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setting Definition

set·ting (set′iŋ)

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

setting Synonyms

setting

n.

environment, surroundings, ambience, mounting, backdrop, frame, framework, background, context, perspective, horizon, shadow, shade, distance, mise en scene (French).

Antonyms front*, foreground, focus.

setting Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • adjust: You will need to get your administrator to adjust the settings of your VLE to allow Content Packages of up to 100 megabytes.
  • override: Overrides the date settings to allow this student to modify their answers.
  • configure: This script contains a powerful backend to process all the data and configure various settings to make administration simple and easy.
  • alter: You will need to alter the settings on your particular software to gain access.
  • relax: This will give you the opportunity to sample the night life and meet other prospective students in a more informal and relaxed setting.
  • modify: A window will pop open where you can modify the settings that your browser uses to handle cookies.

Preposition: for

  • glossary: JavaScript must be enabled in your browser settings for the glossary links to work.

Adjective modifier

  • idyllic: Craig Park enjoys an idyllic rural setting in unspoiled countryside.
  • tranquil: With a 300 acre estate, its extensive gardens provide a tranquil setting in which to unwind... .
  • rural: We are in a rural setting, just over a mile outside of the village of Combe Martin in North Devon.
  • peaceful: Situated in a valley of its own, the hotel offers good quality accommodations in a peaceful setting.
  • informal: Request that you spend more time with the manager you will be working for, perhaps in an informal setting over lunch.
  • perfect: Woodside is the perfect setting for your event... .

Modifies a noun

  • checkbox: Put a tick in the Automatically detect settings checkbox, but the others must all be unchecked.

Noun used with modifier

  • default: Selected tracks will become the default setting according to a DVD player's language setup.
  • browser: Should you wish you can disable cookies through the browser settings.
  • configuration: You should see now the configuration settings for your device.
  • healthcare: There will be opportunities on both courses for short periods of experiential training in a variety of healthcare settings.
  • care: Titles in the series focus on chronic conditions seen most often in the primary care setting.
  • childcare: I would like to see good practice become common practice in all childcare settings.
setting Quotes

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The soul that rises with us, our life's star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy, But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy; The youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his wayattended; At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day.

—Wordsworth,William

   When I make a portrait,I cannot limit it tothe lines of the head, for that head belongs toa body, it exists ina setting which influences it, it is part of a totality that I cannot suppress. The impression you produce upon me is not thesame if I catchsight of youalone ina gardenor if Isee you in the midst of a group of other people, in a living room or on the street.

—Rosso, Medardo