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stage setting

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set⋅ting

[set-ing]
–noun
1. the act of a person or thing that sets.
2. the surroundings or environment of anything: The garden was a perfect setting for the house.
3. the mounting in which a jewel is set.
4. a group of all the articles, as of china, silver, or glass, required for setting a table or a single place at a table.
5. the locale or period in which the action of a novel, play, film, etc., takes place: The setting of this story is Verona in the 15th century.
6. Also called stage setting, stage set. the scenery and other properties used in a dramatic performance.
7. Music.
a. a piece of music composed for certain words.
b. a piece of music composed for a particular medium, or arranged for other than the original medium.

Origin:
1325–75; ME; see set, -ing 1


2. See environment.
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setting 
1375, "fact or action of being set or setting," from set (v.). Ref. to mounts for jewels, etc. is from 1815; meaning "background, history, environment" is attested from 1841.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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