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    [Noun]  | "set*up" | \ ˈset-ˌəp \


    1: the preparation and adjustment of a machine for an assigned task

    2: the assembly and arrangement of the tools and apparatus required for the performance of an operation

    3: the execution of a planned scoring play in sports

    Origin: 1889 ;

    [Verb]  | "set up" 


    1: to raise to and place in a high position

    2: to place in view : post

    3: to put forward (something, such as a plan) for acceptance

    Origin: 13th century ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "set up as (something)" 


    1: to start one's own business

    [Phrasal verb]  | "set up in (something)" 


    1: to start one's own business

    [Phrasal verb]  | "set (oneself) up as (something)" 


    1: to try to make people believe that one is (something)

    2: to start one's own business

    [Idiom]  | "set up camp" 


    1: to prepare an area for sleeping outside

    [Idiom]  | "set up house" 


    1: to become settled in a house where one is going to live

    [Verb]  | "set up" 


    1: to arrange something in a certain spot or position;


      * e.g., " ... set up tables in the living room for the party "




    2: to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of;


      * e.g., " ... set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city "




    3: to fix in an upright position;


      * e.g., " ... set up a post from which to hang the sign "



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    [Noun]  | "setup" 


    1: the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized;


      * e.g., " ... the textbook's setup calls for a list of questions at the end of each chapter "



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    2: the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another;


      * e.g., " ... changed the setup of the living room furniture several times before being satisfied "



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