setting
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛtɪŋ/Category:English 2-syllable words#SETTINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#SETTING
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#SETTINGAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛtɪŋ#SETTINGCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛtɪŋ/2 syllables#SETTING
- Hyphenation: set‧ting
Noun
setting (plural settings)Category:English lemmas#SETTINGCategory:English nouns#SETTINGCategory:English countable nouns#SETTINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SETTINGCategory:Pages with entries#SETTINGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SETTING
- The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
- The act of setting (various senses).
- the setting of the sunCategory:English terms with usage examples#SETTING
- the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of ParisCategory:English terms with usage examples#SETTING
- A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
- A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.
- the volume setting on a televisionCategory:English terms with usage examples#SETTING
- The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
- Hunting with a setter.
- Something set in, or inserted.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 28:17:
- Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.Category:English terms with quotations#SETTING
- A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
- Schubert's setting of Goethe's poemCategory:English terms with usage examples#SETTING
- Bach's setting of the MagnificatCategory:English terms with usage examples#SETTING
- The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
- The direction of a current of wind.
Translations
Verb
settingCategory:English non-lemma forms#SETTINGCategory:English verb forms#SETTINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SETTINGCategory:Pages with entries#SETTINGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SETTING
- present participle and gerund of set
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Adjective
settingCategory:English lemmas#SETTINGCategory:English adjectives#SETTINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SETTINGCategory:Pages with entries#SETTINGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SETTING
- That disappears below the horizon.
- 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:
- As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.Category:English terms with quotations#SETTING
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Category:English verbal nouns#SETTINGNorwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Category:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-#SETTINGBorrowed from EnglishCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from English#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English#SETTING setting.
Noun
setting f or m (definite singular settinga or settingen, indefinite plural settinger, definite plural settingene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders#SETTINGCategory:Pages with entries#SETTINGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SETTING
References
- “setting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-#SETTINGFrom setja + -ingCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -ing#SETTING.
Alternative forms
Noun
setting f (definite singular settinga, indefinite plural settingar, definite plural settingane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#SETTINGCategory:Pages with entries#SETTINGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SETTING
Etymology 2
Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-#SETTINGBorrowed from EnglishCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from English#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English#SETTING setting.
Noun
setting m (definite singular settingen, indefinite plural settingar, definite plural settingane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SETTINGCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#SETTINGCategory:Pages with entries#SETTINGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#SETTING
References
- “setting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.