Thesaurus results for SETTINGS

settings

noun

plural of setting

as in environments

the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded the novice camper felt lost outside of his familiar urban setting

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as in scenes

the place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set the setting for the novel is Victorian England

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Recent Examples of settings Norovirus is incredibly contagious and frequently reported in school settings, where children interact in close quarters. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 This sleek device intelligently studies your daily temperature preferences and utilizes adaptive eco-settings to save energy automatically. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026 This year’s cars are more complicated to drive—more settings, more modes, more lightning-quick decisions—and Antonelli has an unusual head for data. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 Wire speed, voltage, settings, all the normal stuff is there. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026 State regulations addressing animal disposal primarily cover agricultural settings, such as farms and ranches. — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Chrome may also require additional browsing or synchronization settings for certain shopping features. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Smart TVs running operating systems from Samsung, Vizio, and Roku continue sending data to automatic content recognition (ACR) endpoints after users opt out of tracking in the devices’ settings, according to research published on Monday. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 The genre gave him considerably more freedom to invent architectural settings, mixing classical ruins, waterways, and figures into elaborate imaginary landscapes. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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Noun

However, perovskites are notoriously vulnerable to moisture and harsh chemical environments, posing a clear problem in seawater.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
The development reflects a broader shift in modern defense planning towards modular weapons systems that can be transported, repositioned, and integrated into different operational environments with fewer platform-specific modifications.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of environments

Noun

Graveyards, which would seem haunted by definition, are popular destinations, and a few in the state are legendary for their eerie atmospheres and ghost sightings.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
But these four films manage to create genuinely unnerving atmospheres of dread.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of atmospheres

Noun

Milan’s welfare councilor, Lamberto Bertolé, told the AP that more investigation is needed to understand the backgrounds and motives of the young people who joined the looting.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Milan’s welfare councilor Lamberto Bertolé told the AP that more investigation is needed to understand the backgrounds and motives of the young people who joined the looting.

— Colleen Barry, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of backgrounds

Noun

On its own, without a subwoofer or rear surrounds, the Bravia Theater Trio puts out a large, powerful front sound field.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Neither are ideal, but this hasn’t prevented City fans from generating a decent atmosphere inside their new surrounds, particularly during last season’s run-in when the final nine home games were all won.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrounds

Noun

There is of course another way to hear ABBA songs sung live onstage, though sadly without Greek island backdrops or background singers wearing floppy swim fins.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
More than 100 waterfalls plunge along the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve full of dramatic backdrops for hiking and picnicking.

— Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of backdrops

Noun

Of course, the contexts stricken by war and state failure are challenging.

— David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
So regenerative has to regenerate livelihoods and communities too, including decent work and supporting the women who do much of the labor in cotton in many contexts.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of contexts

Noun

But Fleming's 007, and the onscreen Bonds who played out those stories, dispatched danger in exotic locales, and without rumpling the pleats on their dinner jackets.

— Scott Simon, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
And while suburban or rural locales might offer the luxury of space—a sprawling front yard for your 12-foot skeletons to roam free, for instance—in New York City, the limitations of scale just mean people have to get creative.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026