value is set to the variable.
Noun used with modifier
- crossword: Many more crossword setters submitted their puzzles with few getting more than one or two published each year.
- pace: The early pace setter in the event was Chris Daniels, who was making his debut in an event.
- jet: The Paris flight will also open up 260 onward connections across the world to Norwich's global jet setters.
- trend: Unknown to many of you, Steven is a bit of a trend setter.
- pin: We see Harold crouched below the pin setter in the service area. ) MULDER: Did you ever get lane 6 working?
- scene: It was a scene setter not a grand finale.
Browse dictionary entries near setter
- settee
- settecento
- setscrew
- setose
- Seton
- setoff
- setiform
- setiferous
- seti-
- Seth
- setting
- setting-up exercises
- settle
- settle up
- settled
- settlement
- settlement price
- settlement process
- settlement risk
- settler
