setting meaning

• It finds direct application in a rich variety of settings.
• She accused her husband of setting their children against her.
• A graben creates a favourable setting for uranium deposition.
• It is advisable to repeat the adjustment of the setting circles.
• setting foot on the island, he began to ascend the trail.
• There was a little delay in their setting out from the town.
• "come, dick!" said the doctor, setting his foot on land.
• A thaw is setting in.
• Sometimes he makes his observations in the "natural" setting.
• setting to work, i buried myself under a mass of papers.