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 →

2) A position of a control on a machine, such as the heat on an oven or the volume on a phone. tree →

3) The surroundings where something is: "a lovely setting by the lake". tree →

4) A place setting is the knife, fork, plate and glass for one person at a table. tree →

5) The -ing form of "set": "The sun is setting." tree →

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 →
• Change the settings on the tablet to make the screen brighter. tree →
• Put the oven on a low setting. tree →
• Lay a place setting for each guest. tree →
• The sun is setting behind the hills. tree →
• We are setting off early tomorrow. tree →
• Ask an adult before changing privacy settings. tree →
• The setting sun shone bright upon a strong bow in his hand. tree →

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.
• So be humble, check another way, and use safety settings while knowing that telling a grown-up matters most.
• Safety settings and children's accounts filter unsuitable content, but they are not perfect, so telling a grown-up still matters.
• Every story has characters (who), a setting (where and when) and a plot (what happens).
• The setting is where and when a story happens.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «setting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.