set up meaning and definition

SET UP verb

Definition of set up (verb)

1. set up or found
   • "She set up a literacy program"
   • synonyms: establish, found, launch
   • antonym: abolish
2. 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
   • antonym: break apart
3. construct, build, or erect
   • "Raise a barn"
   • synonyms: erect, put up, raise, rear
   • antonym: dismantle
4. 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
5. put into a proper or systematic order
   • "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
   • synonyms: arrange
   • antonym: disarrange
6. begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
   • "set up an election"
7. 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
8. produce
   • "The scientists set up a shock wave"
   • synonyms: effect, effectuate
9. set up for use
   • "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
   • synonyms: instal, install, put in
10. place
    • "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
    • synonyms: establish, instal, install
11. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
    • "rig an election"
    • synonyms: rig
12. erect and fasten
    • "pitch a tent"
    • synonyms: pitch
13. 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
14. equip with sails or masts
    • "rig a ship"
    • synonyms: rig, set
15. 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