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Definition of Set up
1. Verb. Set up or found. "She set up a literacy program"
Exact synonyms: Establish, Found, Launch
Generic synonyms: Open, Open Up
Antonyms: Abolish
Derivative terms: Establishment, Foundation, Founder, Founding
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"
Exact synonyms: Assemble, Piece, Put Together, Tack, Tack Together
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
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"
Exact synonyms: Erect, Put Up, Raise, Rear
Category relationships: Building, Construction
Generic synonyms: Build, Construct, Make
Derivative terms: Erecting, Erection, Erection
Antonyms: Level
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"
Exact synonyms: Lay Out, Set
Generic synonyms: Fix, Gear Up, Prepare, Ready, Set
Derivative terms: Set, Setting
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"
Exact synonyms: Arrange
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
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"
Exact synonyms: Ensnare, Entrap, Frame
Generic synonyms: Cozen, Deceive, Delude, Lead On
Derivative terms: Entrapment, Setup
Generic synonyms: Cozen, Deceive, Delude, Lead On
Derivative terms: Entrapment, Setup
8. Verb. Produce. "The scientists set up a shock wave"
Exact synonyms: Effect, Effectuate
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
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"
Exact synonyms: Instal, Install, Put In
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Specialized synonyms: Retrofit, Reinstall, Post, Put Up
Derivative terms: Installing, Instalment, Installation, Installing, Installment
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"
Exact synonyms: Arrange, Order, Put
Specialized synonyms: Contemporise, Contemporize, Synchronise, Synchronize, Phrase
Generic synonyms: Organise, Organize
Derivative terms: Order, Ordering
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"
Exact synonyms: Rig, Set
Generic synonyms: Equip, Fit, Fit Out, Outfit
Derivative terms: Rig, Rigger, Rigging, Rigging
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"
Exact synonyms: Fix, Gear Up, Prepare, Ready, Set
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
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
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