{
    "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
}