Definition of set up - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

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set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"

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create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

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construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

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get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"

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put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

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begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election"

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take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

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produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"

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set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"

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place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

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arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"

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erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"

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

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equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship"

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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"

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Synonyms

arrange assemble effect effectuate ensnare entrap erect establish fix found frame gear up instal install launch lay out order piece pitch prepare put put in put together put up raise ready rear rig set tack tack together

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More General Terms

alter bring together build cause change cheat chisel construct cozen create deceive delude devise do equip erect fit fit out fix gear up get up join lay lead on machinate make modify open open up organise organize outfit place pose position prepare put ready rear set set up

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More Specific Terms

accomplish action alphabetise alphabetize array brace bundle camp camp down carry out carry through cascade catenate catenulate chain comfit compact compound concord confect confection configure confuse contemporise contemporize coordinate corral cram crop cultivate decorate distribute drape draw dress execute fix fulfil fulfill geminate get gradate hasten heap induce jumble lay out line up marshal mix up mount order organise organize pack pair phrase pile plume poise post precipitate precondition preen prime provide put up pyramid range rearrange reassemble regularise regularize reinstall retrofit rig up rush serialise serialize serve set set out set up settle socialise socialize spread out stack stagger stimulate straighten stratify string string out summerise summerize synchronise synchronize thread wad winterise winterize work

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