Dictionary Definition
set adj
1 (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the
point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit
to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed
for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" [syn: fit(p), primed(p),
set(p)]
2 fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed
glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"-
Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" [syn: fixed, rigid]
3 situated in a particular spot or position;
"valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed
artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet
riverbank" [syn: located, placed, situated]
4 set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid
table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern"
[syn: laid]
5 being below the horizon; "the moon is set"
[syn: set(p)]
6 determined or decided upon as by an authority;
"date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of
surrender"; "the time set for the launching" [syn: determined, dictated]
7 converted to solid form (as concrete) [syn:
hardened]
Noun
1 a group of things of the same kind that belong
together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs";
"a set of teeth"
2 (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers
or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite"
3 several exercises intended to be done in
series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" [syn:
exercise
set]
4 representation consisting of the scenery and
other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic
production; "the sets were meticulously authentic" [syn: stage
set]
5 an unofficial association of people or groups;
"the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: circle, band, lot]
6 a relatively permanent inclination to react in
a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent]
7 the act of putting something in position; "he
gave a final set to his hat"
8 a unit of play in tennis or squash; "they
played two sets of tennis after dinner"
9 the process of becoming hard or solid by
cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete";
"he tested the set of the glue" [syn: hardening, solidifying, solidification, curing]
10 evil beast-headed Egyptian god with high
square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris [syn:
Seth]
11 the descent of a heavenly body below the
horizon; "before the set of sun"
12 (psychology) a temporary readiness to respond
in a particular way; "the subjects' set led them to solve problems
the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his
instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set" [syn: readiness]
13 any electronic equipment that receives or
transmits radio or tv signals; "the early sets ran on storage
batteries"
Verb
1 put into a certain place or abstract location;
"Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the
scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
[syn: put, place, pose, position, lay]
2 fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the
rules" [syn: determine]
3 decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the
variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, determine, fix, limit]
4 establish as the highest level or best
performance; "set a record" [syn: mark]
5 put into a certain state; cause to be in a
certain state; "set the house afire"
6 fix in a border; "The goldsmith set the
diamond"
7 make ready or suitable or equip in advance for
a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children
ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town
after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up]
8 set to a certain position or cause to operate
correctly; "set clocks or instruments"
10 disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets
early these days" [syn: go down, go under] [ant:
rise]
11 adapt for performance in a different way; "set
this poem to music" [syn: arrange]
12 put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the
ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: plant]
13 apply or start; "set fire to a building"
15 put into a position that will restore a normal
state; "set a broken bone"
16 insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as
into a countersink) [syn: countersink]
17 give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or
razor
18 urge a dog to attack someone [syn: sic]
21 get ready for a particular purpose or event;
"set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the
surgery" [syn: set up, lay out]
22 alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or
conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the
alignment of the front wheels" [syn: adjust, correct]
23 bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify" [syn:
fructify]
24 arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the
wedding" [syn: dress,
arrange, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure] [also: setting]setting adj : (of a
heavenly body) disappearing below the horizon; "the setting sun"
[ant: rising]
Noun
1 the context and environment in which something
is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: scene]
2 the state of the environment in which a
situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting" [syn:
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]
4 the physical position of something; "he changed
the setting on the thermostat"
5 a table service for one person; "a place
setting of sterling flatware" [syn: place
setting]
6 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 See set
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ
Verb form
setting- present participle of set
Noun
- The way or place in which something is set.
- A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewellery.
Adjective
- that disappears below the horizon
Extensive Definition
Setting may refer to:
- A place where something is set
- Set construction in theatrical scenery
- Setting (fiction) in literature
- in jewelry
- Setting (the noun): Frame or bed into which a diamond or gem is set, see also personal setting
- Campaign setting in role playing games
- in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, a frame, all the basic rules regulating place, time and behaviors within which therapeutic process and therapeutic alliance evolve
- Setting (education), grouping students by ability
- In computers and electronics, the configuration or options of the software or device
See also
setting in Simple English: Setting
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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