Setup

Definitions

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

Equivalents

20 more languages

العربيةالإعداد، التجهيز، يعد، يجهّزترتيب

Българскиорганизацияпостановка

Bosanskilevaподстава

Češtinainstalátor

Ελληνικάεγκατάσταση

Esperantoagordiloinstal-asistantoinstalilo

Suomiasennusasennusohjelmajärjestelykuntoonlaittolaitteistolavastuspanoviritelmä+ 5 more

Hrvatskilevaподстава

Magyartelepítő

Bahasa Indonesiapemasang

Italianoallestimentoapparecchioassettoconfigurazionedispositivoimpiantoimpostazionemacchinazionesituazione+ 6 more

日本語セットアップ設営設定

한국어설정

Kurdîlevamontajpano

Македонскиместенка

Polskiinstalatorpodpucha

Portuguêsarmação

Русскийподставаустано́вка

Српскиlevaподстава

Türkçemontajtertip

Examples

“The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.”

“The classroom setup was simple and efficient.”

“Shapiro says KYW would keep⟳ two separate⟳ news staffs that would work⟳ together, similar to WBZ's setup.”

“For some stretches, Berhalter’s usual 4-3-3 setup played more as a 4-4-2, with Tim Weah pushing up alongside Wright and McKennie moving to the right side.”

“Trust⟳ me, that was a setup!”

“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; […]”

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

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

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

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