setting

set|ting [ `setıŋ ] noun count ***

▸ 1 where someone/something is

▸ 2 time/place in story

▸ 3 position of controls

▸ 4 dishes etc. for 1 person

▸ 5 metal part of jewelry

▸ 6 music added to words

1. ) the place where someone or something is, and all the things, people, or emotions that are part of that place:

We provide health care outside any kind of institutional setting.

a hotel in a charming mountain setting

2. ) a particular time or place that a play, book, movie, etc. happens in:

a love story in a tropical island setting

3. ) a position that the controls of a piece of equipment are at:

To save energy, lower the thermostat setting at night.

4. ) the dishes, knives, forks, spoons, PLACE MAT, and NAPKIN that one person uses at a meal: PLACE SETTING

5. ) the metal part of a piece of jewelry that holds a stone or jewel in place

6. ) a piece of music added to words, especially the words of a poem