set up

1. (transitive)To make ready for use.

   We set up the sprinkler.

   make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

2. (transitive)To arrange logically.

   Set up my CD collection.

   arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

3. (transitive)To cause to happen.

   Even a minor change can set up new bugs.

   вызыва́тьvyzyvátʹ, вы́зватьvýzvatʹ

4. (transitive)To trap or ensnare.

   I've got to set up that tasty rabbit.

   подставля́тьpodstavljátʹ, подста́витьpodstávitʹ

   take or catch as if in a snare or trap

5. (transitive)To arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.

   The election was set up!

   подстра́иватьpodstráivatʹ, подстро́итьpodstróitʹ

6. (intransitive)To prepare or get ready.

   Used with an implied object obvious from context.

   Give me a minute — I'm still setting up.

   aufbauen, für den Einsatz vorbereiten, einrichten

   устана́вливатьustanávlivatʹ, установи́тьustanovítʹ

   get ready for a particular purpose or event

7. (intransitive)To gel or harden.

   Give the cement 24 hours to set up before walking on it.

   застыва́тьzastyvátʹ, засты́тьzastýtʹ, засты́нутьzastýnutʹ

8. (intransitive)To level to rise in one part of a body of water, especially a shallow one, because of a storm surge caused by persistent wind.

   The level set up at the south end of the lake after a day of north winds.

9. (transitive)To provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.

   Winning the lottery has set them up for life.

   A good breakfast really sets you up for the day.

10. (transitive)To establish someone in a business or position.

    After he left college, his father set him up in the family business.

    She set herself up as an interior designer.

11. (informal, transitive)To trick or lure (someone) in order to entrap them.

    They claimed that they weren't selling drugs, but that they'd been set up by the police.

12. (transitive)To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive).

1. I'll set it up with Tom.

   Я домовлюся про це з Томом. — deniko

   ruЯ договорюсь с Томом. — sharptoothed

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2. He has set up a new business.

   Він почав новий бізнес. — bicolino34

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3. They will set up a new company.

   Вони заснують нову компанію. — deniko

   deSie werden eine neue Firma gründen. — Esperantostern

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4. Why don't we set up a meeting for Monday?

   Чому б нам не призначити зустріч на понеділок? — deniko

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5. This looks like a good spot to set up camp.

   Це схоже на добре місце для табору. — deniko

   deDas hier sieht nach einem schönen Platz für ein Lager aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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irregular · Lesson

• set upвставити, вкластиTo make ready for use.
• set offдістати, отримуватиTo leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
• set outприбрати, видалитиTo explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing.
• set onатакувати, нападатиTo attack.
• set downприземлитися, приземлятисяTo write.
• set backвідкласти, відкладатиTo delay or obstruct.
• set aboutприступити до, приступати доUsed with the adverb sense of about.
• set apartвідокремити, розділятиTo select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.