settingnoun
uk/ˈset.ɪŋ/us/ˈset̬.ɪŋ/setting noun (POSITION)
B2 [ C usually singular ] the position of a house or other building:
B2 [ C usually singular ] the time and the place in which the action of a book, film, play, etc. happens:
[ C ] a place setting
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- This would be the perfect setting for a wedding.
- The hotel itself is in an idyllic setting.
- The building is particularly notable for its garden setting.
- This is a tale of life and death in the idyllic rural setting of a 15th-century manor house.
- The movie casts a new light on the familiar Wild West setting.
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Places and locations
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- action
- core
- direction
- ground zero
- heartland
- location
- oxygen bar
- place
- point
- post
- scene
- seat
- set
- situation
- spot
- station
- stronghold
- the holy of holies
- venue
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setting noun (CONTROLS)
[ C ] a position on the controls of a piece of equipment:
[ plural ] the place on a mobile phone or other electronic device where you can set various functions:
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Measurements in general
- bathymetry
- deep
- dimension
- distance
- draught
- floor-length
- hecto-
- imperial
- length
- length
- linear
- measurable
- mega
- pico-
- pitch
- ply
- tyre pressure
- unit
- vital statistics
- wheelbase
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setting noun (JEWELLERY)
[ C ] the piece of metal in a ring, or other piece of jewellery, into which a precious stone is fixed:
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Jewellery
- badge
- bead
- beaded
- bindi
- bling
- charm bracelet
- choker
- clip-on
- coronet
- crown
- filigree
- fob
- knuckleduster
- pearl
- pendant
- precious stone
- semiprecious
- tiepin
- trinket
- wedding ring
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setting noun (MUSIC)
[ C ] music written or provided for a poem or other words so that they can be sung:
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Writing, reading & studying music
- compose
- composition
- follow
- harmonize
- music
- music-making
- musical
- musicology
- orchestrate
- pentatonic scale
- recompose
- sheet music
- sight-read
- sol-fa
- songwriter
- tone-deaf
- transpose