setting

noun

1. the context and environment in which something is set

   noun.location

   Examples

   The perfect setting for a ghost story.

   Synonyms scene

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. the state of the environment in which a situation exists

   noun.state

   Examples

   You can't do that in a university setting.

   Synonyms background scope

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

   noun.artifact

   Synonyms mise en scene stage setting

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

   noun.state

   Synonyms circumstance context

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. the physical position of something

   noun.location

   Examples

   He changed the setting on the thermostat.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. a table service for one person

   noun.artifact

   Examples

   A place setting of sterling flatware.

   Synonyms place setting

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place

   noun.artifact

   Synonyms mount

   Source: WordNet 3.0

8. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the <i>setting</i> of type, or of gems; the <i>setting</i> of the sun; the <i>setting</i> (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the <i>setting</i> (set) of a current.

   noun

   Source: webster1913