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- Dictionaryset·up/ˈsedˌəp/
noun
- 1. the way in which something, especially an organization or equipment, is organized, planned, or arranged: "would you feel comfortable in a team-teaching setup?" Similar
- 2. a scheme or trick intended to incriminate or deceive someone: "“Listen. He didn't die. It was a setup.”" Similar
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a situation that has been arranged for some purpose: He’s in the sign business and has a nice setup with that. setup noun (TRICK) [ C ] an action that deceives someone in order to profit or get an advantage: His family claims the trial was a setup from beginning to end.
set up in British English. verb (adverb, mainly tr) 1. (also intr) to put (someone) into a position of power, etc. 2. (also intr) to begin or enable (someone) to begin (a new venture ), as by acquiring or providing means, equipment, etc. 3. to build or construct. to set up a shed.
Define set-up. set-up synonyms, set-up pronunciation, set-up translation, English dictionary definition of set-up. noun arrangement, system, structure, organization, conditions, circumstances, regime I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole set-up.
British English: set-up NOUN / ˈsetʌp / A particular set-up is a particular system or way of organizing something. It appears to be an idyllic domestic set-up.
noun. informal. the way in which anything is organized or arranged. slang. an event the result of which is prearranged. it's a setup. a prepared arrangement of materials, machines, etc, for a job or undertaking. a station at which a surveying instrument, esp a theodolite, is set up.
