Setting
Definitions
- The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
- Mount.
- The act of setting (various senses).
- Action and result to combine the different parts something to attain an everything.
- A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
- Representation or situation that creates to give a mistaken or partial impression on something.
- A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.
- The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
- Hunting with a setter.
- Something set in, or inserted.
- A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
- The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
- The direction of a current of wind.
Equivalents
31 more languages
Danskindstilling
Ελληνικάρύθμιση
Suomiasetelmaasettaminenasettuminenasetuskattaminenkattauslaittolaskulatelumiljööpaneminentapahtumapaikka
Gàidhligsuidheachadh
Magyarbeállításdíszletfekvésfeldolgozásháttérhelyszínidőkeretkontextuskörnyezetkötésnapnyugtaszabályozás
Íslenskastilling
Latinaoccasus
Te Reo Māoritakiwā
മലയാളംക്രമീകരണം
Nederlandscontext
Türkçeayar
Tiếng Việtkhung cảnh
Examples
“the setting of the sun”
“the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris”
“the volume setting on a television”
“Thou shalt set⟳ in it settings of stones.”
“Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem”
“Bach's setting of the Magnificat”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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