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setting

A setting is an option on a machine that can be changed and kept for a long time. A setting is the place, time, and atmosphere in a theatrical work such as a play or opera The setting of "West Side Story" is New York in the 1950s. The director decided the setting for his production of "Hamlet" would be a dark old castle during the Middle Ages.

setting

the context and environment in which something is set the perfect setting for a ghost story the state of the environment in which a situation exists you can't do that in a university setting (= mise en scene) arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted the physical position of something he changed the setting on the thermostat (= mount) a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place the diamond was in a plain gold mount (= place setting) a table service for one person a place setting of sterling flatware (= context, circumstance) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event the historical context

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Simple sentences

This girl's hair had the red hue of the setting sun.
Mary is setting by money to go to Japan.
You look like you're having a lot of trouble setting up that web page. Want some help?
The setting of the story is Japan in the late Meiji period.
Thank you for setting the record straight.
What was his motive for setting the house on fire?
The setting sun flushed the high roof.
The sun is setting.
People often give fake personal information when setting up website accounts.
Mary pulled the ironing board out of the closet and unfolded it, setting it up beside the window.
There's no danger of this lamp setting fire to the curtains.
This girl's hair has the red hue of the setting sun.
Morocco is the land of the setting sun.
We watched the sun setting behind the mountains.
The sun is setting below the horizon.
The sun was setting.
Look at the setting sun.
He is now setting things in order in his room.
I'm setting off tonight.
Look the setting of the sun.

Movie subtitles

Obviously, we're still, uh, you know, in the process of setting up, but, you know, we got.
It wasn't until this morning when I was setting up, I saw there were only four.
Setting fire to it?
I didn't spend five shillings on setting lotion and two hours in rollers only to spend the evening knitting with the nuns.
Setting course to Daskasan.
In this old naive drawing, a sorcerer and a witch are casting spells, setting a village on fire.
Injuns have never yet prevented our breed of men from travelling' into the setting' sun. - Go on. Lead the way.
You shall rest from life, like the setting sun in the West.
What a setting in that churchyard to begin with!
For setting fire to a jail, maybe?
What's the good of setting me at a job like this?
You're setting that guy up so you can buy his soul.
On the date set forth here, Mr Allen came to record this deed, setting over these 200 acres in the name of Jefferson Smith.
But his music covers a much wider field than that, so Walt Disney has given the Pastoral Symphony a mythological setting.
I plan on setting up a university.
Setting foot on another tribe's land could start a war.
Injuns have never yet prevented our breed of men from travelin' into the setting' sun.
Listen, wise guy, I'm setting friend time clock for exactly 9:00 so no squawks out of you guys in the morning.
He admits setting it himself.
The train setting is a miniature on a three-quarter-inch scale, created for this film by Charlie Baker and his miniature unit at Universal.
I just had my orders and I'm setting out. I thought I'd come along and say goodbye.
There's a feeling in official circles that you're setting up a tacit criticism. of things as they are.
The Sphinx, the pyramids, the Nile Valley, the sun setting behind the 3rd cataract.
Let's say I'm setting things straight.
And in setting you free, I cannot in my conscience exonerate you.
God, no. We were up at the observatory - and the sun was setting and.
Setting snares at woods' edge.
The setting was strange.
And that setting is of Mt. Olympus, the abode of the gods.
Can you imagine us setting up housekeeping in this town after the oil deal?
Setting-up exercises.
Rigor mortis is setting in, and you lounge here gabbing!
Rigor mortis already setting in.
Because I didn't want any thick-headed cops setting me up for suspect number one.
I have a great idea for the setting, something original.
The setting is a boarding house, Les Mimosas.

News and current affairs

Berlin today is vibrant and rejuvenated, rebuilt by the German peoples' hard work and sacrifice to unify the country, and an apt setting for the conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), which I was there to attend.
Abbas is now setting his sights on Europe, and would ask Turkey to serve as a go-between.
Concentration of media ownership and control further fuels popular mistrust, setting the stage for citizen investigation to enter the vacuum.
Governments talk far too much about setting a relatively high carbon tax on emissions, while focusing far too little on ensuring a meaningful increase in research and development to bring about necessary breakthroughs.
Europe will join America in a downturn, reinforcing America's decline and setting in motion a global downward spiral.
Setting standards and goals of human rights is a powerful signal that a country is pointing itself in the right direction.
Reforms that succeed in one setting may perform poorly or fail completely in others.
Spent wisely, however, these stimulus packages could trigger far-reaching and transformational trends, setting the stage for a more sustainable, urgently needed Green Economy for the twenty-first century.
But what if the EFSF were to mimic Banco del Pacífico in a transparent way, say, by setting a threshold spread level above which it would fund buy-backs of any Greek bond in the market?
Setting out for the Western Territory was expensive.
In many conversations with South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, we have discussed setting out a short list of clear priorities for the new state.
Deflation increased real interest rates and curbed economic activity, thereby setting off another round of deflation, and so on.
Given Liberia's recent success in post-conflict reconstruction and human development, following a 14-year civil war, it is a fitting setting for the Panel's deliberations.
To be sure, there has been the normal inflation associated with large increases in import prices that always follow large devaluations, but rather than setting off a spiral of price increases, inflation rates appear to be dampening.
Any effort that is concrete and implementable needs to monitor the results, and setting clear numerical targets is the best way to do so.
But most of these measures do not cost money, and, as the MDGs have shown, setting targets can be used to mobilize action from rich-country governments.
He is widely credited for setting the country's agenda, and for being the motor behind the liberal economic reforms that since 2004 have meant a qualitative leap in the Egyptian economy.
In a domestic setting, bankruptcy and default are common.
I fear it is because the US found itself denied its primacy in setting global policy on Iran.
Backing competitive education, innovation, technology, energy, and a more efficient and accessible health-care system complements and reinforces Obama's leadership approach of setting an example with one's own policies.
Moreover, he executed this decision in another highly symbolic way, by setting the rate of exchange at one peso for one dollar.
The new regulation should be blocked, at least until the Commission commits to put forward a serious proposal for the overhaul of the institutional setting of European competition policy.

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