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Setup
//ˈsɛtʌp// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
"The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy."
- 2 an act that incriminates someone on a false charge wordnet
- 3 The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
"The classroom setup was simple and efficient."
- 4 equipment designed to serve a specific function wordnet
- 5 A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
"Trust me, that was a setup!"
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- 6 the way something is organized or arranged wordnet
- 7 An installer.
"You still have to run the setup and select the display driver after restarting Windows. Installing Windows NT drivers was tedious (but we could back up system files), and OS/2 was tiresome; […]"
- 8 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."
- 9 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."
- 10 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."
Verb
- 1 Misspelling of set up. alt-of, misspelling
Etymology
Etymology 1
Deverbal from set up.
Etymology 2
Deverbal from set up.
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