settings
- 1Plural of setting.
The camera's default settings produced washed-out photos in bright light.
After the update, all my privacy settings reverted to their original values.
Note
A regular plural that only some meanings of its singular take comfortably. It counts the countable things: the places and times in which stories are set, the metal mounts that hold gems, the positions a knob or control can be turned to. The meanings that name an action, such as the act of setting or hunting with a setter, rarely need a plural. For controls, the plural is often the natural form: camera settings, privacy settings, default settings.
settings is a form of setting
setting, noun: The time, place, and circumstances in which a story, picture, or event is placed. Full entry
- Forms
- settingsettings plural
- Spelling
- setting → settings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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