DICTOMETER

ENTORNO (Spanish for "setting")

(setting, omgivelser)

1. Synonyms:
   • Setting
   • Scene
   Definitions:
   • the context and environment in which something is set
   Examples:
   • The perfect setting for a ghost story
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Setting
   • Background
   • Scope
   Definitions:
   • the state of the environment in which a situation exists
   Examples:
   • You can't do that in a university setting
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Mise en scene
   • Stage setting
   • Setting
   Definitions:
   • arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Context
   • Circumstance
   • Setting
   Definitions:
   • the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
   Examples:
   • The historical context
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Setting
   Definitions:
   • the physical position of something
   Examples:
   • He changed the setting on the thermostat
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Place setting
   • Setting
   Definitions:
   • a table service for one person
   Examples:
   • A place setting of sterling flatware
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Mount
   • Setting
   Definitions:
   • a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
   Examples:
   • The diamond was in a plain gold mount
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Put
   • Set
   • Place
   • Pose
   • Position
   • Lay
   Definitions:
   • put into a certain place or abstract location
   Examples:
   • Put your things here
   • Set the tray down
   • Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
   • Place emphasis on a certain point
   Antonyms:
   rise, come up, uprise, ascend
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Determine
   • Set
   Definitions:
   • fix conclusively or authoritatively
   Examples:
   • Set the rules
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Specify
   • Set
   • Determine
   • Define
   • Fix
   • Limit
   Definitions:
   • decide upon or fix definitely
   Examples:
   • Fix the variables
   • Specify the parameters
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Set
   • Mark
   Definitions:
   • establish as the highest level or best performance
   Examples:
   • Set a record
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Set
   Definitions:
   • put into a certain state
   • cause to be in a certain state
   Examples:
   • Set the house afire
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Set
   Definitions:
   • fix in a border
   Examples:
   • The goldsmith set the diamond
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Fix
   • Prepare
   • Set up
   • Ready
   • Gear up
   • Set
   Definitions:
   • make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
   Examples:
   • Get the children ready for school!
   • Prepare for war
   • I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Set
   Definitions:
   • set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
   Examples:
   • Set clocks or instruments
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Set
   • Localize
   • Localise
   • Place
   Definitions:
   • locate
   Examples:
   • The film is set in Africa
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Set
    • Go down
    • Go under
    Definitions:
    • disappear beyond the horizon
    Examples:
    • The sun sets early these days
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Arrange
    • Set
    Definitions:
    • adapt for performance in a different way
    Examples:
    • Set this poem to music
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Plant
    • Set
    Definitions:
    • put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
    Examples:
    • Let's plant flowers in the garden
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Set
    Definitions:
    • apply or start
    Examples:
    • Set fire to a building
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Jell
    • Set
    • Congeal
    Definitions:
    • become gelatinous
    Examples:
    • The liquid jelled after we added the enzyme
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Typeset
    • Set
    Definitions:
    • set in type
    Examples:
    • My book will be typeset nicely
    • Set these words in italics
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Set
    Definitions:
    • put into a position that will restore a normal state
    Examples:
    • Set a broken bone
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Set
    • Countersink
    Definitions:
    • insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Set
    Definitions:
    • give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Sic
    • Set
    Definitions:
    • urge to attack someone
    Examples:
    • The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders
    • The shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Place
    • Put
    • Set
    Definitions:
    • estimate
    Examples:
    • We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Rig
    • Set
    • Set up
    Definitions:
    • equip with sails or masts
    Examples:
    • Rig a ship
    
    
22. Synonyms:
    • Set up
    • Lay out
    • Set
    Definitions:
    • get ready for a particular purpose or event
    Examples:
    • Set up an experiment
    • Set the table
    • Lay out the tools for the surgery
    
    
23. Synonyms:
    • Adjust
    • Set
    • Correct
    Definitions:
    • alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
    Examples:
    • Adjust the clock, please
    • Correct the alignment of the front wheels
    
    
24. Synonyms:
    • Fructify
    • Set
    Definitions:
    • bear fruit
    Examples:
    • The apple trees fructify
    
    
25. Synonyms:
    • Dress
    • Arrange
    • Set
    • Do
    • Coif
    • Coiffe
    • Coiffure
    Definitions:
    • arrange attractively
    Examples:
    • Dress my hair for the wedding