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setting
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of SETTING
1
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded <the novice camper felt lost outside of his familiar urban setting>
Synonyms ambient, atmosphere, climate, clime, context, contexture, environs, medium, milieu, mise-en-scène, setting, surround, surroundings, terrain
2
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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