setting

Speech parts

1. setting - Noun

2. setting - Adjective

3. setting - Verb

Derived from set

Meaning

of Set

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.

The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.

That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mount scene context background scope circumstance place setting stage setting panorama vista arena seascape place set area

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Antonyms

dawn arms mechanism rising burning opposing

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Hypernyms

place position service stage environment mounting

Hyponyms

scenario canvas pave canvass showcase conditions

Phrases with the word

setting apart setting up setting free setting out setting-up exercises setting fire

Anagrams

testing Gittens

Examples

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. Michelangelo

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age. William Feather

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Anthony Robbins

Setting the conditions before you make an agreement is better than having an argument in the middle of the work. Yemeni Proverb

The roe is swift enough without setting the dogs on her. Scottish Gaelic Proverb

Do not neglect the undoing for the setting. Swahili Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Setterfield setterlike setterwort setting against setting angle setting apart