Meaning

7 senses
  1. Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

    The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.

    Einrichtung, Vorrichtung, Gerät

    устано́вкаustanóvka

    equipment designed to serve a specific function

  2. The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.

    The classroom setup was simple and efficient.

    Einrichtung, Anordnung, Aufbau

    обстановкаobstanovka, условияuslovija

    the way something is organized or arranged

  3. A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.

    Trust me, that was a setup!

    Inszenierung, abgekartetes Spiel, Falle

    подста́ваpodstáva

  4. An installer.

    Installationsprogramm, Installer

    инсталля́торinstalljátor

  5. The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.

    A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.

  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.

    There was a strong wind setup at the south end of the lake after a day of northerly gales.

  7. A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.

    The jab is most commonly used as a setup for other strikes.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The whole thing was a setup.

  2. It's a setup.

  3. I ran setup and then the whole thing crashed.

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  4. Edmundo suspected a setup.

  5. It feels like a setup.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus:
The fashion in which something is organized or arranged:
situation orchestrated to frame someone:
computing: an installer:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus:
The fashion in which something is organized or arranged:
situation orchestrated to frame someone:
computing: an installer:

Origin

Deverbal from set up.

Deverbal from set up.

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Forms

plural: setups
Singularsetup
Pluralsetups

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
the fashion in which something is organized or arranged:configurationlayout
situation orchestrated to frame someone:frameupstitch-up
make-readymakeready
Close in meaning
  • an act that incriminates someone on a false charge:frame-up
  • equipment designed to serve a specific function:apparatus

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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