What is the meaning of setting?

noun

• The context and environment in which something is set.
  • usage: "the perfect setting for a ghost story"
  • synonyms: scene
• The state of the environment in which a situation exists.
  • usage: "you can't do that in a university setting"
  • synonyms: background, scope
• Arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted.
  • synonyms: mise en scene, stage setting
• The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event.
  • usage: "the historical context"
  • synonyms: context, circumstance
• The physical position of something.
  • usage: "he changed the setting on the thermostat"
• A table service for one person.
  • usage: "a place setting of sterling flatware"
  • synonyms: place setting
• A mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place.
  • usage: "the diamond was in a plain gold mount"
  • synonyms: mount

verb

• Put into a certain place or abstract location.
  • usage: "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
  • synonyms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Fix conclusively or authoritatively.
  • usage: "set the rules"
  • synonyms: determine, set
• Decide upon or fix definitely.
  • usage: "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
  • synonyms: specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit
• Establish as the highest level or best performance.
  • usage: "set a record"
  • synonyms: set, mark
• Put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state.
  • usage: "set the house afire"
  • synonyms: set
• Fix in a border.
  • usage: "The goldsmith set the diamond"
  • synonyms: set
• Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.
  • usage: "Get the children ready for school"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
  • synonyms: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
• Set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly.
  • usage: "set clocks or instruments"
  • synonyms: set
• Locate.
  • usage: "The film is set in Africa"
  • synonyms: set, localize, localise, place
• Disappear beyond the horizon.
  • usage: "the sun sets early these days"
  • synonyms: set, go down, go under
• Adapt for performance in a different way.
  • usage: "set this poem to music"
  • synonyms: arrange, set
• Put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground.
  • usage: "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
  • synonyms: plant, set
• Apply or start.
  • usage: "set fire to a building"
  • synonyms: set
• Become gelatinous.
  • usage: "the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme"
  • synonyms: jell, set, congeal
• Set in type.
  • usage: "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics"
  • synonyms: typeset, set
• Put into a position that will restore a normal state.
  • usage: "set a broken bone"
  • synonyms: set
• Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink.
  • synonyms: set, countersink
• Give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor.
  • synonyms: set
• Urge to attack someone.
  • usage: "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits"
  • synonyms: sic, set
• Estimate.
  • usage: "We put the time of arrival at 8 P. M."
  • synonyms: place, put, set
• Equip with sails or masts.
  • usage: "rig a ship"
  • synonyms: rig, set, set up
• Get ready for a particular purpose or event.
  • usage: "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"
  • synonyms: set up, lay out, set
• Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.
  • usage: "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
  • synonyms: adjust, set, correct
• Bear fruit.
  • usage: "the apple trees fructify"
  • synonyms: fructify, set
• Arrange attractively.
  • usage: "dress my hair for the wedding"
  • synonyms: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure