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noun (n)

• the context and environment in which something is set(noun.location)

  Example:
  The perfect setting for a ghost story.
  

  Synonym:
  scene
  

  source: wordnet30
• the state of the environment in which a situation exists(noun.state)

  Example:
  You can't do that in a university setting.
  

  Synonym:
  background, scope
  

  source: wordnet30
• arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  mise en scene, stage setting
  

  source: wordnet30
• the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  circumstance, context
  

  source: wordnet30
• the physical position of something(noun.location)

  Example:
  He changed the setting on the thermostat.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a table service for one person(noun.artifact)

  Example:
  A place setting of sterling flatware.
  

  Synonym:
  place setting
  

  source: wordnet30
• a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  mount
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913