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Definition of 'set up' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) establish, set up, found, launch
set up or found
"She set up a literacy program"

2. (verb) assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
create by putting components or members together
"She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

3. (verb) raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
construct, build, or erect
"Raise a barn"

4. (verb) set up, lay out, set
get ready for a particular purpose or event
"set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"

5. (verb) arrange, set up
put into a proper or systematic order
"arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

6. (verb) set up
begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
"set up an election"

7. (verb) ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
take or catch as if in a snare or trap
"I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

8. (verb) effect, effectuate, set up
produce
"The scientists set up a shock wave"

9. (verb) install, instal, put in, set up
set up for use
"install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"

10. (verb) install, instal, set up, establish
place
"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

11. (verb) rig, set up
arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
"rig an election"

12. (verb) pitch, set up
erect and fasten
"pitch a tent"

13. (verb) arrange, set up, put, order
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
"arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

14. (verb) rig, set, set up
equip with sails or masts
"rig a ship"

15. (verb) fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
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"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"


Definition of 'set up' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) set up
to start or do sth that requires organization
She set up her own business.; We need to have a meeting - I'll set one up.

2.  set up
to make it appear that sb is responsible for doing sth wrong
He claims he was set up by the mafia bosses.

3.  set up
to make ready to use
I"ll set up the wireless connection.


Translation of 'set up' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to establish
When was the organization set up?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gevestig, opgerig Arabic flag Arabic: يُقيم، يُنْشِئ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: основавам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: estabelecer Czech flag Czech: založit, ustavit German flag German: gründen
Danish flag Danish: oprette Greek flag Greek: ιδρύω Spanish flag Spanish: establecerse
Estonian flag Estonian: rajama Farsi flag Farsi: تاسيس كردن Finnish flag Finnish: perustaa
French flag French: établir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִקים Hindi flag Hindi: स्थापना करना या होना
Croatian flag Croatian: urediti, osnovati Hungarian flag Hungarian: alapít; felállít (bizotts Indonesian flag Indonesian: mendirikan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: setjaá laggirnar Italian flag Italian: costituire, avviare Japanese flag Japanese: 設立する
Korean flag Korean: 설립하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įkurti Latvian flag Latvian: izveidot; nodibināt
Malay flag Malay: menubuhkan Dutch flag Dutch: oprichten Norwegian flag Norwegian: opprette, stifte, etabler
Polish flag Polish: utworzyć, zakładać Persian flag Persian: تاسيس كردن Pashto flag Pashto: جورول،تاسیس کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: estabelecer-se Romanian flag Romanian: a stabili Russian flag Russian: учреждать
Slovak flag Slovak: založiť, ustanoviť Slovenian flag Slovenian: ustanoviti Serbian flag Serbian: uspostaviti
Swedish flag Swedish: grunda, inrätta Thai flag Thai: ตั้งขึ้น; จัดตั้ง Turkish flag Turkish: kurmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 創立 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: засновувати Urdu flag Urdu: قائم کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thành lập Chinese flag Chinese: 创立

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