setting
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
setting
n 1: the context and environment in which something is set; "the
perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: {setting},
{scene}]
2: the state of the environment in which a situation exists;
"you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: {setting},
{background}, {scope}]
3: arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place
where a play or movie is enacted [syn: {mise en scene},
{stage setting}, {setting}]
4: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
or event; "the historical context" [syn: {context},
{circumstance}, {setting}]
5: the physical position of something; "he changed the setting
on the thermostat"
6: a table service for one person; "a place setting of sterling
flatware" [syn: {place setting}, {setting}]
7: 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" [syn: {mount}, {setting}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Setting \Set"ting\, n.
1. 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.
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2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does;
also, hunting with a setter. --Boyle.
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3. Something set in, or inserted.
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Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --Ex.
xxviii. 17.
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4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold
setting of a jeweled pin.
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5. the time, place, and circumstances in which an event (real
or fictional) occurs; as, the setting of a novel.
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{Setting coat} (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of
plastering on walls or ceilings.
{Setting dog}, a setter. See {Setter}, n., 2.
{Setting pole}, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing
boats along in shallow water.
{Setting rule}. (Print.) A composing rule.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Set \Set\ (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian,
OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel.
setja, Sw. s[aum]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative
from the root of E. sit. [root]154. See {Sit}, and cf.
{Seize}.]
1. To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or
attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to
fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a
book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest
or trunk on its bottom or on end.
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I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13.
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2. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else,
or in or upon a certain place.
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Set your affection on things above. --Col. iii. 2.
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The Lord set a mark upon Cain. --Gen. iv. 15.
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3. To make to assume specified place, condition, or
occupation; to put in a certain condition or state
(described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
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The Lord thy God will set thee on high. --Deut.
xxviii. 1.
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I am come to set a man at variance against his
father, and the daughter against her mother. --Matt.
x. 35.
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Every incident sets him thinking. --Coleridge.
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4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to
render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or
condition to. Specifically:
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(a) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a
spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass;
as, to set a coach in the mud.
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They show how hard they are set in this
particular. --Addison.
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(b) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make
unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or
rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
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His eyes were set by reason of his age. --1
Kings xiv. 4.
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On these three objects his heart was set.
--Macaulay.
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Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a
flint. --Tennyson.
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(c) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant;
as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
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(d) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to
place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid
something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass
in a sash.
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And him too rich a jewel to be set
In vulgar metal for a vulgar use. --Dryden.
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(e) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into
curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
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5. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to
regulate; to adapt. Specifically:
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(a) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;
as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
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Tables for to sette, and beddes make. --Chaucer.
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(b) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to
set the sails of a ship.
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(c) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the
keynote; as, to set a psalm. --Fielding.
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(d) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to
replace; as, to set a broken bone.
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(e) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a
watch or a clock.
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(f) (Masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the
blocks of cut stone in a structure.
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6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
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I have set my life upon a cast,
And I will stand the hazard of the die. --Shak.
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7. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare
for singing.
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Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
--Dryden.
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8. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a
time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
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9. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to
variegate with objects placed here and there.
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High on their heads, with jewels richly set,
Each lady wore a radiant coronet. --Dryden.
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Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.
--Wordsworth.
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10. To value; to rate; -- with at.
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Be you contented, wearing now the garland,
To have a son set your decrees at naught. --Shak.
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I do not set my life at a pin's fee. --Shak.
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11. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other
game; -- said of hunting dogs.
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12. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to
assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be
learned.
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13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]
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14. (Print.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;
as, to set type; to set a page.
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{To set abroach}. See {Abroach}. [Obs.] --Shak.
{To set against}, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to
oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one
thing against another.
{To set agoing}, to cause to move.
{To set apart}, to separate to a particular use; to separate
from the rest; to reserve.
{To set a saw}, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate
one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to
the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be
a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent
the saw from sticking.
{To set aside}.
(a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to
neglect; to reject; to annul.
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Setting aside all other considerations, I will
endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.
--Tillotson.
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(b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of
one's income.
(c) (Law) See under {Aside}.
{To set at defiance}, to defy.
{To set at ease}, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the
heart at ease.
{To set at naught}, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.
"Ye have set at naught all my counsel." --Prov. i. 25.
{To set a trap} {To set a snare}, or {To set a gin}, to put
it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence,
to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's
power.
{To set at work}, or {To set to work}.
(a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how
tu enter on work.
(b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively.
{To set before}.
(a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit.
(b) To propose for choice to; to offer to.
{To set by}.
(a) To set apart or on one side; to reject.
(b) To attach the value of (anything) to. "I set not a
straw by thy dreamings." --Chaucer.
{To set by the compass}, to observe and note the bearing or
situation of by the compass.
{To set case}, to suppose; to assume. Cf. {Put case}, under
{Put}, v. t. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{To set down}.
(a) To enter in writing; to register.
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Some rules were to be set down for the
government of the army. --Clarendon.
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(b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.
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This law we may name eternal, being that order
which God . . . hath set down with himself, for
himself to do all things by. --Hooker.
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(c) To humiliate.
{To set eyes on}, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.
{To set fire to}, or {To set on fire}, to communicate fire
to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to
irritate.
{To set flying} (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,
instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --
said of a sail.
{To set forth}.
(a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;
to display.
(b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --Waller.
(c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]
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The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty
galleys, set forth by the Venetians. --Knolles.
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{To set forward}.
(a) To cause to advance.
(b) To promote.
{To set free}, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or
bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.
{To set in}, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.
[Obs.]
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If you please to assist and set me in, I will
recollect myself. --Collier.
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{To set in order}, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.
"The rest will I set in order when I come." --1 Cor. xi.
34.
{To set milk}.
(a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream
may rise to the surface.
(b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of
rennet. See 4
(e) .
{To set much by} or {To set little by}, to care much, or
little, for.
{To set of}, to value; to set by. [Obs.] "I set not an haw of
his proverbs." --Chaucer.
{To set off}.
(a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular
purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of
an estate.
(b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.
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They . . . set off the worst faces with the
best airs. --Addison.
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(c) To give a flattering description of.
{To set off against}, to place against as an equivalent; as,
to set off one man's services against another's.
{To set on} or {To set upon}.
(a) To incite; to instigate. "Thou, traitor, hast set on
thy wife to this." --Shak.
(b) To employ, as in a task. " Set on thy wife to
observe." --Shak.
(c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's
heart or affections on some object. See definition 2,
above.
{To set one's cap for}. See under {Cap}, n.
{To set one's self against}, to place one's self in a state
of enmity or opposition to.
{To set one's teeth}, to press them together tightly.
{To set on foot}, to set going; to put in motion; to start.
{To set out}.
(a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to
set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an
estate; to set out the widow's thirds.
(b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.]
(c) To adorn; to embellish.
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An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with
jewels, nothing can become. --Dryden.
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(d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]
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The Venetians pretend they could set out, in
case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.
--Addison.
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(e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.
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I could set out that best side of Luther.
--Atterbury.
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(f) To show; to prove. [R.] "Those very reasons set out
how heinous his sin was." --Atterbury.
(g) (Law) To recite; to state at large.
{To set over}.
(a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector,
ruler, or commander.
(b) To assign; to transfer; to convey.
{To set right}, to correct; to put in order.
{To set sail}. (Naut.) See under {Sail}, n.
{To set store by}, to consider valuable.
{To set the fashion}, to determine what shall be the fashion;
to establish the mode.
{To set the teeth on edge}, to affect the teeth with a
disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in
contact with them.
{To set the watch} (Naut.), to place the starboard or port
watch on duty.
{To set to}, to attach to; to affix to. "He . . . hath set to
his seal that God is true." --John iii. 33.
{To set up}. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set
up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a
pillar.
(b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. "I will . . . set
up the throne of David over Israel." --2 Sam. iii.
10.
(c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to
establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to
set up a school.
(d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a
son in trade.
(e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark.
(f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.
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I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.
--Dryden.
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(g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as,
to set up a new opinion or doctrine. --T. Burnet.
(h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune;
as, this good fortune quite set him up.
(i) To intoxicate. [Slang]
(j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to
arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing;
as, to set up type.
{To set up the rigging} (Naut.), to make it taut by means of
tackles. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
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Syn: See {Put}.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
220 Moby Thesaurus words for "setting":
Intertype, Linotype, Monotype, adaptation, agora, amphitheater,
arena, arrangement, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis,
athletic field, auditorium, back, backdrop, background,
background detail, backing, bear garden, bearing, bowl,
boxing ring, broadcast, broadcasting, bull ring, bushing,
calcification, callusing, campus, canvas, case hardening, chassis,
circus, clabbering, clotting, coagulation, cockpit,
cold-type typesetting, coliseum, collapsing, colosseum, composing,
composing stick, composition, computerized typesetting, concretion,
congealment, congelation, context, cornification, course,
crystallization, curdling, deciduous, declining, declivitous,
decorative composition, decorative style, decurrent, descendant,
descending, design, detail, dissemination, distance, down,
down-reaching, downcoming, downfalling, downgoing, downhill,
downsinking, downward, drooping, dropping, dummy, environment,
environs, falling, field, figure, firming, floor, foil,
foreground detail, form, forum, fossilization, frame, furniture,
galley chase, gelatination, gelatinization, gelling, granulation,
ground, gym, gymnasium, habitat, hall, hardening, harmonization,
hinterland, hippodrome, home, hornification, hot-metal typesetting,
imposition, induration, infrastructure, insemination, inspissation,
instrumentation, intonation, jellification, jelling, jellying,
justification, lapidification, layout, line of type, lists,
lithification, locale, location, marketplace, mat, milieu,
mise-en-scene, modulation, motif, mount, mounting, national style,
on the descendant, on the downgrade, open forum, orchestration,
ornamental motif, ossification, palaestra, parade ground, pattern,
period style, petrifaction, petrification, photocomposition,
photosetting, phototypesetter, phototypesetting machine, phrasing,
pit, place, placement, planting, platform, plummeting, plunging,
precinct, preparation, prize ring, public square, purlieu, quoin,
range, rear, reforestation, repeated figure, resetting, resolution,
retimbering, ring, sagging, scene, scene of action, scenery,
sclerosis, seeding, semination, set, sinking, site, skeleton, slug,
solidification, solution, sowing, sphere, squared circle, stadium,
stage, stage set, stage setting, steeling, stiffening, style,
submerging, subsiding, surroundings, suspension, tempering,
terrain, theater, theme, thickening, tilting ground, tiltyard,
tone painting, tottering, touch, toughening, transcription,
transplantation, tumbledown, typesetting, typesetting machine,
underframe, vitrifaction, vitrification, walk, wrestling ring
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