setting

plural settings

1. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
2. The act of setting (various senses).

   the setting of the sun

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   the setting, or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris

3. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
4. A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.

   the volume setting on a television

5. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
6. Hunting with a setter.
7. Something set in, or inserted.

   Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 28:17

8. A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).

   Bach's setting of the Magnificat

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   Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem

9. The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
10. The direction of a current of wind.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of set

1. That disappears below the horizon.

   the setting sun

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   As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.

   1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19