[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

setting \set"ting\, n.
   1. 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.
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   2. the act of marking the position of game, as a setter does;
      also, hunting with a setter. --boyle.
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   3. something set in, or inserted.
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            thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --ex.
                                                  xxviii. 17.
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   4. that in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold
      setting of a jeweled pin.
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   5. the time, place, and circumstances in which an event real
      or fictional occurs; as, the setting of a novel.
      pjc

   setting coat arch., the finishing or last coat of
      plastering on walls or ceilings.

   setting dog, a setter. see setter, n., 2.

   setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing
      boats along in shallow water.

   setting rule. print. a composing rule.
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see also:
setting coat setting dog setter setting pole setting rule 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

set \set\ se^t, v. t. imp.  p. p. set; p. pr.  vb. n.
   setting. oe. setten, as. setton; akin to os. settian,
   ofries. setta, d. zetten, ohg. sezzen, g. setzen, icel.
   setja, sw. saumtta, dan. s?tte, goth. satjan; causative
   from the root of e. sit. root154. see sit, and cf.
   seize.
   1. to cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or
      attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to
      fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a
      book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest
      or trunk on its bottom or on end.
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            i do set my bow in the cloud.         --gen. ix. 13.
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   2. hence, to attach or affix something to something else,
      or in or upon a certain place.
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            set your affection on things above.   --col. iii. 2.
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            the lord set a mark upon cain.        --gen. iv. 15.
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   3. to make to assume specified place, condition, or
      occupation; to put in a certain condition or state
      described by the accompanying words; to cause to be.
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            the lord thy god will set thee on high. --deut.
                                                  xxviii. 1.
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            i am come to set a man at variance against his
            father, and the daughter against her mother. --matt.
                                                  x. 35.
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            every incident sets him thinking.     --coleridge.
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   4. to fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to
      render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or
      condition to. specifically: 
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      a to cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a
          spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass;
          as, to set a coach in the mud.
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                they show how hard they are set in this
                particular.                       --addison.
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      b to fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make
          unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or
          rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
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                his eyes were set by reason of his age. --1
                                                  kings xiv. 4.
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                on these three objects his heart was set.
                                                  --macaulay.
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                make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a
                flint.                            --tennyson.
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      c to fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant;
          as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
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      d to fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to
          place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid
          something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass
          in a sash.
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                and him too rich a jewel to be set
                in vulgar metal for a vulgar use. --dryden.
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      e to render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into
          curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
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   5. to put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to
      regulate; to adapt. specifically:
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      a to put in order in a particular manner; to prepare;
          as, to set that is, to hone a razor; to set a saw.
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                tables for to sette, and beddes make. --chaucer.
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      b to extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to
          set the sails of a ship.
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      c to give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the
          keynote; as, to set a psalm. --fielding.
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      d to reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to
          replace; as, to set a broken bone.
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      e to make to agree with some standard; as, to set a
          watch or a clock.
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      f masonry to lower into place and fix solidly, as the
          blocks of cut stone in a structure.
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   6. to stake at play; to wager; to risk.
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            i have set my life upon a cast,
            and i will stand the hazard of the die. --shak.
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   7. to fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare
      for singing.
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            set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
                                                  --dryden.
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   8. to determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a
      time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
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   9. to adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to
      variegate with objects placed here and there.
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            high on their heads, with jewels richly set,
            each lady wore a radiant coronet.     --dryden.
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            pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.
                                                  --wordsworth.
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   10. to value; to rate; -- with at.
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             be you contented, wearing now the garland,
             to have a son set your decrees at naught. --shak.
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             i do not set my life at a pin's fee. --shak.
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   11. to point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other
       game; -- said of hunting dogs.
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   12. to establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to
       assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be
       learned.
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   13. to suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. scot.
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   14. print. to compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.;
       as, to set type; to set a page.
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   to set abroach. see abroach. obs. --shak.

   to set against, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to
      oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one
      thing against another.

   to set agoing, to cause to move.

   to set apart, to separate to a particular use; to separate
      from the rest; to reserve.

   to set a saw, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate
      one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to
      the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be
      a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent
      the saw from sticking.

   to set aside.
       a to leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to
           neglect; to reject; to annul.
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                 setting aside all other considerations, i will
                 endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.
                                                  --tillotson.
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       b to set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of
           one's income.
       c law see under aside.

   to set at defiance, to defy.

   to set at ease, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the
      heart at ease.

   to set at naught, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise.
      "ye have set at naught all my counsel." --prov. i. 25.

   to set a trap to set a snare, or to set a gin, to put
      it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence,
      to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's
      power.

   to set at work, or to set to work.
       a to cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how
           tu enter on work.
       b to apply one's self; -- used reflexively.

   to set before.
       a to bring out to view before; to exhibit.
       b to propose for choice to; to offer to.

   to set by.
       a to set apart or on one side; to reject.
       b to attach the value of anything to. "i set not a
           straw by thy dreamings." --chaucer.

   to set by the compass, to observe and note the bearing or
      situation of by the compass.

   to set case, to suppose; to assume. cf. put case, under
      put, v. t. obs. --chaucer.

   to set down.
       a to enter in writing; to register.
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                 some rules were to be set down for the
                 government of the army.          --clarendon.
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       b to fix; to establish; to ordain.
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                 this law we may name eternal, being that order
                 which god . . . hath set down with himself, for
                 himself to do all things by.     --hooker.
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       c to humiliate.

   to set eyes on, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on.
      

   to set fire to, or to set on fire, to communicate fire
      to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to
      irritate.

   to set flying naut., to hook to halyards, sheets, etc.,
      instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; --
      said of a sail.

   to set forth.
       a to manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt;
           to display.
       b to publish; to promulgate; to make appear. --waller.
       c to send out; to prepare and send. obs.
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                 the venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty
                 galleys, set forth by the venetians. --knolles.
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   to set forward.
       a to cause to advance.
       b to promote.

   to set free, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or
      bondage; to liberate; to emancipate.

   to set in, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to.
      obs.
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            if you please to assist and set me in, i will
            recollect myself.                     --collier.
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   to set in order, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method.
      "the rest will i set in order when i come." --1 cor. xi.
      34.

   to set milk.
       a to expose it in open dishes in order that the cream
           may rise to the surface.
       b to cause it to become curdled as by the action of
           rennet. see 4
       e .

   to set much by or to set little by, to care much, or
      little, for.

   to set of, to value; to set by. obs. "i set not an haw of
      his proverbs." --chaucer.

   to set off.
       a to separate from a whole; to assign to a particular
           purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of
           an estate.
       b to adorn; to decorate; to embellish.
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                 they . . . set off the worst faces with the
                 best airs.                       --addison.
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       c to give a flattering description of.

   to set off against, to place against as an equivalent; as,
      to set off one man's services against another's.

   to set on or to set upon.
       a to incite; to instigate. "thou, traitor, hast set on
           thy wife to this." --shak.
       b to employ, as in a task. " set on thy wife to
           observe." --shak.
       c to fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's
           heart or affections on some object. see definition 2,
           above.

   to set one's cap for. see under cap, n.

   to set one's self against, to place one's self in a state
      of enmity or opposition to.

   to set one's teeth, to press them together tightly.

   to set on foot, to set going; to put in motion; to start.
      

   to set out.
       a to assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to
           set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an
           estate; to set out the widow's thirds.
       b to publish, as a proclamation. obs.
       c to adorn; to embellish.
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                 an ugly woman, in rich habit set out with
                 jewels, nothing can become.      --dryden.
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       d to raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. r.
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                 the venetians pretend they could set out, in
                 case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.
                                                  --addison.
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       e to show; to display; to recommend; to set off.
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                 i could set out that best side of luther.
                                                  --atterbury.
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       f to show; to prove. r. "those very reasons set out
           how heinous his sin was." --atterbury.
       g law to recite; to state at large.

   to set over.
       a to appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector,
           ruler, or commander.
       b to assign; to transfer; to convey.

   to set right, to correct; to put in order.

   to set sail. naut. see under sail, n.

   to set store by, to consider valuable.

   to set the fashion, to determine what shall be the fashion;
      to establish the mode.

   to set the teeth on edge, to affect the teeth with a
      disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in
      contact with them.

   to set the watch naut., to place the starboard or port
      watch on duty.

   to set to, to attach to; to affix to. "he . . . hath set to
      his seal that god is true." --john iii. 33.

   to set up. a to erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set
      up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a
      pillar.
       b hence, to exalt; to put in power. "i will . . . set
           up the throne of david over israel." --2 sam. iii.
           10.
       c to begin, as a new institution; to institute; to
           establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to
           set up a school.
       d to enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a
           son in trade.
       e to place in view; as, to set up a mark.
       f to raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.
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                 i'll set up such a note as she shall hear.
                                                  --dryden.
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       g to advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as,
           to set up a new opinion or doctrine. --t. burnet.
       h to raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune;
           as, this good fortune quite set him up.
       i to intoxicate. slang
       j print. to put in type; as, to set up copy; to
           arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing;
           as, to set up type.

   to set up the rigging naut., to make it taut by means of
      tackles. --r. h. dana, jr.
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   syn: see put.
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see also:
set setting sit seize to set abroach abroach 
to set against to set agoing to set apart to set a saw to set aside 
aside to set at defiance to set at ease to set at naught to set a trap 
to set a snare to set a gin to set at work to set to work to set before 
to set by to set by the compass to set case put case put 
to set down to set eyes on to set fire to to set on fire to set flying 
to set forth to set forward to set free to set in to set in order 
to set milk to set much by to set little by to set of to set off 
to set off against to set on to set upon to set one's cap for cap 
to set one's self against to set one's teeth to set on foot to set out to set over 
to set right to set sail sail to set store by to set the fashion 
to set the teeth on edge to set the watch to set to to set up to set up the rigging 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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: fitp, primedp, setp
     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: setp
     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
     n 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"
     v 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"
     9: locate; "the film is set in africa" syn: localize, localise,
         place
     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"
     14: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the
         enzyme" syn: jell, congeal
     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
     19: estimate; "we put the time of arrival at 8 p.m." syn: place,
          put
     20: equip with sails, masts, etc.; "rig a ship" syn: rig, set
         up
     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
see also:
fitp primedp setp fixed rigid located 
placed situated laid determined dictated 
hardened exercise set stage set circle band 
lot bent hardening solidifying solidification 
curing seth readiness put place 
pose position lay determine specify 
fix limit mark prepare set up 
ready gear up localize localise go down 
go under rise arrange plant jell 
congeal countersink sic rig set up 
lay out adjust correct fructify dress 
do coif coiffe coiffure setting 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

setting
     adj : of a heavenly body disappearing below the horizon; "the
           setting sun" ant: rising
     n 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
see also:
rising scene background scope mise en scene stage setting 
place setting mount 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

setting
     see set
see also:
set 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

220 moby thesaurus words for "setting":
   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

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