English verb: set up | |||
1. | set up (social) set up or found | ||
Samples | She set up a literacy program. | ||
Synonyms | establish, found, launch | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | open, open up | ||
Antonyms | abolish, get rid of | ||
2. | set up (creation) create by putting components or members together | ||
Samples | She pieced a quilt. He tacked together some verses. They set up a committee. | ||
Synonyms | assemble, piece, put together, tack, tack together | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bring together, create, join, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | comfit, compound, confect, confection, configure, confuse, jumble, mix up, reassemble, rig up | ||
Antonyms | break apart, disassemble, take apart, dismantle, break up | ||
3. | set up (creation) construct, build, or erect | ||
Samples | Raise a barn. | ||
Synonyms | erect, put up, raise, rear | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | build, construct, make | ||
Domain category | building, construction | ||
Antonyms | dismantle, pull down, rase, raze, tear down, level, take down | ||
4. | set up (change) get ready for a particular purpose or event | ||
Samples | Set up an experiment. Set the table. Lay out the tools for the surgery. | ||
Synonyms | lay out, set | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up | ||
5. | set up (contact) put into a proper or systematic order | ||
Samples | Arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order. | ||
Examples | They set up the bags on the table, The men set up the bookshelves | ||
Synonyms | arrange | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | alphabetise, alphabetize, array, bundle, cascade, catenate, catenulate, chain, compact, concord, coordinate, corral, decorate, distribute, drape, drape, draw, dress, geminate, gradate, heap, lay out, line up, marshal, order, order, organise, organize, pack, pair, pile, plume, preen, pyramid, range, rearrange, regularise, regularize, serialise, serialize, set, set out, settle, spread out, stack, stack, stagger, straighten, stratify, string, string, string out, thread, wad | ||
Antonyms | disarrange | ||
6. | set up (creation) begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. | ||
Samples | Set up an election. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare | ||
7. | set up (social) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | ||
Samples | I was set up!. The innocent man was framed by the police. | ||
Examples | They want to set up the prisoners | ||
Synonyms | ensnare, entrap, frame | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cozen, deceive, delude, lead on | ||
8. | set up (creation) produce | ||
Samples | The scientists set up a shock wave. | ||
Synonyms | effect, effectuate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cause, do, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, draw, execute, fulfil, fulfill, get, hasten, induce, precipitate, rush, serve, stimulate | ||
Cause | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
9. | set up (contact) set up for use | ||
Samples | Install the washer and dryer. We put in a new sink. | ||
Examples | They want to set up the doors | ||
Synonyms | instal, install, put in | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | post, put up, reinstall, retrofit | ||
10. | set up (contact) place | ||
Samples | Her manager had set her up at the Ritz. | ||
Synonyms | establish, instal, install | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
11. | set up (social) arrange the outcome of by means of deceit | ||
Samples | Rig an election. | ||
Synonyms | rig | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cheat, chisel | ||
12. | set up (contact) erect and fasten | ||
Samples | Pitch a tent. | ||
Synonyms | pitch | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | erect, rear | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | camp, camp down | ||
13. | set up (cognition) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events | ||
Samples | Arrange my schedule. Set up one's life. I put these memories with those of bygone times. | ||
Synonyms | arrange, order, put | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | organise, organize | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | contemporise, contemporize, phrase, synchronise, synchronize | ||
14. | set up (change) equip with sails or masts | ||
Samples | Rig a ship. | ||
Synonyms | rig, set | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | equip, fit, fit out, outfit | ||
15. | set up (change) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | ||
Samples | Get the children ready for school!. Prepare for war. I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill. | ||
Synonyms | fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | brace, cram, crop, cultivate, fix, lay out, mount, poise, precondition, prime, provide, set, set up, socialise, socialize, summerise, summerize, winterise, winterize, work | ||