What does set up mean?

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set up

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  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.

ChatGPT

  1. set up

    Set up generally refers to the action or process of arranging, organizing, establishing, preparing or assembling something in advance in order to begin a process, activity or an event. This could apply to a wide range of things, such as setting up equipment, a business, a plan, a meeting, a system, or a computer program.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  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."

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. Pam Harrison:

    Ive passed one room. It looked like it had some cots set up that were not social distanced and they were right on top of each other, so we really dont know. Weve been waiting out here for several hours to get in.

  2. Ron DeSantis:

    And so in Florida, people are going to be able to make those decisions. We do put a lot of emphasis, unlike most states and certainly unlike the Biden administration, on early treatment, when people do get infected and it's not just unvaccinated, like they like to say, our monoclonal antibody clinics that we set up across the state, the majority of people that go to those are fully vaccinated, high-risk people. And so since we've rolled out our monoclonal antibody clinics, we've had one of the lowest hospitalization rates in the country.

  3. Detective Inspector Chris Thompson:

    The [ Hendrix's ] owners discovered a trail of blood leading from the passageway to their home and then noticed a CCTV camera nearby. This had been set up by a neighbor whose own cat had suffered a similar fate, having been stabbed and killed a year before, we examined the footage and discovered that it had captured Bouquet stooping to stroke the cat before taking something from his rucksack and making a sudden jerk towards it.

  4. Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi:

    When we're chasing a terrorist or a spy, almost everything we have is highly, highly classified. Normal courts are not set up to handle that.

  5. Jim Melville:

    For the President to say the EU was' set up to take advantage of the United States, to attack our piggy bank,' or that' NATO is as bad as NAFTA' is not only factually wrong, but proves to me that it's time to go.


Translations for set up

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  • vyvolat, zmanipulovat, zatuhnout, připravit, způsobitCzech
  • στήνωGreek
  • prepararSpanish
  • tahkuma, püüdma, kallutama, põhjustama, valmis, korrastama, paigaldamaEstonian
  • برپاییPersian
  • asentaa, aiheuttaa, jähmettyä, manipuloida, valmis, kovettua, järjestää, väärentääFinnish
  • entourlouper, installer, coincer, mettre en placeFrench
  • felállít, beállítHungarian
  • mempersiapkanIndonesian
  • creare, organizzare, indurire, ordinare, installare, inserire, assestarsi, intrappolare, preparare, causareItalian
  • دامه‌زراندن, ڕێک خستنKurdish
  • stollen, verstokken, verharden, veroorzaken, verstrikken, bereiden, klaarzetten, harden, voorbereiden, leiden, regelen, schikken, opzettenDutch
  • preparado, pronto, prepararPortuguese
  • расположить, вызвать, вызывать, расставить, установить, подстраивать, подставлять, расставлять, устанавливать, подставить, подстроить, располагатьRussian
  • அமைக்கவும்Tamil

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