Reference and Setting

Reference

Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.

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Setting and reference are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Reference".

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

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Reference and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

good	good reference	good setting
full	full reference	full setting
particular	particular reference	particular setting
similar	similar reference	similar setting
Other adjectives: common, specific, complete, original, single, actual, entire, real, early, possible, historical.

Deconstruction Game: The main point being it portrays what Myst's main setting would look like after four million tourists, in reference to the number of copies Myst sold at the time, have roamed around the place.

Source: Video Game / Pyst
Naturally, this is in direct reference to the setting favored by Lovecraft, but it's also a byproduct of the fact that, as there were many more writers from that area than elsewhere in the US at the time the story takes place, there were also more stories set there in general.

Source: Lovecraft Country
When setting the time, Kirk tells Uhura to give the Romulans a second-tick for reference; the officer he's speaking to tells him they know what a second means to Terrans.

Source: Two of Your Earth Minutes

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