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{
"term": "setting",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an environment where something is located; the place at which something happens",
"sensetop": "setting for somethingin a setting",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a rural/an ideal/a beautiful/an idyllic setting"
},
{
"text": "It was the perfect setting for a wonderful Christmas.",
"contextForm": "setting for something"
},
{
"text": "The exhibition shows how bees can live happily in an **urban setting**.",
"contextForm": "in a setting"
},
{
"text": "This is the first time the method has been tested in a **clinical setting**."
},
{
"text": "Infections acquired in health-care settings are of increasing concern."
},
{
"text": "People tend to behave differently in different social settings."
},
{
"text": "The hospital is an unlikely setting for an art auction."
},
{
"text": "The site creates a dramatic setting for the new building."
},
{
"text": "a hotel in a beautiful mountain setting"
},
{
"text": "a lovely setting for a picnic"
},
{
"text": "elderly people living in a domestic setting"
},
{
"text": "wild animals in their natural setting"
},
{
"text": "A pub was an unlikely setting for a royal reception."
},
{
"text": "Such problems are best worked out within a family setting."
},
{
"text": "The island provided an idyllic setting for the concert."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["natural", "attractive", "beautiful"],
"verb + setting": ["create", "make", "provide"],
"preposition": ["in a/the…setting", "setting for", "setting in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the place and time at which the action of a play, novel, etc. takes place",
"sensetop": "setting for something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "short stories with a contemporary setting"
},
{
"text": "New York City is the setting of his new novel."
},
{
"text": "London has been used as the setting for many films.",
"contextForm": "setting for something"
},
{
"text": "The Scottish Highlands provide the settings for many of his stories."
},
{
"text": "The writer fails to place the events in their wider political setting."
},
{
"text": "the rural setting of Petrarch's sonnets"
}
],
"topics": ["Literature and writing", "Film and theatre"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["natural", "attractive", "beautiful"],
"verb + setting": ["create", "make", "provide"],
"preposition": ["in a/the…setting", "setting for", "setting in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a position at which the controls on a machine can be set, to set the speed, height, temperature, etc.",
"sensetop": "at a settingon a setting",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are three speed settings: high, medium, and low."
},
{
"text": "The performance of the engine was tested at different settings.",
"contextForm": "at a setting"
},
{
"text": "The oven should be at a high setting."
},
{
"text": "He keeps the car's speakers on a low volume setting.",
"contextForm": "on a setting"
},
{
"text": "In very hot weather it may be necessary to adjust the temperature setting on your fridge."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["high", "low", "medium"],
"verb + setting": ["adjust", "alter", "change"],
"preposition": ["at a/the setting"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the place on a computer or other electronic device where you can choose the way that it works or looks; the particular choices that you make",
"examples": [
{
"text": "To change the size of the font, go to Settings."
},
{
"text": "It's easy to **change the settings** on your device."
},
{
"text": "All tests were run at **default settings**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "music written to go with a poem, etc.",
"labels": "(music)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Schubert’s setting of a poem by Goethe"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a piece of metal in which a precious stone is fixed to form a piece of jewellery",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a ruby in a heavy gold setting"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a complete set of equipment for eating with (knife, fork, spoon, glass, etc.) for one person, arranged on a table",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a place setting"
}
],
"topics": ["Cooking and eating"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsetɪŋ/",
"audio": "se/setting/setting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsetɪŋ/",
"audio": "se/setting/setting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}