setting

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

Verb

setting

1. Present participle of set.

Noun

setting (plural settings)

1. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
2. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
3. A standard level or placement that a knob or control is placed at, for example, the volume setting on a television.

Translations

time, place, circumstance

Dutch: context (nl) m. Finnish: tapahtumapaikka (fi), miljöö (fi) German: Kontext (de) m. Italian: contesto (it) m.

Portuguese: ambiente (pt) Russian: обстановка (ru) (obstanóvka) f. Scottish Gaelic: suidheachadh (gd) m.

jewelry

Czech: lůžko (cs) n.

Russian: оправа (ru) (opráva) f.

placement of a control

Chinese: Mandarin: 設置 (zh), 设置 (zh) (shèzhì) Czech: nastavení (cs) n. French: réglage (fr) m., configuration (fr) f.

German: Einstellung (de) f. Japanese: 設定 (ja) (せってい, settei) Russian: настройка (ru) (nastrójka) f., установка (ru) (ustanóvka) f.

Adjective

setting (comparative more setting, superlative most setting)

1. that disappears below the horizon

Translations

that disappears below the horizon

French: couchant (fr) German: untergehend (de) Italian: calante (it)

Serbo-Croatian: zalazeći (sh) Spanish: poniente (es)

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