States and conditions
Synonyms for setting
Synonyms for setting: background, scene, context and mount. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for setting
Interchangeable with setting, one per sense
Audited under setting's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one setting carries in that sense.
- backgroundnoun, in the sense "the state of the environment in which a situation exists"
- scenenoun, in the sense "the context and environment in which something is set"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name setting as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under setting's own senses. The second reach setting from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
You can't do that in a university setting.
The true synonym
background
Same sentence, swapped: You can't do that in a university background.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- mount
- orbit
- area
the context and environment in which something is set
The perfect setting for a ghost story.
The true synonym
scene
Same sentence, swapped: The perfect scene for a ghost story.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- mount
- parts
- element
Where setting turns up in the game
setting is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play setting
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so setting reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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