set up in English dictionary

  • set up

    Meanings and definitions of "set up"

    • To ready something for use.
    • Logically order.
    • To trap or ensnare.
    • Arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.
    • To gel or harden.
    • To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).
    • To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.
    • In a position to function; ready.
    • adjective
      In a position to function; ready.
    • verb
      To ready something for use.
    • verb
      Logically order.
    • verb
      To cause to happen
    • verb
      To trap or ensnare.
    • verb
      Arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.
    • verb
      To gel or harden.
    • verb
      To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).
    • verb
      To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.
    • verb
      (sports, transitive)
      To create a goalscoring opportunity (for).
    • verb
      (dated, intransitive)
      To begin business or a scheme of life.
    • verb
      To profess openly; to make pretensions.
    • to ready something for use
    • to order logically
    • to trap or ensnare
    • to arrange for an outcome
    • to gel or harden
    • in a position to function
    • To prepare a computer, a software program or application to operate.
    • Come to a mutual understanding or agreement or a common plan, to create an appointment, harmonize mutual ideas about a presumed future.
    • Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
    • (small) scale
    • set up (in high position)
    • To place.
    • verb
      arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"
    • verb
      arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
    • verb
      begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election"
    • verb
      construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
    • verb
      create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
    • verb
      equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship"
    • verb
      erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"
    • verb
      get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"
    • 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"
    • verb
      place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
    • verb
      produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"
    • verb
      put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
    • verb
      set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
    • verb
      set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
    • verb
      take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

    Synonyms of "set up" in English dictionary

    deceive, cheat, cozen are the top synonyms of "set up" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "set up" in English dictionary

    disassemble, abolish, disarrange are the top antonyms of "set up" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of set up

    • set up ( third-person singular simple present sets up, present participle setting up, simple past and past participle set up)
    • set up ( comparative more set up, superlative most set up)
    • set up (comparative more set up, superlative most set up)
    • set up (third-person singular simple present sets up, present participle setting up, simple past and past participle set up)
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