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set up

/ set up /
adjective satellite/verb

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
well established and ready to function
"things I can do now that I''m set up"
Similar:
established constituted
verb Sense 2
get ready for a particular purpose or event
"set up an experiment"
"set the table"
"lay out the tools for the surgery"
Type of:
fix prepare ready
Derived:
set readiness place setting setting
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
"set up an election"
Type of:
organize organise prepare
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
"rig an election"
Type of:
cheat chisel
Derived:
swindle cheat rig
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.
"arrange my schedule"
"set up one''s life"
"I put these memories with those of bygone times"
Type of:
organize organise
Kinds of:
synchronize synchronise contemporize contemporise
Derived:
ordering order ordination
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
put into a proper or systematic order
"arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
Opposites:
disarrange
Type of:
put set place
Kinds of:
regularize regularise order straighten rearrange
Derived:
placement arrangement organizer organiser arranger
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 7
erect and fasten
"pitch a tent"
Type of:
rear erect
Kinds of:
camp camp down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 8
set up or found
"She set up a literacy program"
Opposites:
abolish get rid of
Type of:
open open up
Derived:
foundation founder beginner founding father father
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 9
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"
Type of:
change alter modify
Kinds of:
socialize socialise provide cram precondition
Derived:
set readiness ready preparation readying
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
verb Sense 10
place
"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
Derived:
facility installation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 11
equip with sails, masts, etc.
"rig a ship"
Type of:
equip fit fit out
Derived:
rig rigging rigger tackle
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 12
make by putting pieces together
"She pieced a quilt"
"He tacked together some verses"
Opposites:
disassemble dismantle take apart break up break apart
Type of:
join bring together make
Kinds of:
confect confection comfit jumble confuse
Derived:
piece collection aggregation accumulation assemblage
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 13
construct, build, or erect
"Raise a barn"
Opposites:
level raze rase dismantle tear down
Type of:
construct build make
Derived:
erection erecting
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
construction building
verb Sense 14
set up for use
"install the washer and dryer"
"We put in a new sink"
Type of:
put set place
Kinds of:
retrofit reinstall post put up
Derived:
installation installing installment instalment
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 15
take or catch as if in a snare or trap
"I was set up!"
"The innocent man was framed by the police"
Type of:
deceive lead on delude
Derived:
frame-up setup entrapment
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 16
produce
"The scientists set up a shockwave"
Type of:
cause do make
Kinds of:
carry through accomplish execute carry out action
Derived:
effect consequence outcome result event
Causes:
happen hap go on
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
16
Total Synonyms
2
Total Relationships
136
Times Searched
3
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established constituted fix prepare ready organize organise cheat chisel synchronize synchronise contemporize