Setter

/ˈsɛt.ə/ · noun

Meaning

A typesetter..

Definitions by Sense

1. A typesetter.
2. One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.
3. Any of several long-haired breeds of hunting dog that set when they have scented game.
4. (volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
5. (object-oriented programming) A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
6. (sports, in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
7. One who hunts victims for sharpers.
8. One who adapts words to music in composition.

Example Sentences

Any query to the setter is required to be addressed as such (e.g., "Setter: Please check"); otherwise it will be treated as a query to the author.

The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.

The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally.

In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters.

One of the most admired and best-known crossword setters in the English language, Graham was known for his idiosyncratic style and extended anagrams.

She has a spaniel and a red setter.

The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.

It was desperately close until all but the closing moments, and for that we had the 32nd-ranked [Julien] Benneteau to thank for bringing the fight out in [Roger] Federer, whose thirst for these long battles has waned over the past couple of years. For a player regarded by many as the greatest of all time his record in completed five-setters is ordinary: now 20 wins, 16 losses.

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Word Forms

• setters
• settering
• settered

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