• IPA: /ˈsɛtɪŋ/

1. present participle of set#English|set

setting (plural settings)

1. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
2. The act of setting.

   the setting of the sun

   the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris

3. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
4. A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.

   the volume setting on a television

5. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
6. Hunting with a setter.
7. Something set in, or inserted.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Exodus 28:17 ↗:

     Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.

8. 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''''

9. The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
10. The direction of a current of wind.

• German: Kontext
• Italian: contesto
• Portuguese: ambiente
• Russian: обстано́вка

• Russian: опра́ва

• French: réglage, configuration
• German: Einstellung
• Italian: impostazioni
• Russian: настро́йка
• Spanish: ajuste

• German: Vertonung

setting

1. that disappears below the horizon

   the setting sun

• French: couchant
• German: untergehend
• Italian: calante
• Portuguese: poente
• Spanish: poniente