Standard Lemma guide

setting

adj · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈsɛtɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛtɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That disappears below the horizon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the setting sun

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of setting (various senses).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the setting of the sun
  • the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the volume setting on a television

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Hunting with a setter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Something set in, or inserted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem
  • Bach's setting of the Magnificat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The direction of a current of wind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

present participle and gerund of set

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mise en scene, stage setting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stage

14

noun

Meaning 14

a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the diamond was in a plain gold mount

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mount

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mounting

Narrower terms: pave

15

noun

Meaning 15

a table service for one person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a place setting of sterling flatware

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: place setting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: service, table service

16

noun

Meaning 16

the context and environment in which something is set

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the perfect setting for a ghost story

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scene

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: environment, environs, surroundings, surround

Narrower terms: scenario

17

noun

Meaning 17

the physical position of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he changed the setting on the thermostat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: position, place

18

noun

Meaning 18

the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the historical context

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: context, circumstance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: environment

Narrower terms: conditions

19

noun

Meaning 19

the state of the environment in which a situation exists

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • you can't do that in a university setting

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: background, scope

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: environment

Narrower terms: canvas, canvass, showcase, show window

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: залязващ (zaljazvašt) — that disappears below the horizon
  • Finnish: laskeva — that disappears below the horizon
  • French: couchant — that disappears below the horizon
  • German: untergehend — that disappears below the horizon
  • Hungarian: nyugvó — that disappears below the horizon
  • Hungarian: lenyugvó — that disappears below the horizon
  • Italian: calante — that disappears below the horizon
  • Occitan: ponent — that disappears below the horizon
  • Portuguese: poente — that disappears below the horizon
  • Serbo-Croatian: zalazeći — that disappears below the horizon
  • Spanish: poniente — that disappears below the horizon
  • Esperanto: scenejo — circumstance in which something is set
  • German: Einstellung — circumstance in which something is set
  • German: Stellung — circumstance in which something is set
  • German: Vertonung (Gedicht) — circumstance in which something is set
  • German: Stellung (Brettspiel) — circumstance in which something is set
  • German: Richtung — circumstance in which something is set
  • German: Kontext — circumstance in which something is set
  • German: Szenario — circumstance in which something is set
  • Russian: настройка (nastrojka) — circumstance in which something is set
  • Russian: контекст (kontekst) — circumstance in which something is set
  • Russian: сценарий (scenarij) — circumstance in which something is set
  • Spanish: ambientación — circumstance in which something is set
  • Bengali: সেটিঙ্ (śeṭiṅ) — time, place, circumstance
  • Bulgarian: среда (sreda) — time, place, circumstance
  • Bulgarian: обстановка (obstanovka) — time, place, circumstance
  • Dutch: context — time, place, circumstance
  • Finnish: tapahtumapaikka — time, place, circumstance
  • Finnish: miljöö — time, place, circumstance
  • French: cadre — time, place, circumstance
  • French: contexte — time, place, circumstance
  • German: Kontext — time, place, circumstance
  • Hungarian: környezet — time, place, circumstance
  • Hungarian: keret — time, place, circumstance
  • Hungarian: háttér — time, place, circumstance
  • Hungarian: kontextus — time, place, circumstance
  • Hungarian: elrendezés — time, place, circumstance
  • Hungarian: elhelyezkedés — time, place, circumstance
  • Hungarian: fekvés — time, place, circumstance
  • Hungarian: díszlet — time, place, circumstance
  • Hungarian: (venue) színtér — time, place, circumstance
  • Hungarian: helyszín — time, place, circumstance
  • Hungarian: idő — time, place, circumstance
  • Indonesian: latar — time, place, circumstance
  • Italian: contesto — time, place, circumstance
  • Italian: circostanza — time, place, circumstance
  • Japanese: 設定 (settei) — time, place, circumstance
  • Korean: 배경 (baegyeong) — time, place, circumstance
  • Korean: 설정 (seoljeong) — time, place, circumstance
  • Māori: opunga — time, place, circumstance
  • Occitan: contèxt — time, place, circumstance
  • Occitan: circomstància — time, place, circumstance
  • Occitan: situacion — time, place, circumstance
  • Occitan: condicion — time, place, circumstance
  • Portuguese: ambiente — time, place, circumstance
  • Russian: обстано́вка (obstanóvka) — time, place, circumstance
  • Scottish Gaelic: suidheachadh — time, place, circumstance
  • Swedish: miljö — time, place, circumstance
  • Bulgarian: втвърдяване (vtvǎrdjavane) — hardening
  • Finnish: kovettuminen — hardening
  • Hungarian: megszilárdulás — hardening
  • Hungarian: megkötés — hardening
  • Hungarian: szilárdulás — hardening
  • Hungarian: kötés — hardening
  • Hungarian: összeforradás — hardening
  • Hungarian: beforrás — hardening
  • Māori: totokatanga — hardening
  • Bengali: সেটিঙ্ (śeṭiṅ) — of a heavenly body: disappearance below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates
  • Finnish: lasku — of a heavenly body: disappearance below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates
  • Hungarian: lenyugvás — of a heavenly body: disappearance below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates
  • Hungarian: napnyugta — of a heavenly body: disappearance below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates
  • Swedish: nedgång — of a heavenly body: disappearance below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates
  • Bengali: সেটিঙ্ (śeṭiṅ) — jewelry
  • Bulgarian: гнездо (gnezdo) — jewelry
  • Czech: lůžko — jewelry
  • Ancient Greek: πυελίς (puelís) — jewelry
  • Hungarian: foglalat — jewelry
  • Occitan: montura — jewelry
  • Russian: опра́ва (opráva) — jewelry
  • Armenian: կարգավորում (kargavorum) — placement of a control
  • Azerbaijani: sazlama — placement of a control
  • Azerbaijani: kökləmə — placement of a control
  • Azerbaijani: tənzimləmə — placement of a control
  • Bulgarian: настро́йка (nastrójka) — placement of a control
  • Chinese Mandarin: 設置 /设置 (shèzhì) — placement of a control
  • Czech: nastavení — placement of a control
  • Danish: indstilling — placement of a control
  • Esperanto: agordo — placement of a control
  • Finnish: asetus — placement of a control
  • French: réglage — placement of a control
  • French: configuration — placement of a control
  • West-Frisian: ynstelling — placement of a control
  • Galician: configuración — placement of a control
  • Galician: axustes — placement of a control
  • German: Einstellung — placement of a control
  • Hindi: सेटिंग (seṭiṅg) — placement of a control
  • Hungarian: beállítás — placement of a control
  • Hungarian: szabályozás — placement of a control
  • Icelandic: stilling — placement of a control
  • Indonesian: setelan — placement of a control
  • Italian: impostazioni — placement of a control
  • Japanese: 設定 (settei) — placement of a control
  • Korean: 설정 (seoljeong) — placement of a control
  • Lithuanian: nustatymas — placement of a control
  • Lithuanian: parinktis — placement of a control
  • Lithuanian: parametras — placement of a control
  • Malayalam: ക്രമീകരണം (kramīkaraṇaṁ) — placement of a control
  • Māori: tautuhinga — placement of a control
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innstilling — placement of a control
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: innstilling — placement of a control
  • Occitan: configuracion — placement of a control
  • Occitan: reglatges — placement of a control
  • Polish: ustawienie — placement of a control
  • Polish: konfiguracja — placement of a control
  • Portuguese: ajuste — placement of a control
  • Portuguese: configuração — placement of a control
  • Russian: настро́йка (nastrójka) — placement of a control
  • Russian: устано́вка (ustanóvka) — placement of a control
  • Serbo-Croatian: postavka — placement of a control
  • Slovak: nastavenie — placement of a control
  • Spanish: configuración — placement of a control
  • Spanish: ajustes — placement of a control
  • Swedish: inställning — placement of a control
  • Tigrinya: ምምዕርራይ (məmʿərray) — placement of a control
  • Turkmen: sazlama — placement of a control
  • Ukrainian: налаштува́ння (nalaštuvánnja) — placement of a control
  • Bulgarian: музика́лна адапта́ция (muzikálna adaptácija) — music
  • German: Vertonung — music
  • Hungarian: megzenésítés — music
  • Hungarian: átirat — music
  • Hungarian: feldolgozás — music
  • Occitan: adaptacion musicadissa — music
  • Occitan: mesa en musica — music
  • Occitan: adaptacion musicala — music
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