set up

Verb (15)

1. set up or found“She set up a literacy program”Synonyms: establishset upfoundlaunch
2. create by putting components or members together“She pieced a quilt”“He tacked together some verses”“They set up a committee”Synonyms: assemblepieceput togetherset uptacktack together
3. construct, build, or erect“Raise a barn”Synonyms: raiseerectrearset upput up
4. get ready for a particular purpose or event“set up an experiment”“set the table”“lay out the tools for the surgery”Synonyms: set uplay outset
5. put into a proper or systematic order“arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order”Synonyms: arrangeset up
6. begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.“set up an election”Synonyms: set up
7. take or catch as if in a snare or trap“I was set up!”“The innocent man was framed by the police”Synonyms: ensnareentrapframeset up
8. produce“The scientists set up a shock wave”Synonyms: effecteffectuateset up
9. set up for use“install the washer and dryer”“We put in a new sink”Synonyms: installinstalput inset up
10. place“Her manager had set her up at the Ritz”Synonyms: installinstalset upestablish
11. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit“rig an election”Synonyms: rigset up
12. erect and fasten“pitch a tent”Synonyms: pitchset up
13. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events“arrange my schedule”“set up one's life”“I put these memories with those of bygone times”Synonyms: arrangeset upputorder
14. equip with sails or masts“rig a ship”Synonyms: rigsetset up
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: fixprepareset upreadygear upset