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set up

Dictionary definition · set up

verb

  1. set up or found"She set up a literacy program"
  2. create by putting components or members together"She pieced a quilt"
  3. construct, build, or erect"Raise a barn"
  4. get ready for a particular purpose or event"set up an experiment"
  5. put into a proper or systematic order"arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
  6. begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc."set up an election"
  7. take or catch as if in a snare or trap"I was set up!"
  8. produce"The scientists set up a shock wave"
  9. set up for use"install the washer and dryer"
  10. place"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
  11. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit"rig an election"
  12. erect and fasten"pitch a tent"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).