setting

setting
noun
1) (a background: This castle is the perfect setting for a murder.) bakgrunn, ramme
2) (an arrangement of jewels in eg a ring.) innfatning
3) (music composed for a poem etc: settings of folk songs.) musikk til dikt (osv.)
innstilling
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ramme
I
subst. \/ˈsetɪŋ\/
1) omgivelse, miljø
2) (typografi) setting
3) (overført) bakgrunn, ramme
• the setting for the procession was beautiful
rammen rundt opptoget var nydelig
4) (om edelstener e.l.) innfatning
5) (om teater e.l.) kulisser, scenebilde, sted, tid
• the setting is Naples
handlingen foregår i Napoli
6) (musikk) tonesetting, musikk
• he wrote the setting to my poems
han skrev musikken til mine dikt
7) kuvert
8) (om brytere e.l.) innstilling
9) (om himmellegeme) nedgang
• we stayed up for the setting of the sun
vi holdt oss oppe for å se solnedgangen
10) (om vind eller strøm) retning
11) (om betong e.l.) herding, størkning, avbinding
setting costs (typografi) settekostnader
II
adj. \/ˈsetɪŋ\/
som går ned, synkende, dalende
• they watched the setting sun
de så på solen som gikk ned

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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