Definition of Setting

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Setting

of Set

The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.

The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.

Something set in, or inserted.

That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.

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Setting Quotations

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.
Thomas Jefferson

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Tony Robbins

Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.
Ronald Reagan

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
Ayn Rand

Ever notice how irons have a setting for permanent press? I don't get it.
Steven Wright

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
William Shakespeare

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Jim Rohn

You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards.
Brian Tracy

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
Charles de Gaulle

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
Tom Landry

Setting Translations

setting in Dutch is vatting, montuur
setting in French is entre deux
setting in German is setzen, Fassung, gesetzt, Einstellung
setting in Italian is naufragio, missione
setting in Portuguese is ajuste
setting in Spanish is puesta

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