setting

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noun

1 place where sth happens

ADJECTIVE

▪ natural

▪

wild animals in their natural setting

▪ attractive (esp. BrE), beautiful, ideal, idyllic, lovely (esp. BrE), magnificent (esp. BrE), perfect, picturesque

▪ dramatic

▪ peaceful, tranquil

▪ intimate, romantic

▪ formal, informal

▪ appropriate

▪ rural, urban

▪ outdoor

▪ contemporary

▪

biblical stories in a contemporary setting

▪ public, social, work

▪

The French Club offers the chance to improve your language skills in a social setting.

▪

In a work setting, more formal language would be used.

▪ clinical, experimental, hospital, institutional, laboratory, etc.

▪ academic, classroom, educational, school

▪ cultural, historical

▪ domestic, family

▪

elderly people living in a domestic setting

▪ unfamiliar, unlikely

▪

The hospital is an unlikely setting for an art auction.

VERB + SETTING

▪ create, make, provide

▪

The park provides the perfect setting for the play.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the … setting

▪

a hotel in a beautiful mountain setting

▪ setting for

▪

the perfect setting for a picnic

▪ setting in

▪

The site creates a dramatic setting for the new building.

▪

a dramatic setting in Cornwall

▪ setting of

▪

the urban setting of Manhattan

2 of controls

ADJECTIVE

▪ high, low, medium

▪ default, standard

▪ adjustable

▪ network, security (both computing)

▪ difficulty (= in computer games)

▪

The game has multiple difficulty settings.

VERB + SETTING

▪ adjust, alter, change, modify, tweak

▪ increase, reduce

▪ choose

▪ save (computing)

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the setting

▪

The oven should be at a high setting.

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adj.

Setting is used with these nouns: ↑sun