Lexic.us

Definition of Setting

1. Noun. The context and environment in which something is set. "The perfect setting for a ghost story"

2. Noun. The state of the environment in which a situation exists. "You can't do that in a university setting"

3. Noun. Arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted.

4. Noun. The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event. "The historical context"

5. Noun. The physical position of something. "He changed the setting on the thermostat"

6. Noun. A table service for one person. "A place setting of sterling flatware"

7. Noun. A mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place. "The diamond was in a plain gold mount"

Definition of Setting

1. n. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.

Definition of Setting

1. Verb. (present participle of set) ¹

2. Noun. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario. ¹

3. Noun. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry. ¹

4. Noun. A standard level or placement that a knob or control is placed at, for example, the volume setting on a television. ¹

5. Adjective. that disappears below the horizon ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Setting

1. the scenery used in a dramatic production [n -S]

Medical Definition of Setting

1. Hardening, as of amalgam. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Setting

sets up setscrew setscrews sett settee settees setter settered settering setterlike

setters setterwort setterworts settest setteth setting (current term) setting about setting apart setting aside setting back

setting expansion setting fire setting foot setting forth setting hen setting in setting off setting on fire setting out setting sail

Literary usage of Setting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"Upon these facts the learned judge left it to the jury to say whether, if the house had caught fire, the setting fire to it would have been malicious and ..."

2. Heating and Ventilating Buildings: A Manual for Heating Engineers and Architects by Rolla Clinton Carpenter (1915)
"The slight amount of heat which escapes from such a setting is seldom more ... 158 represents a boiler with portable setting with external iron casing and ..."

3. A Treatise on Concrete, Plain and Reinforced: Materials, Construction, and by Frederick Winslow Taylor, Sanford Eleazer Thompson, René Feret, William Barnard Fuller, Frank Pape McKibben, Spencer Baird Newberry (1909)
"20, page 91, shows curves of setting made with a machine of Prof. ... Time of setting of Typical Cements,— and comparison of Vicat and Gill- more's Needles. ..."

4. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"No, not I; I am only for setting things right. But what is the second thing -whereby you would prove a discovery of a work of grace in the heart ? Talk. ..."

5. Brooks by the Traveller's Way: Twenty-six Weeknight Addresses by John Henry Jowett (1902)
"Man's setting and God's setting. " I have set."—Psalm xvi. 8. " He set. ... That is a " setting" on my part, which will issue in a responsive " setting " on ..."

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