All English words - page 3377

Meanings of Setting:

noun

The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.

Usage examples:

A romantic house in a wonderful setting beside the river wye

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

Meanings of Setting-about:

phrasal verb

To begin to do or deal with something

Usage examples:

After putting up the tent, she set about making a fire.

Meanings of Setting-forth:

phrasal verb

To explain ideas, or make rules or suggestions

Usage examples:

She set forth her views in "the art of making dance.", the board set forth the conditions for her r…

Meanings of Setting-out:

phrasal verb

To start a journey

Usage examples:

What time will we have to set off for grandma's house tomorrow?, jenny set off down the road on her…

Meanings of Setting-up:

adjective

→  setup adjective

Usage examples:

Setting-up charge/costs/fee national mutual's sipp has a setting-up charge of £625.

Meanings of Settle:

verb

Resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem).

Usage examples:

The unions have settled their year-long dispute with hollywood producers

noun

A wooden bench with a high back and arms, typically incorporating a box under the seat.

Usage examples:

She read to her brother, who sat on the settle opposite her

Meanings of Settle down:

collocation

Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

phrasal verb

To become quieter

Usage examples:

Ok, everybody, settle down., he settled down after he married vicki.

Meanings of Settle for:

phrasal verb

To agree to or accept something, although it is not what you want

Usage examples:

They were hoping to sell their car for $2000 but settled for $1500.

Meanings of Settle up:

phrasal verb

To pay all of an amount you owe

Usage examples:

I’ve finished eating – just let me settle up and we can go.

Meanings of Settle-down-to:

phrasal verb

To give all of your attention to something you are doing

Usage examples:

When the work was done, we settled down to a home-cooked meal.

Meanings of Settle-in:

phrasal verb

To arrange yourself and the things you own so you feel more comfortable in a new place

Usage examples:

Once we’ve settled in, you'll have to come for dinner.

Meanings of Settle-old-scores:

idiom

To harm someone because they have harmed you in the past

Usage examples:

The president used his speech to settle some old scores with his opponents.

Meanings of Settled:

verb

Resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem).

Usage examples:

The unions have settled their year-long dispute with hollywood producers

noun

A wooden bench with a high back and arms, typically incorporating a box under the seat.

Usage examples:

She read to her brother, who sat on the settle opposite her

Meanings of Settlements:

noun

An official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict.

Usage examples:

Unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement

Meanings of Settlers:

noun

A person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area.

Usage examples:

The early european settlers in america were often fleeing from religious persecution

Meanings of Settling:

verb

Resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem).

Usage examples:

The unions have settled their year-long dispute with hollywood producers

noun

A wooden bench with a high back and arms, typically incorporating a box under the seat.

Usage examples:

She read to her brother, who sat on the settle opposite her

Meanings of Settling-in:

phrasal verb

To arrange yourself and the things you own so you feel more comfortable in a new place

Usage examples:

Once we’ve settled in, you'll have to come for dinner.

Meanings of Settling-up:

phrasal verb

To pay all of an amount you owe

Usage examples:

I’ve finished eating – just let me settle up and we can go.

Meanings of Settlor:

noun

A person who makes a settlement, especially of property in establishing a trust.

Usage examples:

The defendant was to be the settlor of the trust, and the plaintiff would be the trustee.

Meanings of Setups:

noun

The way in which something, especially an organization or equipment, is organized, planned, or arranged.

Usage examples:

Would you feel comfortable in a team-teaching set-up?

Meanings of Setwall:

noun

Any of several valerians, especially garden valerian, valeriana officinalis, and red valerian, centranthus ruber. now chiefly historical.

Meanings of Sevenbark:

noun

Any of several hydrangeas native to the eastern united states, especially the smooth hydrangea, hydrangea arborescens.

Meanings of Sevenfoldness:

noun

The quality of consisting of seven parts or elements, or of forming groups of seven.

Meanings of Seventeen:

cardinal number

One more than sixteen, or seven more than ten; 17.

Usage examples:

Seventeen years later

number

17

Usage examples:

It is seventeen days until my birthday., a seventeen-story building

Meanings of Seventeens:

cardinal number

One more than sixteen, or seven more than ten; 17.

Usage examples:

Seventeen years later