setting
setting is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Set. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- present participle. of Set
- noun. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.
- noun. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
- noun. Something set in, or inserted.
- noun. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
- noun. arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
- noun. a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
"the diamond was in a plain gold mount"
- noun. a table service for one person
"a place setting of sterling flatware"
- noun. the context and environment in which something is set
"the perfect setting for a ghost story"
- noun. the physical position of something
"he changed the setting on the thermostat"
- noun. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
"the historical context"
- noun. the state of the environment in which a situation exists
"you can't do that in a university setting"
Synonyms
mount, scene, circumstance, context, background, scope
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