setting meaning
EN
[ˈsɛtɪŋ] [-ɛtɪŋ] 
US WSetting
- Setting may refer to:
- A location (geography) where something is set
- Set construction in theatrical scenery
- Setting (narrative), the place and time in a work of narrative, especially fiction
- Setting up to fail a manipulative technique to engineer failure
- Stonesetting, in jewelry, when a diamond or gem is set into a frame or bed
- Campaign setting in role playing games
- In computers and electronics, the Computer configuration or options of the software or device
- Typesetting
- Set and setting, the context for psychedelic drug experiences
- NounPLsettingsSUF-ing
- The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
- The act of setting.
- the setting of the sun
- the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris
- A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
- A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.
- the volume setting on a television
- The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
- Hunting with a setter.
- Something set in, or inserted.
- A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
- The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
- Verb
- AdjectiveCOMmore settingSUPmost setting
- that disappears below the horizon.
- that disappears below the horizon.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- It preserves the blue-collar setting of The Flintstones, and the family constellations are similar, but the "warmedy" Flintstone world is turned on its ear.
- There’s an Indian method called dhungar, which involves setting tiny bowls of smoldering charcoal within covered casseroles of cooked food.
- Due to difficulty culturing the WY-A2 strain in MMH broth, cysteine heart agar with 9% chocolatized sheep blood (CHAB) was used under identical incubation settings as the strains above.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- We consider the set multicover problem in geometric settings.
- This may be because primary care patients are less severely ill and delirium is generally infrequent in nonacute care settings.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of setting in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Verb forms
- Participles
- Present participles
- Present participles
- Participles
- Verb forms
- Adjectives
- en settings
- en setting up
- en setting in
- en setting off
- en setting out
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "setting" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.