setting

noun

1. the act of one that sets
2. the position or adjustment of something, as a dial, that has been set
3. a thing in or upon which something is set; specif., the backing for a gem or gems, or the style or shape of this: a marquise setting
4. the time, place, environment, and surrounding circumstances of an event, story, play, etc.
5. actual physical surroundings or scenery whether real or, as on a stage, artificial
6. the music or the composing of music for a set of words, as a poem
7. the eggs in the nest of a setting hen
8. place setting