Setup

Quick meaning: Setup is a noun meaning Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

Meaning

Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

More Meanings

1. The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
2. A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
3. (computing) An installer.
4. (operations) The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
5. (boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
6. Misspelling of set up.
7. (hydrology) 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.

Example Sentences

Trust me, that was a setup!

The classroom setup was simple and efficient.

The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.

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

Word Forms

• setups
• set-up

Synonyms for setup

Depending on context, synonyms include apparatus, loadout, configuration, layout, frameup, stitch-up.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include apparatus, frame-up, fixture, set-up, fashioning, structure.

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