setting
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈsɛtɪŋ/
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entorno
- A quiet little café became the setting for their unexpected reunion after years apart.
- a school setting
- a classroom setting
- an educational setting
Just that the the setting is, you know, unique.
- Just that the the setting is, you know, unique.
- What in that setting distracts you the most?
- If you presume the wrong setting, then randomness takes over.
- Describe the setting and the scene of this book for for us.
- It's the housing, it's setting, you know where, where it's being placed.
Examples
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This is an intimate setting.
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I have worked in the public and charter school settings and at the university level.
Academic text (2015) -
And it happens in one significant setting, the kitchen.
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But the fact is, this is the setting for the greatest story ever told.
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What in that setting distracts you the most?
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This is a bucolic setting!
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We concluded that males, at least in this class setting, tend to dominate class discussion.
Academic text (2012) -
One school was located in a suburban setting and had a population of 350 students.
Academic text (2012) -
In one study of third graders in a public school setting, reading fluency improved by 12%.
Academic text (2013) -
Now that is Ko Panyi, which is the setting for a very famous Thai poem, which I think you'd like very much, Jones.
Synonyms
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1.5
The place or setting where an event happens, especially a public one
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3.4
The circumstances that surround and explain a situation
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2.6
The facts and context that help explain a situation or event
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4.8
The place and time where a story or scene happens
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4.8
A place where something happens, often the scene of a story
Compounds
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3.6
The arrangement of background and objects on a stage to show where the story happens
- Specialized
A small change to a gun's aiming device so shots hit a target at a chosen distance
How Specific
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Setting comes from the simple verb set ('to put' or 'place') plus the ending -ing. So a setting is the place or time where something is 'put' or happens.