Set Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Set up or found; "She set up a literacy program".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 2
Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 3
Construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 4
Get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 5
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 6
Equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 7
Create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 8
Begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 9
Take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 10
Produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 11
Set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 12
Place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 13
Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 14
Put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.