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English noun: setup

1. setup (artifact) equipment designed to serve a specific function


Synonymsapparatus


Broader (hypernym)equipment


Narrower (hyponym)aerator, brooder, burner, cascade liquefier, centrifuge, chemical reactor, condenser, copier, duplicator, electrograph, extractor, generator, heat pump, heliograph, incubator, instillator, Kipp's apparatus, lighting, nuclear reactor, optical bench, pendulum, purifier, reactor, reformer, semaphore, separator, sequenator, sequencer, soda fountain, still, submersible, telegraph, telegraphy, titrator, X-ray machine

2. setup (attribute) the way something is organized or arranged


SamplesIt takes time to learn the setup around here.


Broader (hypernym)fashion, manner, mode, style, way


Domain usagecolloquialism

3. setup (act) an act that incriminates someone on a false charge


Synonymsframe-up


Broader (hypernym)falsehood, falsification









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