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 Be sure to adjust the spreader settings to reduce the application rate by half with this approach. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 29 Aug. 2026 The system also cannot solve physical hardware failures simply by changing software settings. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026 Still other explanations presume that the gods’ artistic representations in ritual settings are the basis of the meaning of their multiform appearances. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 Check your router settings and make sure the firewall remains enabled. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Applying classwork in practical settings builds adaptability, confidence and networks. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The settings screen contains buttons for controlling the lights, motion detection, and motion alerts. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026 EverPass has expanded to distribute other streaming content to bars and help operators navigate the revolution that is changing how games are watched both at home and in public settings. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 Aug. 2026 The teams with the best records (and/or your league’s division winners, depending on your settings) will advance to the fantasy playoffs, while the others will be eliminated from title contention. — Sports Betting, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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The experience goes far beyond the golf course; Palmares is known across the world for having one of the most breathtaking clubhouse environments in all of golf.

— Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
In one of the findings, bat houses — artificial roosts in urban environments, similar to nest boxes for birds — were doing their job helping to suppress pests on pecan farms in Texas.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of environments

Noun

The structure of this Silo season has been frustrating at times, with all the jumping back and forth between scenes from the 21st century and scenes in the silos.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Traditional Rocky Horror movie showings include a costumed cast acting out the events on screen, with bags of props handed out for audience participation during certain scenes.

— Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of scenes

Noun

This is important because gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn have vast atmospheres.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
The Volcanic Explosivity Index, or VEI, was created primarily for terrestrial eruptions and cannot be transferred directly to worlds with weaker gravity, thinner atmospheres, and different volcanic materials.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of atmospheres

Noun

Some, like Young, are from racial and cultural backgrounds that have been historically underserved by Western medicine.

— Cara Kelly, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
The websites for each of his movies have plain backgrounds and unfussy font choices that put me in mind of pages coded in HTML and accessed on a desktop with a gurgling internet connection in the family study circa 2003.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of backgrounds

Noun

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
One skyscraper amidst a sea of them, the Four Seasons San Francisco at Embarcadero blends in with its surrounds.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026

Definition of surrounds

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Community science initiatives to collect bat genetic residues have helped research uncover the state's 29th species and understand bat behavior in different locales.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
These are purist dishes that tell the story of place as only cooks from those locales can.

— Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 25 Aug. 2026