Set up Very Common

Set up has 17 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

Verb

set up or found

"She set up a literacy program"

establish set up found launch

create by putting components or members together

"She pieced a quilt"

"He tacked together some verses"

"They set up a committee"

assemble piece put together set up tack tack together

construct, build, or erect

"Raise a barn"

raise erect rear set up put up

get ready for a particular purpose or event

"set up an experiment"

"set the table"

"lay out the tools for the surgery"

set up lay out set

put into a proper or systematic order

"arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

arrange set up

begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.

"set up an election"

set up

take or catch as if in a snare or trap

"I was set up!"

"The innocent man was framed by the police"

ensnare entrap frame set up

produce

"The scientists set up a shock wave"

effect effectuate set up

set up for use

"install the washer and dryer"

"We put in a new sink"

install instal put in set up

place

"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

install instal set up establish

arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

"rig an election"

rig set up

erect and fasten

"pitch a tent"

pitch set up

arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

"arrange my schedule"

"set up one's life"

"I put these memories with those of bygone times"

arrange set up put order

equip with sails or masts

"rig a ship"

rig set set up

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"

fix prepare set up ready gear up set

To ready for use.

Adjective

In a position to function; ready.

Example Sentences

"She set up a literacy program" verb

"She pieced a quilt" verb

"He tacked together some verses" verb

"They set up a committee" verb

"Raise a barn" verb

"set up an experiment" verb

"set the table" verb

"lay out the tools for the surgery" verb

"arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" verb

"set up an election" verb