"set up" | Definition and Related Words

set up

Verb

Set up or found (synset 202431950)
"She set up a literacy program"

is a type of: open, open up - start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

same as: establish, found, launch
Create by putting components or members together (synset 201660471)
"She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
is a type of:
- join - cause to become joined or linked
- create, make - make or cause to be or to become
subtypes:
- comfit, confect, confection - make into a confection
- confuse, jumble, mix up - assemble without order or sense
- reassemble - assemble once again, after taking something apart
- configure - set up for a particular purpose
- compound - create by mixing or combining
- rig up - erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure
same as: assemble, piece, put together, tack, tack together
Construct, build, or erect (synset 201665137)
"Raise a barn"

referred to in: building, construction - the act of constructing something

is a type of: build, construct, make - make by combining materials and parts

same as: erect, put up, raise, rear
Get ready for a particular purpose or event (synset 200408773)
"set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"

is a type of: fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

same as: lay out, set
Put into a proper or systematic order (synset 201466592)
"arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

is a type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set - put into a certain place or abstract location
subtypes:
- regularise, regularize - make regular or more regular
- order - place in a certain order
- order - bring order to or into
- straighten - make straight or straighter
- rearrange - put into a new order or arrangement
- serialise, serialize - arrange serially
- alphabetise, alphabetize - arrange in alphabetical order
- coordinate, organise, organize - bring order and organization to
- stratify - form layers or strata
- draw, string, thread - thread on or as if on a string
- marshal - arrange in logical order
- string - stretch out or arrange like a string
- spread out, string out - set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series
- plume, preen - clean with one's bill
- stack - arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
- chain - connect or arrange into a chain by linking
- geminate, pair - arrange in pairs
- concord - arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance
- cascade - arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
- settle - arrange or fix in the desired order
- pyramid - arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
- corral - arrange wagons so that they form a corral
- catenate, catenulate - arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores
- decorate, dress - provide with decoration
- array, lay out, range, set out - lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- bundle, compact, pack, wad - compress into a wad
- heap, pile, stack - arrange in stacks
- distribute, stagger - to arrange in a systematic order
- drape - arrange in a particular way
- drape - place casually
- set - fix in a border
- gradate - arrange according to grades
- line up - form a line
same as: arrange
Begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. (synset 201665366)
"set up an election"

is a type of: devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare - arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Take or catch as if in a snare or trap (synset 202584093)
"I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

is a type of: cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with

same as: ensnare, entrap, frame
Produce (synset 201646466)
"The scientists set up a shock wave"

causes: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place - come to pass

is a type of: cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
subtypes:
- accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill - put in effect
- draw, get - earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- precipitate - bring about abruptly
- hasten, induce, rush, stimulate - cause to occur rapidly
- serve - contribute or conduce to
same as: effect, effectuate
Set up for use (synset 201572394)
"install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"

is a type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set - put into a certain place or abstract location
subtypes:
- retrofit - fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house
- reinstall - install again
- post, put up - place so as to be noticed
same as: instal, install, put in
Place (synset 201572936)
"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

same as: establish, instal, install
Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit (synset 202579184)
"rig an election"

is a type of: cheat, chisel - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

same as: rig
Erect and fasten (synset 201516758)
"pitch a tent"

is a type of: erect, rear - cause to rise up

subtypes: camp, camp down - establish or set up a camp

same as: pitch
Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events (synset 200737576)
"arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

is a type of: organise, organize - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
subtypes:
- contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize - arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
- phrase - divide, combine, or mark into phrases
same as: arrange, order, put
Equip with sails or masts (synset 200409010)
"rig a ship"

is a type of: equip, fit, fit out, outfit - provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

same as: rig, set
Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc (synset 200407168)
"Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
subtypes:
- socialise, socialize - prepare for social life
- provide - take measures in preparation for
- cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
- precondition - put into the required condition beforehand
- fix - kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
- mount - fix onto a backing, setting, or support
- lay out, set, set up - get ready for a particular purpose or event
- winterise, winterize - prepare for winter
- summerise, summerize - prepare for summer
- prime - insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
- crop, cultivate, work - prepare for crops
- brace, poise - prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
same as: fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set

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