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# setting

«setting» in Mova's school dictionary: **The place and time where a story happens** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a setting, settings); verb form (setting — from "set")

### meaning for a pupil

1) The place and time where a story happens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#m1)

2) A position of a control on a machine, such as the heat on an oven or the volume on a phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#m2)

3) The surroundings where something is: "a lovely setting by the lake". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#m3)

4) A place setting is the knife, fork, plate and glass for one person at a table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#m4)

5) The -ing form of "set": "The sun is setting." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons, the setting of a story tells the reader where and when it happens, such as a castle long ago or a city in the future. On devices, settings let you change things like brightness or privacy. In everyday life, you set the table with a setting for each person. Phrases: story setting, privacy settings, the oven setting, place setting, setting sun, setting off.

### examples

- The setting of the story is a farm in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#x1)
- Change the settings on the tablet to make the screen brighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#x2)
- Put the oven on a low setting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#x3)
- Lay a place setting for each guest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#x4)
- The sun is setting behind the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#x5)
- We are setting off early tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#x6)
- Ask an adult before changing privacy settings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#x7)
- The setting sun shone bright upon a strong bow in his hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/#x8)

### note

As a noun it is countable: a setting, settings. As a verb it is the -ing form of "set" (set, sets, set, setting); note the double t. Story setting = where + when. Safety: privacy settings on games and apps help keep your information safe; check them with an adult.

### In the corpora

- [Safe search is a setting that filters out adult results when you search, though it can miss some.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/16/)
- [So be humble, check another way, and use safety settings while knowing that telling a grown-up matters most.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/7/)
- [Safety settings and children's accounts filter unsuitable content, but they are not perfect, so telling a grown-up still matters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/18/)
- [Every story has characters (who), a setting (where and when) and a plot (what happens).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/0/)
- [The setting is where and when a story happens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «setting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/setting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.