set up

set up: 1) PHRASAL VERB If you set something up, you create or arrange it.

[V P n (not pron)] The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims.

[V P n (not pron)] ...an organization which sets up meetings about issues of interest to women...

[V n P] Tell us when and why you started your business and how you went about setting it up.

Derived words:

setting up N-UNCOUNT usu N of n
The British government announced the setting up of a special fund.

2) PHRASAL VERB If you set up a temporary structure, you place it or build it somewhere.

[V P n (not pron)] They took to the streets, setting up roadblocks of burning tyres...

[V P n (not pron)] 200 peace activists are planning to set up a peace camp at the border.

Syn:

erect

3) PHRASAL VERB If you set up a device or piece of machinery, you do the things that are necessary for it to be able to start working.

[V P n (not pron)] Setting up the camera can be tricky...

[V P n (not pron)] I set up the computer so that they could work from home. [Also V n P]

4) PHRASAL VERB If you set up somewhere or set yourself up somewhere, you establish yourself in a new business or new area.

[V P prep/adv] ...the mayor's scheme offers incentives to firms setting up in lower Manhattan...

[V pron-refl P prep/adv] He worked as a dance instructor in London before setting himself up in Bucharest...

[V n P prep/adv] Grandfather set them up in a liquor business.

5) PHRASAL VERB If you set up home or set up shop, you buy a house or business of your own and start living or working there.

[V P n] They married, and set up home in Ramsgate.

[V P n] ...20 businessmen hoping to set up shop in Japan.

6) PHRASAL VERB If something sets up something such as a process, it creates it or causes it to begin.

[V P n (not pron)] The secondary current sets up a magnetic field inside the tube...

[V P n (not pron)] This can help you satisfy the craving without setting up problems later on. [Also V n P]

7) PHRASAL VERB If something sets you up for something, it puts you in a good condition or position to deal with it, for example by making you feel healthy and energetic.

[V n P] I have my cornflakes and smell the fresh air and the grass and it sets me up for the day...

[V n P] The win sets us up perfectly for the match in Belgium.

8) PHRASAL VERB If you are set up by someone, they make it seem that you have done something wrong when you have not. [INFORMAL]

[be V-ed P] He claimed yesterday that he had been set up after drugs were discovered at his home...

[V n P] Maybe Angelo tried to set us up. [Also V P n (not pron)]

Syn:

frame

9) → See also set-up

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Synonyms:

Erect, raise, elevate, Begin business / Exalt, raise, put in power, Profess, make pretensions to / Institute, establish, found / Put in type / Raise / Advance, propose / Fix, establish

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Set — (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Set — (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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