Definitions for set up
set up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. establish, set up, found, launchverb

   set up or found

   "She set up a literacy program"

2. assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack togetherverb

   create by putting components or members together

   "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

3. raise, erect, rear, set up, put upverb

   construct, build, or erect

   "Raise a barn"

4. set up, lay out, setverb

   get ready for a particular purpose or event

   "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"

5. arrange, set upverb

   put into a proper or systematic order

   "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

6. set upverb

   begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.

   "set up an election"

7. ensnare, entrap, frame, set upverb

   take or catch as if in a snare or trap

   "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

8. effect, effectuate, set upverb

   produce

   "The scientists set up a shock wave"

9. install, instal, put in, set upverb

   set up for use

   "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"

10. install, instal, set up, establishverb

    place

    "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

11. rig, set upverb

    arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

    "rig an election"

12. pitch, set upverb

    erect and fasten

    "pitch a tent"

13. arrange, set up, put, orderverb

    arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

    "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

14. rig, set, set upverb

    equip with sails or masts

    "rig a ship"

15. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setverb

    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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. set upverb

   To ready something for use.

2. set upverb

   Logically order.

3. set upverb

   To cause to happen

4. set upverb

   To trap or ensnare.

5. set upverb

   Arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.

6. set upverb

   To gel or harden.

7. set upverb

   To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).

8. set upverb

   To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.

9. set upverb

   To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).

10. set upadjective

    In a position to function; ready.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. set up

   Soldiers, mariners, and small-arm men, well drilled, and instructed to be upright and soldierlike in their carriage, are "well set up."

Matched Categories

1. • Cause
   • Change
   • Cheat
   • Construct
   • Construction
   • Create
   • Equip
   • Erect
   • Join
   • Open
   • Organize
   • Place
   • Prepare

Anagrams for set up »

1. stupe

2. upset

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of set up in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of set up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of set up in a Sentence

1. Michel Flamant:

   Last week, I returned to the bakery at 1030, 11 at night as usual and discovered that Jerome had set up a bar of sorts with wine and beer, and all his homeless friends in the oven room. I told him this was not part of the deal, tempers rose and he started insulting me, so I told him to pack his bags and go.

2. Anita Foster:

   Overnight, Red Cross teams provided cots and blankets for the shelter set up in Maypearl, and stood by for shelter needs in Johnson, Hood and Erath counties, the event is still unfolding with flash flooding throughout the area.

3. Etienne Schneider:

   The compromise agreed today will enable the EU to set up an effective PNR system which fully respects fundamental rights and freedoms.

4. Paul Begala:

   She's had a very tough position on Iran for all of her career, she has a record, a long record, of being very tough on the Iranian regime and she set up the conditions that forced the Iranians to the table.

5. Andy Tsang:

   The bill actually says that, the city itself, and the country, will set up dedicated unit, to uphold national security, i would expect the national security agencies will work with the local police in order for the national security of the country (to) be protected.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=set up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Set_Up
3. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=set up