settingset‧ting /ˈsetɪŋ/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
an old farmhouse in a beautiful settingsetting for Cyprus is the perfect setting for a beach holiday. I’ve worked with children in various settings, mainly in secondary school.► see thesaurus at place2the place or time where the events in a book, film etc happensetting for Verona is best known as the setting for two of Shakespeare’s plays.3the position in which you put the controls on a machine or instrument: The heating system was already on its highest setting.4the metal that holds a stone in a piece of jewellery, or the way the stone is fixedin a ... setting a diamond ring in a gold setting5music that is written to go with a poem, prayer etc6the setting of the sun literary the time when the sun goes down SYN sunset → place settingCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesa beautiful/lovely/magnificent setting· The event takes place in the magnificent setting of Bramham Park.a perfect/ideal setting· The castle was a perfect setting for the wedding.an idyllic setting (=a very beautiful and peaceful place)· Three artists have come together to paint and teach in an idyllic setting in West Sussex.an unlikely setting· This quiet suburb may seem an unlikely setting for a top restaurant.a rural/urban setting· The research station is located in a rural setting.verbsprovide a setting· The hotel provides an ideal setting for conferences.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Dashwood Manor sounds like the setting for a Victoria Holt novel, doesn't it?
- Imagine working in a beautiful setting overlooking the bay.
- Most patients were initially treated in a hospital setting.
- The heater has three temperature settings.
- And that only reliable operators programme these settings into the oven's memory.
- Auden's influence on the young Britten was enormous: it shaped his whole attitude to the setting of words.
- Difficult or not, I none the less believe that we should seek less formal settings.
- In beautifully landscaped settings, this unique zoo is great fun for all the family.
- Is the meeting held in the informal comfort of the staff room or is the setting a more formal arrangement?
- Simple division Being able to divide a living/dining room into two distinct areas means you can easily create an intimate setting.
THESAURUS
a point or area, especially one that you visit or use for a particular purpose: · He’s been to lots of places.· a good meeting place
the exact place where someone or something is, in relation to other things: · She showed me the position of the village on the map.· I changed the position of the mirror slightly.· Jessica moved to a position where she could see the stage better.
a particular place on a line or surface: · At this point the path gets narrower.· No cars are allowed beyond this point.
a place, especially a particular kind of place, or a place where something happens. Spot sounds rather informal: · She chose a sunny spot.· The area is a favourite spot for windsurfers.· This is the exact spot where I asked her to marry me.
a place where someone or something is, or where something happens. Location sounds more formal than place: · your exact location· The prisoners were taken to an undisclosed location.· an ideal location for a winter break
a place, especially one that will be used for a particular purpose, or where something important happened: · the site of a great battle· There are plans to develop the site for housing.· The area has become a dumping site for nuclear waste.
a place where something such as a meeting, concert, game etc takes place: · the venue for the next Olympic Games· The hotel is a popular wedding venue.
the place where something bad such as an accident or crime happened: · the scene of the crime· Ambulance crews were at the scene within minutes.
the place and the area around it, where something is or where something happens: · The hotel is in a beautiful setting.· the setting for the film ‘A Room With a View’· Beautiful gardens provide the perfect setting for outdoor dining.
used for talking about a place when you are not sure exactly which place: · She came from somewhere in London.
the place where someone or something is – used especially when you do not know this or do not want to tell people: · The whereabouts of the painting is unknown.· He refused to disclose his whereabouts.· I’m not sure about her whereabouts.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives I’ve been setting aside a few pounds each week. You can change the default settings to suit your needs. Jeff and David were in the back yard setting off fireworks. If you want old-world tradition in an idyllic setting, this is the hotel for you. The collection has been moved from its intimate setting to the British Museum.
1the place where something is or where something happens, and the general environmentbeautiful/perfect/magnificent/idyllic setting· The event takes place in the magnificent setting of Bramham Park.
· The castle was a perfect setting for the wedding.
(=a very beautiful and peaceful place)· Three artists have come together to paint and teach in an idyllic setting in West Sussex.
· This quiet suburb may seem an unlikely setting for a top restaurant.
· The research station is located in a rural setting.
verbs· The hotel provides an ideal setting for conferences.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I’ve been setting aside a few pounds each week. You can change the default settings to suit your needs. Jeff and David were in the back yard setting off fireworks. If you want old-world tradition in an idyllic setting, this is the hotel for you. The collection has been moved from its intimate setting to the British Museum. (=the sun as it appears/disappears)· The fields were ablaze with light from the setting sun.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Hardly an appropriate setting for Rock's Natural Warrior.· The Foundation includes garden statuary among its interests and it is anxious to commission pieces that are specifically appropriate to their setting.
· This is a comparatively short section, in a beautiful setting, of an original aqueduct 25 miles long.· Or you may prefer one of our country-house hotels nearby, in beautiful settings and with recreational facilities.· It was an attractive creeper-covered house in a beautiful setting.· The talk is only of sun-drenched paradises and beautiful settings.· Tavernas are very informal, simple quality, great fun, and often in the most beautiful settings.· For they will be playing on a course designed by the great Jack Nicklaus in a stunningly beautiful setting.· A mood of foreboding sets in, despite the beautiful settings.· I confess that more than once I came near to tears, eyes as misted as the beautiful stage setting of Günther Schneider-Siemssen.
· None of them are completely satisfactory because of the problem of control of ability and opportunity in the different settings.· Each stood out in different settings, creating a sense of inevitability about their eventual accession to the White House.· But this becomes tedious if you use the different settings often.· All gauges are carefully monitored with regular readings taken to establish the performance of the engine at different settings and temperatures.· The 1,500W Professional Dryer with diffuser by Carmen has five different heat settings and two speed settings and costs £23.95.· It has three different heat settings and costs £26.95.· On these pages we show you two very different settings and ways to adapt them for your festivities at home.
· The strongly evoked historical setting gives the story substance and originality.· So too, is re-enactment in a historical setting.· Not always easy to categorize, her books combine gothic and romantic suspense elements often with historical settings.· The best are those that do not simply rely on a historical setting, but encourage historical skills, evaluation and understanding.· Many of these novels also made use of historical settings and some incorporated religious themes.
· If you want old-world tradition in an idyllic setting, this is the hotel for you.· It is altogether a very charming, Idyllic setting.· Indeed, it would seem almost sacrilegious to introduce anything unnatural into this idyllic setting.
· In terms of basic resources, the small staffed homes were very different to the institutional settings they replaced.· In particular, these programs have been hesitant to reimburse the provider of nutrition services by independent practitioners outside standard institutional settings.· When distressed, black people naturally resist accepting help in frightening institutional settings from people they do not trust.· Recent studies also indicate that child abuse may occur twice as often in institutional settings as in families.· Other research illustrates the kinds of cross-cultural communication problem which can arise in interviews and other institutional settings.· Most of the large programs in existence at the present time tend to favor institutional settings.· Distinct packages of skills and approaches to work, may, however, survive but perhaps in new institutional settings.· He found that support mechanisms and institutional settings are not key factors affecting research advance.
· The luxurious dress, ornate chair and intimate setting reflect the rococo spirit of the period.· Shielded by shadows, away from the world, in a safe and intimate setting, it is possible to talk.· Simple division Being able to divide a living/dining room into two distinct areas means you can easily create an intimate setting.· The Grand is an intimate theatre setting.
· But he soon changed his mind when he realized the scope for expansion and the magnificent setting of the building.· The city of Belfast has a magnificent setting, ringed by high hills, sea lough and river valley.· Cost of lunch in this magnificent setting was £25 a head.· That evening we attended a royal banquet in the magnificent setting of Wolsey's hall.
· Investigations take place both in natural settings, such as in schools or with families, as well as in the psychological laboratory.· However, the negotiations fell through and Stockwith mill remains in its natural, tranquil setting to delight all who visit it.· It will consist of three zones, in a pleasant natural setting.· Attempts are therefore being made to assess activities and processes in more natural settings, either real or simulated.· Monthly video recordings are made in structured situations in the University and in more natural settings at home.· Another greenhouse has been landscaped to show succulents and cacti in a natural setting.
· The discontinuity this time stems from the child-rearing practices found in this particular setting.· Would a particular setting help to maintain a punchy sound?· The social structure in a particular environmental setting creates, as it were, religious expectations.· The same is not true of working-class people, whose social contacts tend to be confined within particular settings.· This particular setting is very authentic and the cadets have had only the company of sheep during their enthusiastic quest for insurgents.
· Lain's Barn is the perfect setting for Midwinter merchants, selling everything from weapons to costume.· It made a perfect setting for Murder in the Dark.· Long and narrow frames make the perfect setting for such sophisticated pressed flower designs as this one.· Occasionally archery competitions are held here - a perfect setting for such an event.· She really is perfect in this setting, Rupert thought, as she came into the room.· The perfect setting for relaxing and soaking up the sun.
· We also offer a stimulating homebase from which to enjoy and learn within a rural setting.· This struggle remains intense in rural and poor settings.· What is more, both of them have stated that they prefer to work in a rural setting.· Yet Oldknow's historical reputation largely derives from the community which he created in this rural setting.· However, there was an important contrast between rural and urban settings.· I had certainly found the rural setting I had been hankering after.· They have been on exercise for a week, learning and practising the techniques of counterrevolutionary warfare in a rural setting.
· He appears to be offering a total cinema in which technique, story, social setting, and spiritual values came together.· That includes both the job settings and social settings involved in performing in foreign countries.· The incidence, geography and social setting of each offence are analysed.· Traditional drinks are consumed only in social settings, as evidenced by the large pot where they are stored.· This can be particularly true in the voluntary and social work setting.· It is always exceedingly difficult to look at oneself within a familiar social setting without falling into conventional cliches.· But it also fulfils a wider social purpose in setting standards for the markets and in discouraging aberrant behaviour.· It involves change on the individual and the social setting level, whether an organization, local community, or national policy.
· Ways in which the authority can discharge its responsibilities for standard setting for all aspects of care will also require attention.· In particular, these programs have been hesitant to reimburse the provider of nutrition services by independent practitioners outside standard institutional settings.· In the purchaser/provider situation, they may be heavily involved in audit and standard setting.· The second, related, problem in standard setting is one of the distribution of costs.· Various procedures for standard setting have been described in the literature.· Dishwasher manufacturers use a standard place setting as a guide to how much machines will hold.
NOUN· Much of what is said can also be applied to a day care setting.· Health or medical records and data systems in ambulatory care settings may not be as well organized as in inpatient care settings.· The institutional population varies considerably between these different care settings.· Health or medical records and data systems in ambulatory care settings may not be as well organized as in inpatient care settings.· In health care settings one seldom sees this pure form of the autocratic leader style exercised by administrative personnel.
· Task 14 Objective To reformat paragraphs Paragraph reformatting ... This means changing the appearance and/or position of paragraphs from their default settings.· Using the default settings, a new page starts after every 54 lines.· In the example given below for each entry, the default settings are used when a parameter is omitted.· The commands a modem understands vary slightly among brands, as do the default settings.· Leave those in the default settings and go back when you understand the questions and know your demands.· Option 2, Set Initial settings, affects all of the document creation and editing default settings.· You can do direct colour photo-copying using this set-up and the scanner will give one button scans using default settings.· This chapter describes how to change the default settings to suit your own needs.
· An incendiary device exploded setting fire to furniture, but the blaze was brought under control.· The third struck above the waterline setting fire to the aircraft fuelling system ruptured by the first two hits.· That's where Parsons picked up his charming habit of setting fire to cats.· One reason given for the termination at Machynlleth was the risk of setting fire to the wooden Dovey Bridge!· Once upon a time a man could hang for setting fire to a hayrick!· But your enemies wanted to destroy you, and they suggested setting fire to your house at night.· Seven students have died after setting fire to themselves.· You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum - but don't tell them I said so.
· The place setting is laid with the silver dinner service made by Garrard.· She saw seven place settings and seven beds with white sheets.· In canteens and place settings from leading stores.· Bamboo placemats on the table complement both contemporary and traditional place settings.· Matching sets of cups, saucers, plates or place settings.· A waitress appeared, quickly putting water and place settings before them.· Perhaps paint place setting on to mats so that knives and forks can be matched to picture.· Dishwasher manufacturers use a standard place setting as a guide to how much machines will hold.
· The wind was tugging at her hair, the setting sun turning it to false and fleeting gold.· The setting sun had turned the pale stone walls to gold.· What gave her the greatest satisfaction was the water, now bloodstained by the final, flamboyant exhibition of the setting sun.· His burnished armour glinted in the light of the setting sun.· Silhouetted against the setting sun and peering anxiously upward, they looked as if they were awaiting their fate on Watership Down.· But there were only the familiar guard towers, the blunted edge of the City's walls, the setting sun.· In the light of the setting sun his eyes glittered like blue ice.
VERB· Measures have included the setting up of regional development agencies, private- public partnership schemes and privately organised enterprise trusts.· That includes both the job settings and social settings involved in performing in foreign countries.· For example, you can set up paragraph styles which include settings for fonts, tabs, margins and indents.· It provides a basis for action which includes setting targets and then monitoring outcomes and it motivates those involved. 5.· They include setting up a new track authority and consumer committees to safeguard the interest of passengers.· Further considerations of research design include the setting of the research and its timespan.· Duties include preparing apparatus and setting up equipment for use in practical classes.
· The values of justice and equality would lead to the setting up of bureaucracies which would empty the world of sacred meanings.· This had led to the setting up of a joint system of financial control.
· It provides for the setting of guaranteed service standards and for customers to know the service that they will receive.· Pennan provided the setting for the movie village, but the picturesque beach was filmed at Morar, near Arisaig.· It provides a conceptual setting for what follows in the succeeding chapters.· Arbroath abbey was to provide the setting for another nationalistic upsurge in our own century.· The ward thus provides an ideal setting for learning.· On summer weekends, the lawns at Marble Hill provide a delightful setting for a series of riverside concerts.· The Courtyard provides a delightful setting for refreshment with tables and chairs placed outside in fine weather.· The general idea behind them was that they would provide a setting for vigorous entrepreneurs, capable of generating an industrial renaissance.
· The documents appear to have been working papers that were used for setting price caps for the authorities.· In less than three months he shot twenty-one films, most of them using Southern California settings.· The natural tendency was to use the maximum setting and airflow to get the job done quickly.· But this becomes tedious if you use the different settings often.· They are therefore designed to indicate to what extent and in what ways the child uses language in naturalistic settings.· Flanging, by nature, has the effect of thinning down a signal, especially if used on an extreme setting.· A few communities use vernacular plainchant settings, usually with one of the older rites.· You can't knit circular rows using the settings given in Figure 1 when using a punchcard.
an old farmhouse in a beautiful settingsetting for Cyprus is the perfect setting for a beach holiday. I’ve worked with children in various settings, mainly in secondary school.► see thesaurus at place2the place or time where the events in a book, film etc happensetting for Verona is best known as the setting for two of Shakespeare’s plays.3the position in which you put the controls on a machine or instrument: The heating system was already on its highest setting.4the metal that holds a stone in a piece of jewellery, or the way the stone is fixedin a ... setting a diamond ring in a gold setting5music that is written to go with a poem, prayer etc6the setting of the sun literary the time when the sun goes down SYN sunset → place settingCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesa beautiful/lovely/magnificent setting· The event takes place in the magnificent setting of Bramham Park.a perfect/ideal setting· The castle was a perfect setting for the wedding.an idyllic setting (=a very beautiful and peaceful place)· Three artists have come together to paint and teach in an idyllic setting in West Sussex.an unlikely setting· This quiet suburb may seem an unlikely setting for a top restaurant.a rural/urban setting· The research station is located in a rural setting.verbsprovide a setting· The hotel provides an ideal setting for conferences.