setting

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛtɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

setting

1. present participle and gerund of set

setting (plural settings)

1. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
2. The act of setting.

   the setting of the sun

   the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris

3. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
4. A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.

   the volume setting on a television

5. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
6. Hunting with a setter.
7. Something set in, or inserted.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 28:17:

     Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.

8. A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).

   Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem

   Bach's setting of the Magnificat

9. The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
10. The direction of a current of wind.

setting (comparative more setting, superlative most setting)

1. that disappears below the horizon

   the setting sun

• record-setting

• testing, tingest

Borrowed from English setting.

setting f or m (definite singular settinga or settingen, indefinite plural settinger, definite plural settingene)

1. setting

• “setting” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From setja +‎ -ing.

• setjing

setting f (definite singular settinga, indefinite plural settingar, definite plural settingane)

1. the act of putting, setting (something somewhere)
2. the manner of putting, setting (something somewhere)

Borrowed from English setting.

setting m (definite singular settingen, indefinite plural settingar, definite plural settingane)

1. a setting (frame, background, context, scenario)

• “setting” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.