set|ting

set|ting
set|ting «SEHT ihng», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a frame or other thing in which something is set. The mounting of a jewel is its setting.
2. a) the scenery of a play, including the lighting and other things that contribute to the play. b) a single scene or set.
3. the place and time of a play or story.
4. Figurative. surroundings; background: »

a fashionable setting, a scenic mountain setting.

5. a) music composed to go with certain words. b) music composed or arranged for particular instruments: »

a symphonic setting.

6. the eggs that a hen sets on for hatching: »

He had been given the hen while she was broody and had bought a setting of New Hampshire eggs to put under her (George Johnston).

 SYNONYM(S): clutch.
7. the act of a person or thing that sets.
8. dishes or cutlery required to set one place at a table: »

He bought his wife six settings of fine china.

a)
the present participle of set: »

She was setting the table.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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