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setting

English

  1. 🔊 the context and environment in which something is set
    “the perfect setting for a ghost story”
  2. 🔊 the physical position of something
    “he changed the setting on the thermostat”
  3. 🔊 the state of the environment in which a situation exists
    “you can't do that in a university setting”
  4. 🔊 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”
  5. 🔊 a table service for one person
    “a place setting of sterling flatware”
  6. 🔊 arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
  7. 🔊 the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
    “the historical context”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 ambientación setting
  2. 🔊 engaste setting, mounting
  3. 🔊 determinación setting, fixing, determining (e.g. fixing of a deadline, setting of objectives or goals)

Similar words

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