Dictionary - set_up

Dictionary Results for set_up

1. set_up - verb

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

2. set_up - verb

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

Synonym(s): assemble, piece, put_together, tack, tack_together

Hypernym(s): join, make, create

3. set_up - verb

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

Synonym(s): raise, erect, rear, put_up

Hypernym(s): construct, build, make

4. set_up - verb

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

Synonym(s): lay_out, set

Hypernym(s): fix, prepare, set_up, ready, gear_up, set

5. set_up - verb

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

Synonym(s): arrange

Hypernym(s): put, set, place, pose, position, lay

6. set_up - verb

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

Hypernym(s): organize, organise, prepare, devise, get_up, machinate

7. set_up - verb

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

Synonym(s): ensnare, entrap, frame

Hypernym(s): deceive, lead_on, delude, cozen

8. set_up - verb

· produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"

Synonym(s): effect, effectuate

Hypernym(s): cause, do, make

9. set_up - verb

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

Synonym(s): install, instal, put_in

Hypernym(s): put, set, place, pose, position, lay

10. set_up - verb

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

Synonym(s): install, instal, establish

11. set_up - verb

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

Synonym(s): rig

Hypernym(s): cheat, chisel

12. set_up - verb

· erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"

Synonym(s): pitch

Hypernym(s): rear, erect

13. set_up - verb

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

Synonym(s): arrange, put, order

Hypernym(s): organize, organise

14. set_up - verb

· equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship"

Synonym(s): rig, set

Hypernym(s): equip, fit, fit_out, outfit

15. 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"

Synonym(s): fix, prepare, ready, gear_up, set

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

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