setting

Other forms of setting

plural

settings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about setting

What does setting mean?

setting means "the context and environment in which something is set". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in setting?

setting has 2 syllables: set-ting. The stress falls on "set". In IPA it is /ˈsɛtɪŋ/.

What is another word for setting?

Close synonyms include scene, background, scope, mise en scene, stage setting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is setting a common word?

setting is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with setting?

2 words rhyme with setting. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.