 set_up |
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| 1. | [ verb ] set up or found | |
| Synonyms: | establish launch found | |
| Examples: | "She set up a literacy program" |
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| Related terms: | abolish open constitution foundation | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make by putting pieces together | |
| Synonyms: | assemble put_together tack_together tack piece | |
| Examples: | "She pieced a quilt" "He tacked together some verses" |
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| Related terms: | disassemble make join reassemble rig_up jumble confect compound configure hookup | |
| 3. | [ verb ] construct, build, or erect | |
| Synonyms: | erect put_up raise rear | |
| Examples: | "Raise a barn" |
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| Related terms: | level construct construction erecting | |
| 4. | [ verb ] get ready for a particular purpose or event | |
| Synonyms: | lay_out set | |
| Examples: | "set up an experiment" "set the table" "lay out the tools for the surgery" |
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| Related terms: | prepare set | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] well established and ready to function | |
| Examples: | "things I can do now that I'm set up" |
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| Related terms: | established | |
| 6. | [ verb ] put into a proper or systematic order | |
| Synonyms: | arrange | |
| Examples: | "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
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| Related terms: | disarrange situate put organize stack range set rearrange line_up drape string_out string pack drape marshal order stack settle alphabetize stratify order chain geminate gradate pyramid corral cascade straighten dress catenate regularize string concord preen tuck serialize placement | |
| 7. | [ verb ] begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. | |
| Examples: | "set up an election" |
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| Related terms: | organize | |
| 8. | [ verb ] cause to happen or occur | |
| Synonyms: | effect bring_about effectuate | |
| Examples: | "The scientists set up a shockwave" |
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| Related terms: | cause carry_through serve induce precipitate draw effect implementation effecter anticipate happen | |
| 9. | [ verb ] take or catch as if in a snare or trap | |
| Synonyms: | frame entrap ensnare | |
| Examples: | "I was set up!" "The innocent man was framed by the police" |
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| Related terms: | deceive frame-up | |
| 10. | [ verb ] set up for use | |
| Synonyms: | install instal put_in | |
| Examples: | "install the washer and dryer" "We put in a new sink" |
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| Related terms: | situate put post reinstall retrofit installation | |
| 11. | [ verb ] place | |
| Synonyms: | establish instal install | |
| Examples: | "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" |
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| Related terms: | facility | |
| 12. | [ verb ] arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc. | |
| Synonyms: | put order arrange | |
| Examples: | "arrange my schedule" "set up one's life" "I put these memories with those of bygone times" |
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| Related terms: | organize synchronize ordering | |
| 13. | [ verb ] erect and fasten | |
| Synonyms: | pitch | |
| Examples: | "pitch a tent" |
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| Related terms: | rear camp | |
| 14. | [ verb ] arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; of elections | |
| Synonyms: | rig | |
| Related terms: | cheat swindle | |
| 15. | [ verb ] (nautical) equip with sails, masts, etc.; of ships | |
| Synonyms: | set rig | |
| Related terms: | equip rigging rig | |
| 16. | [ verb ] make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | |
| Synonyms: | prepare set ready fix gear_up | |
| Examples: | "Get the children ready for school!" "prepare for war" "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" |
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| Related terms: | change mount fix cultivate brace precondition prime provide cram winterize socialize summerize preparation readiness set | |
| Similar spelling: |
setup sit_up |
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