Place and Setting

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Place noun - The area or space occupied by or intended for something.

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Setting is a synonym for place in location topic. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Place".

Nearby Words: placed, placement, placing, placer, placet

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

Usage example: the novice camper felt lost outside of his familiar urban setting

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Place is a synonym for setting in spot topic. Sometimes you can use "Place" instead the word "Setting" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

good	good place	good setting
high	high place	high setting
full	full place	full setting
particular	particular place	particular setting
Other adjectives: similar, normal, usual, common, specific, public, original, proper, single, popular, actual, entire, real, interesting, peaceful, new, possible, different, magical.

Sometimes even when we do have all the information, the twist can come as a shock due to a sudden, unforeseen action by other actors in the plot, the setting or place it's occurring in.

Source: Plot Twist
Whenever The Muppets do anything based on the Arthurian legends, or anything that takes place in a medieval/fantasy setting, nearly every other character they put up will be a play on this.

Source: Sir Verb-a-Lot
Ace Combat: Joint Assault, being one of the few games in the franchise to actually take place in real world setting, features branches of JSDF in missions that take place in/near Japan.

Source: Useful Notes / Kaiju Defense Force

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