setup
nounUK /ˈsɛtʌp/ · CA, US /ˈsɛtʌp/
Etymology Deverbal from set up.
7 senses
- 1Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- 2The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- 3A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert…
- 4An installer.
- 5The process or instance of arranging resources for…
- 6The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water…
- 7A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a…
Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.
The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- The classroom setup was simple and efficient.
- Shapiro says KYW would keep two separate news staffs that would work together, similar to WBZ's setup.1993, Billboard, volume 105, number 21, page 106:
1 more example
- For some stretches, Berhalter’s usual 4-3-3 setup played more as a 4-4-2, with Tim Weah pushing up alongside Wright and McKennie moving to the right side.25 November 2022, Jonathan Tannenwald, “U.S. dominates England for long stretches, but plays to 0-0 tie at World Cup”, in The Philadeplhia Inquirer:
A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
- Trust me, that was a setup!
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences An installer.
- You still have to run the setup and select the display driver after restarting Windows. Installing Windows NT drivers was tedious (but we could back up system files), and OS/2 was tiresome; […]1995 August 28, InfoWorld, page 80:
The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.
Geography, Hydrology, Natural sciences The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
- There was a strong wind setup at the south end of the lake after a day of northerly gales.
Boxing, Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, War A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
- The jab is most commonly used as a setup for other strikes.
- Synonyms
- apparatus, loadout, configuration, layout, frameup, stitch-up
- Derived terms
- setup block, setup fee, setup man, setup time
- Related terms
- set up, the adjective and verb