set up

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verb

1. set up or found (Freq. 17)
- She set up a literacy program
• Syn:
establish, found, launch
• Ant:
abolish (for: establish)
• Derivationally related forms:
foundation (for: found), founder (for: found), founding (for: found), establishment (for: establish)
• Hypernyms:
open, open up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. create by putting components or members together (Freq. 10)
- She pieced a quilt
- He tacked together some verses
- They set up a committee
• Syn:
assemble, piece, put together, tack, tack together
• Ant:
disassemble (for: assemble)
• Derivationally related forms:
piece (for: piece), assemblage (for: assemble)
• Hypernyms:
join, bring together, make, create
• Hyponyms:
confect, confection, comfit, jumble, confuse,
mix up, reassemble, configure, compound, rig up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. construct, build, or erect (Freq. 8)
- Raise a barn
• Syn:
raise, erect, rear, put up
• Ant:
level (for: raise)
• Derivationally related forms:
erection (for: erect), erecting (for: erect)
• Topics:
construction, building
• Hypernyms:
construct, build, make
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. get ready for a particular purpose or event (Freq. 6)
- set up an experiment
- set the table
- lay out the tools for the surgery
• Syn:
lay out, set
• Derivationally related forms:
set (for: set), setting (for: set)
• Hypernyms:
fix, prepare, ready, gear up, set
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. put into a proper or systematic order (Freq. 4)
- arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
• Syn:
arrange
• Ant:
disarrange (for: arrange)
• Derivationally related forms:
arrangement (for: arrange), arranger (for: arrange)
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Hyponyms:
regularize, regularise, order, straighten, rearrange,
serialize, serialise, alphabetize, alphabetise, organize, organise,
coordinate, stratify, string, thread, draw, marshal,
string out, spread out, preen, plume, stack, chain,
pair, geminate, concord, cascade, settle, pyramid,
corral, catenate, catenulate, dress, decorate, range,
array, lay out, set out, pack, bundle, wad,
compact, pile, heap, stagger, distribute, drape,
set, gradate, line up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They set up the bags on the table
- The men set up the bookshelves
6. begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. (Freq. 3)
- set up an election
• Hypernyms:
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
7. take or catch as if in a snare or trap (Freq. 2)
- I was set up!
- The innocent man was framed by the police
• Syn:
ensnare, entrap, frame
• Derivationally related forms:
setup, entrapment (for: entrap)
• Hypernyms:
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to set up the prisoners
8. produce (Freq. 2)
- The scientists set up a shock wave
• Syn:
effect, effectuate
• Derivationally related forms:
effect (for: effectuate), effectuation (for: effectuate), effective (for: effect), effect (for: effect), effecter (for: effect)
• Hypernyms:
cause, do, make
• Hyponyms:
carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action,
fulfill, fulfil, draw, get, precipitate, induce,
stimulate, rush, hasten, serve
• Cause:
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur,
pass, fall out, come about, take place
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
9. set up for use (Freq. 2)
- install the washer and dryer
- We put in a new sink
• Syn:
install, instal, put in
• Derivationally related forms:
instalment (for: instal), installing (for: instal), installment (for: install), installation (for: install), installing (for: install)
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Hyponyms:
retrofit, reinstall, post, put up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They want to set up the doors
10. place (Freq. 1)
- Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
• Syn:
install, instal, establish
• Derivationally related forms:
installation (for: install)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
11. 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
• Syn:
fix, prepare, ready, gear up, set
• Derivationally related forms:
set (for: set), ready (for: ready), readying (for: ready), preparative (for: prepare), preparatory (for: prepare), preparation (for: prepare)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
socialize, socialise, provide, cram, precondition,
fix, mount, lay out, set, winterize, winterise,
summerize, summerise, prime, cultivate, crop, work,
brace, poise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s (for: gear up)
- Somebody ----s (for: prepare)
12. erect and fasten
- pitch a tent
• Syn:
pitch
• Hypernyms:
rear, erect
• Hyponyms:
camp, camp down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
13. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- arrange my schedule
- set up one's life
- I put these memories with those of bygone times
• Syn:
arrange, put, order
• Derivationally related forms:
order (for: order), ordering (for: order)
• Hypernyms:
organize, organise
• Hyponyms:
synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise, phrase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
14. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
- rig an election
• Syn:
rig
• Derivationally related forms:
rig (for: rig)
• Hypernyms:
cheat, chisel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
15. equip with sails or masts
- rig a ship
• Syn:
rig, set
• Derivationally related forms:
rig (for: rig), rigger (for: rig), rigging (for: rig)
• Hypernyms:
equip, fit, fit out, outfit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something