set up

verbs

set up or found

"She set up a literacy program"

establish, found, launch, set up

create by putting components or members together

"She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together

construct, build, or erect

"Raise a barn"

erect, put up, raise, rear, set up

get ready for a particular purpose or event

"set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"

lay out, set, set up

put into a proper or systematic order

"arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

arrange, set up

begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.

"set up an election"

set up

is a type of (narrower)

arrange by systematic planning and united effort

"machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare

take or catch as if in a snare or trap

"I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

ensnare, entrap, frame, set up

is derived from

setup

produce

"The scientists set up a shock wave"

effect, effectuate, set up

set up for use

"install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"

instal, install, put in, set up

place

"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

establish, instal, install, set up

arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

"rig an election"

rig, set up

erect and fasten

"pitch a tent"

pitch, set up

arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

"arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

arrange, order, put, set up

equip with sails or masts

"rig a ship"

rig, set, set up

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"

fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up