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set up - Dictionary definition and meaning for set up

SET UP

  • (verb) 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"

    synonyms : fix , gear up , prepare , ready , set

  • (verb) get ready for a particular purpose or event

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

    synonyms : lay out , set

  • (verb) equip with sails or masts

    "rig a ship"

    synonyms : rig , set

  • (verb) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

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

    synonyms : arrange , order , put

  • (verb) put into a proper or systematic order

    "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

    synonyms : arrange

  • (verb) erect and fasten

    "pitch a tent"

    synonyms : pitch

  • (verb) set up for use

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

    synonyms : instal , install , put in

  • (verb) place

    "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

    synonyms : establish , instal , install

  • (verb) produce

    "The scientists set up a shock wave"

    synonyms : effect , effectuate

    the hope that the greater social interaction between native residents and the immigrants will effectuate greater understanding and harmony -added by nithi

  • (verb) create by putting components or members together

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

    synonyms : assemble , piece , put together , tack , tack together

  • (verb) construct, build, or erect

    "Raise a barn"

    synonyms : erect , put up , raise , rear

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

    "set up an election"

  • (verb) set up or found

    "She set up a literacy program"

    synonyms : establish , found , launch

  • (verb) arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

    "rig an election"

    synonyms : rig

  • (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap

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

    synonyms : ensnare , entrap , frame

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


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