set up
Verb
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is a type of: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
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referred to in: building, construction - the act of constructing something
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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 -
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 -
subtypes:
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same as: rig
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same as: pitch
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is a type of: organise, organize - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or ideasubtypes:
- contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize - arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
- phrase - divide, combine, or mark into phrases
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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
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