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setting

  (sĕt'ĭng) pronunciation
n.
  1. The position, direction, or way in which something, such as an automatic control, is set.
    1. The context and environment in which a situation is set; the background.
    2. The time, place, and circumstances in which a narrative, drama, or film takes place.
  2. Music. A composition written or arranged to fit a text, such as a poetical work.
  3. A mounting, as for a jewel.
  4. A place setting.
  5. A set of eggs in a hen's nest.

 
 
Thesaurus: setting

noun

  1. The place where an action or event occurs: locale, scene, site, stage. See place.
  2. The properties, backdrops, and other objects arranged for a dramatic presentation: mise en scène, scene, scenery, set2. See performing arts.

 

1. said of meat while it is cooling after slaughter and the processes of rigor mortis are precipitating the protein in the muscle fibers.
2. a clutch of eggs to set under a broody hen—usually 13 eggs.

 

The time, place, and culture in which the action of a narrative takes place. The elements of setting may include geographic location, characters' physical and mental environments, prevailing cultural attitudes, or the historical time in which the action takes place. Examples of settings include the romanticized Scotland in Sir Walter Scott's "Waverley" novels, the French provincial setting in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, the fictional Wessex country of Thomas Hardy's novels, and the small towns of southern Ontario in Alice Munro's short stories.

 
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IN BRIEF: n. - A table service for one person; Passing below the horizon.

pronunciation The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun. — Henry Ward Beecher

 
Translations: Translations for: Setting

Dansk (Danish)
n. - miljø, baggrund, omgivelser, nedgang, indfatning, ramme, afbinding, stivning

idioms:

  • setting lotion    hårcreme

Nederlands (Dutch)
omgeving, tijd en plaats van handeling, decor, verharding, toonzetting, -ondergang, montage van edelsteen

Français (French)
n. - cadre (historique, etc), monture, position (de réglage), épaississement (d'une confiture), durcissement (de la colle), (Mus) arrangement

idioms:

  • setting lotion    fixateur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schauplatz, Fassung, Gedeck, Vertonung

idioms:

  • setting lotion    Haarfestiger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τοποθέτηση, ρύθμιση, περιβάλλον, περίγυρος, σκηνικό, δέσιμο (πετραδιού), πήξιμο, μουσική επένδυση, μιζανπλί, (μουσ.) διασκευή

idioms:

  • setting lotion    λοσιόν για μιζανπλί

Italiano (Italian)
scena, scenario, rassodamento, tramonto, composizione

idioms:

  • setting lotion    fissatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - colocação (f), preparação (f), sistemação (m)

idioms:

  • setting lotion    fixador para os cabelos

Русский (Russian)
оправа, окружение, обрамление, время и место действия пьесы, художественное оформление, переложение слов на музыку, аранжировка, закат, регулировка, посуда для обеденного стола

idioms:

  • setting lotion    жидкость для смачивания волос перед укладкой

Español (Spanish)
n. - teatro, decorado, escenografía, endurecimiento, solidificación, puesta, composición

idioms:

  • setting lotion    fijador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sättande, sättning, infattning, iscensättning, uppsättning, ram, omgivning, tonsättning

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
安装, 设定, 装置, 镶嵌

idioms:

  • setting lotion    头发定型液

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 安裝, 設定, 裝置, 鑲嵌

idioms:

  • setting lotion    頭髮定型液

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 놓기, 무대 장치, (해, 달의) 지기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 据え付けること, 入り, 作曲, 1そろいの洋食器, 周囲, 舞台, 象眼, セッティング, 設置

idioms:

  • setting lotion    セットローション

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خلفيه, محيط, أطار ألفص, وضع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רקע, סביבה, תפאורה, מסגרת, לחן לשיר, מערכת כלי-אוכל, מסגרת לתכשיט‬


 
 

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