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settingnoun

uk ​ /ˈset.ɪŋ/ us ​ /ˈset̬.ɪŋ/

setting noun (POSITION)

B2 [ C usually singular ] the position of a house or other building:

Their house is in an idyllic country setting.

B2 [ C usually singular ] the time and the place in which the action of a book, film, play, etc. happens:

The play has its setting in a wartime prison camp.

› [ C ] a place setting

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setting noun (JEWELLERY)

› [ C ] the piece of metal in a ring, or other piece of jewellery, into which a precious stone is fixed:

a single diamond in a plain gold setting

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(Definition of “setting” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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settingnoun [ C ]

us ​ /ˈset̬·ɪŋ/

setting noun [ C ] (JEWELRY PART)

› the part of a piece of jewelry designed to hold a stone:

It was her grandmother’s ring – a single diamond in a gold setting

setting noun [ C ] (SURROUNDINGS)

› the surroundings or place in which something is put:

The house has a beautiful setting overlooking the river.
The setting of the novel is Paris in the 1920s.

setting noun [ C ] (CONTROLS)

› a position of the controls on a machine or instrument:

If the image is dark or fuzzy, adjust the settings.

(Definition of “setting” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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