Locale and Set

Locale

Locale noun - The place and time in which the action for a portion of a dramatic work (as a movie) is set.

Usage example: the movie's locale is ambiguous, though the architecture and dress are suggestive of 19th-century Europe

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Set and locale are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a noun "Locale".

Nearby Words: local, location, locality, localize, localise

Set noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.

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Locale and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Locale" instead a noun "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

high	high locale	high set
expensive	expensive locale	expensive set
full	full locale	full set
particular	particular locale	particular set
Other adjectives: similar, usual, common, complex, current, original, single, actual, entire, wrong, dark, main, new, unique, unusual, next, strange, different.

Players with a non-standard character set or locale setting (such as Japanese) will find every instance of certain letters caught as swearwords.

Source: Scunthorpe Problem
It was based on a novel set in Paris and the screenplay had changed the locale to London

Source: California Doubling
American Vampire is a comic book from Vertigo Comics.The comic is written in arcs, each set in a different time period and locale.

Source: Comic Book / American Vampire

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