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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scene, background |
| Synonyms: | ambience, backdrop, context, distance, environment, frame, framework, horizon, jungle, locale, location, mise en scène, mounting, perspective, set, shade, shadow, site, stage set, stage setting, surroundings |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide upon |
| Synonyms: | agree upon, allocate, allot, appoint, arrange, assign, conclude, decree, designate, determine, dictate, direct, establish, estimate, fix, fix price, impose, instruct, lay down, make, name, ordain, prescribe, price, rate, regulate, resolve, schedule, settle, specify, stipulate, value |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
| Synonyms: | become firm, cake, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, fix, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jellify, jelly, solidify, stiffen, thicken |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, soften |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decline |
| Synonyms: | descend, dip, disappear, drop, go down, sink, subside, vanish |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
| Antonyms: | ascend, go up, rise |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, incite |
| Synonyms: | abet, begin, commence, foment, initiate, instigate, provoke, put in motion, raise, set on, stir up, whip up |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade, end, finish, halt, hinder |
| Main Entry: | adjustment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adaptation |
| Synonyms: | acclimation, acclimatization, alteration, arrangement, balancing, conformance, correcting, fitting, fixing, improvement, mending, modification, ordering, organization, organizing, orientation, readjustment, redress, regulating, regulation, repairing, setting, shaping, standardization, turning |
| Main Entry: | countryside |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | non-city environment |
| Synonyms: | back roads, boonies, country, environment, land, landscape, non-urban area, scenery, setting, sticks, surroundings, terrain |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | ambiance, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrast |
| Synonyms: | antithesis, background, complement, counterblow, defense, guard, setting |
| Notes: | a fencing sword with a bowl-shaped guard and flexible blade is an épée; the one with a circular guard is a foil |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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