setting

Syllables: set·ting/ˈsɛtɪŋ/

setting noun: the time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario. Also the present participle and gerund of set.

Noun

setting (plural settings)

The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
The act of setting (various senses).
- the setting of the sun
- the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris
A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.
- the volume setting on a television
The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
Hunting with a setter.
Something set in, or inserted.
- Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 28:17
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
The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
The direction of a current of wind.

Adjective

setting

That disappears below the horizon.
- the setting sun
- As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's...1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19

Also used as

setting is also the present participle and gerund of set.

setting meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

setting in Hindi

placement of a control: सेटिंग seṭiṅg

setting in Bengali

time, place, circumstance: সেটিঙ্ śeṭiṅ
of a heavenly body: disappearance below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates: সেটিঙ্ śeṭiṅ
jewelry: সেটিঙ্ śeṭiṅ

setting in Telugu

సెట్టింగ్, అమరిక

setting in Malayalam

placement of a control: ക്രമീകരണം kramīkaraṇaṁ

More languagesFewer languages

setting in Punjabi: ਸੈਟਿੰਗ ਕਰੋ
setting in Nepali: सेटिङ, सेटिंग
setting in Indonesian: latar, setelan

Examples of setting in a sentence

Manual controls allow the user to override the camera's default settings.
A roaming profile allows your settings to follow you from one computer to another across a network.
Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.

All 40 example sentences with setting

Forms of setting

plural	settings

Plural of setting: settings

Phrases with setting

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Words that rhyme with setting

Questions about setting

What does setting mean?: Setting means the time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
What is setting in Hindi?: Setting in Hindi is सेटिंग (seṭiṅg). See Setting meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is setting?: Setting can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce setting?: Setting is pronounced /ˈsɛtɪŋ/.
What is the plural of setting?: The plural of setting is settings.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: setting (page history and authors); setting (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setting (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); setting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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