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Definition of Set up
1. Verb. Set up or found. "She set up a literacy program"
Generic synonyms: Open, Open Up
Antonyms: Abolish
Derivative terms: Establishment, Foundation, Founder, Founding
2. Verb. Create by putting components or members together. "They set up a committee"
Generic synonyms: Bring Together, Join, Create, Make
Specialized synonyms: Comfit, Confect, Confection, Confuse, Jumble, Mix Up, Reassemble, Configure, Compound, Rig Up
Derivative terms: Assemblage, Assemblage, Piece
Antonyms: Disassemble
3. Verb. Construct, build, or erect. "Raise a barn"
Category relationships: Building, Construction
Generic synonyms: Build, Construct, Make
Derivative terms: Erecting, Erection, Erection
Antonyms: Level
4. Verb. Get ready for a particular purpose or event. "Lay out the tools for the surgery"
Generic synonyms: Fix, Gear Up, Prepare, Ready, Set
Derivative terms: Set, Setting
5. Verb. Put into a proper or systematic order. "The men set up the bookshelves"; "Arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
Specialized synonyms: Regularise, Regularize, Order, Order, Straighten, Rearrange, Serialise, Serialize, Alphabetise, Alphabetize, Coordinate, Organise, Organize, Stratify, Draw, String, Thread, Marshal, String, Spread Out, String Out, Plume, Preen, Stack, Chain, Geminate, Pair, Concord, Cascade, Settle, Pyramid, Corral, Catenate, Catenulate, Decorate, Dress, Array, Lay Out, Range, Set Out, Bundle, Compact, Pack, Wad, Heap, Pile, Stack, Distribute, Stagger, Drape, Drape, Set, Gradate, Line Up
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Derivative terms: Arrangement, Arranger
Antonyms: Disarrange
6. Verb. Begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.. "Set up an election"
7. Verb. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap. "They want to set up the prisoners "; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
Generic synonyms: Cozen, Deceive, Delude, Lead On
Derivative terms: Entrapment, Setup
8. Verb. Produce. "The scientists set up a shock wave"
Causes: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Specialized synonyms: Accomplish, Action, Carry Out, Carry Through, Execute, Fulfil, Fulfill, Draw, Get, Precipitate, Hasten, Induce, Rush, Stimulate, Serve
Generic synonyms: Cause, Do, Make
Derivative terms: Effect, Effecter, Effective, Effective, Effect, Effect, Effectuation
9. Verb. Set up for use. "They want to set up the doors"; "We put in a new sink"
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Specialized synonyms: Retrofit, Reinstall, Post, Put Up
Derivative terms: Installing, Instalment, Installation, Installing, Installment
10. Verb. Place. "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
11. Verb. Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit. "Rig an election"
12. Verb. Erect and fasten. "Pitch a tent"
13. Verb. Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events. "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
Specialized synonyms: Contemporise, Contemporize, Synchronise, Synchronize, Phrase
Generic synonyms: Organise, Organize
Derivative terms: Order, Ordering
14. Verb. Equip with sails or masts. "Rig a ship"
Generic synonyms: Equip, Fit, Fit Out, Outfit
Derivative terms: Rig, Rigger, Rigging, Rigging
15. Verb. Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Socialise, Socialize, Provide, Cram, Precondition, Fix, Mount, Lay Out, Set, Winterise, Winterize, Summerise, Summerize, Prime, Crop, Cultivate, Work, Brace, Poise
Derivative terms: Preparation, Preparation, Preparative, Preparatory, Ready, Readying, Set
Definition of Set up
1. Verb. To ready something for use. ¹
2. Verb. Logically order. ¹
3. Verb. To cause to happen ¹
4. Verb. To trap or ensnare. ¹
5. Verb. Arrange for an '''outcome'''; to tamper or rig. ¹
6. Verb. To gel or harden. ¹
7. Verb. To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive). ¹
8. Verb. To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people. ¹
9. Verb. (sports transitive) To create a goalscoring opportunity (for). ¹
10. Adjective. In a position to function; ready. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Set Up
Literary usage of Set up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"... for that he will), whether this thing be set up in his heart, house, or
conversation.1 Then Faithful stepped forward again, and said to Talkative, Come, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The first press was set up in one corner of the shop which was boarded up, and
only three men allowed in the room. The first piece drawn up was a washbasin ..."
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