setup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
  2. The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
  3. A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
  4. An installer.
  5. The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
  6. 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.
  7. A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
verb
  1. Misspelling of set up.

Pronunciation

sĕt'ŭp' /ˈsɛtʌp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-setup.wav [ˈsɛɾʌp] /ˈsetɐp/

Word forms

setup setups set-up

Etymology

Deverbal from set up.

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