set up

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She will set up the new bookshelf in her bedroom.

Definition

Verb (Transitive):
- To establish, organize, or arrange something for a specific purpose or use: To make the necessary preparations or create the structure for an activity, organization, or system to begin functioning.
- To assemble, build, or erect something: To put together the parts of a structure or device so it is ready for use.
- To trick or frame someone: To arrange a situation, often deceitfully, to make an innocent person appear guilty.

Usage and Examples

To establish or organize:
- She set up a new business last year.
- The committee was set up to investigate the issue.
- We need to set up a meeting for next week.
To assemble or prepare for use:
- Can you help me set up the new computer?
- They set up the stage for the concert.
- I set up the tent in about twenty minutes.
To trick or frame deceitfully (often used in passive voice):
- He claimed he was set up by his rivals.
- The evidence was planted to set up the suspect.

Advanced Usage and Nuances

"to set oneself up as": To establish oneself in a particular role or profession.
- After retiring, he set himself up as a consultant.
"to set up house/home": To establish a household in a new place.
- The young couple set up home in a small apartment.

Variants and Related Words

Setup (noun): The way in which something is organized, arranged, or structured.
- The technical setup for the broadcast was very complex.
Set-up (adjective, often hyphenated): Describing something designed to fail or incriminate.
- The whole deal was a set-up from the beginning.

Synonyms

Related Phrasal Verbs

Set up shop: To start operating a business, especially in a particular location.
- The artisan set up shop in the city's old market district.
Set up camp: To prepare a place for camping by pitching tents, etc.
- We set up camp by the lake before sunset.

Idioms and Common Phrases

Set someone up for life: To provide someone with enough money or resources so they never have to work again.
- Winning the lottery set him up for life.
Set the stage for something: To create the conditions in which something is likely to happen.
- The treaty set the stage for a long period of peace.

She will set up the new bookshelf in her bedroom.

Verb

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
equip with sails or masts
- rig a ship
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
- arrange my schedule
- set up one's life
- I put these memories with those of bygone times
erect and fasten
- pitch a tent
arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
- rig an election
place
- Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
set up for use
- install the washer and dryer
- We put in a new sink
produce
- The scientists set up a shock wave
take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- I was set up!
- The innocent man was framed by the police
begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
- set up an election
put into a proper or systematic order
- arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
get ready for a particular purpose or event
- set up an experiment
- set the table
- lay out the tools for the surgery
construct, build, or erect
- Raise a barn
create by putting components or members together
- She pieced a quilt
- He tacked together some verses
- They set up a committee
set up or found
- She set up a literacy program

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