Dictionary Entry
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.
7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Set
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
- 4noun
Something set in, or inserted.
- 5noun
That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
- 6noun
arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
- 7noun
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"
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- 8noun
a table service for one person
"a place setting of sterling flatware"
- 9noun
the context and environment in which something is set
"the perfect setting for a ghost story"
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- 10noun
the physical position of something
"he changed the setting on the thermostat"
- 11noun
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
"the historical context"
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- 12noun
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
"you can't do that in a university setting"
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