About The Word Set up

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Set up

Set up Meaning & Definition
Set up Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Set up?

[adj] well established and ready to function; "things I can do now that I'm set up"
[v] make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"
[v] get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"
[v] equip with sails, masts, etc.; of ships
[v] arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
[v] make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"
[v] construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
[v] begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election"
[v] put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
[v] erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"
[v] set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
[v] place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
[v] cause to happen or occur; "The scientists set up a shockwave"
[v] set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
[v] arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; of elections
[v] take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Set up: arrange | arrange | assemble | bring about | constituted | effect | effectuate | ensnare | entrap | erect | establish | establish | established | found | frame | gear up | instal | install | launch | order | piece | pitch | prepare | put | put in | put together | put up | raise | ready | rear | rig | rig | set | tack | tack together

Related Terms | Find terms related to Set up:

See Also | accomplish | alphabetise | alphabetize | alter | array | brace | bring together | build | bundle | camp | camp down | carry out | carry through | cascade | catenate | catenulate | cause | chain | change | cheat | chisel | come about | comfit | compact | compound | concord | confect | confection | configure | confuse | construct | contemporise | contemporize | coordinate | corral | cozen | cram | create | crop | cultivate | deceive | decorate | delude | devise | distribute | do | drape | draw | draw | dress | equip | erect | execute | fit | fit out | fix | fulfil | fulfill | geminate | get | get up | go on | gradate | hap | happen | hasten | heap | induce | join | jumble | lay | lay out | lay out | lead on | line up | machinate | make | marshal | mix up | mount | occur | open | open up | order | organise | organise | organize | organize | outfit | pack | pair | pass | pass off | pile | place | plume | poise | pose | position | post | precipitate | precondition | preen | prepare | prime | put | put up | pyramid | range | rear | rearrange | reassemble | regularise | regularize | reinstall | retrofit | rig up | rush | serialise | serialize | serve | set | set out | set up | settle | socialise | socialize | spread out | stack | stagger | stimulate | straighten | stratify | string | string out | summerise | summerize | synchronise | synchronize | take place | thread | tuck | wad | winterise | winterize | work

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