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set·ting (set)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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