Setting | Mean of setting in English Dictionary

/ˈsɛtɪŋ/

• Noun
• the place and conditions in which something happens or exists
1. This would be a beautiful/perfect/ideal setting for a picnic.
2. You will have the opportunity to view the animals in their natural setting. [=environment]
3. He tends to be shy in social settings.
4. dining in a casual/formal setting
5. urban versus rural settings
• the time, place, and conditions in which the action of a book, movie, etc., takes place
1. The movie changes the play's setting from the late 18th century to the year 2000.
2. She uses modern-day Los Angeles as the setting for her book.
• the rooms, painted backgrounds, furniture, etc., that are used for a scene in a movie or play
1. stage settings

• a particular way of positioning the controls of a machine, system, etc., in order to produce a desired result
1. Save money by turning the temperature settings up in the summer and down in the winter.
2. She just learned how to change the settings on her camera.
• the metal that attaches a stone or jewel to a piece of jewelry
1. The ring has a single diamond in a gold setting.
• the music that is written to go with a piece of writing
1. the musician's settings of poems by W. B. Yeats