Webster's English Dictionary

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setting

set.ting \'set-in\ n 1: the manner, position, or direction in which 
   something is set  2: the frame or bed in which a gem is set; also : style 
   of mounting  3a: BACKGROUND, ENVIRONMENT  3b: the time and place within 
   which a scene of a play or motion picture is  enacted 4: the music composed 
   for a poem or other text  5: the articles of tableware required for setting 
   a place at table  6: a batch of eggs for incubation