EGAVE

setup

About 5.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
    The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.
  2. noun The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
    The classroom setup was simple and efficient.
  3. noun A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
    Trust me, that was a setup!
  4. noun An installer.
  5. noun The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
    A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.
  6. noun 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.
    There was a strong wind setup at the south end of the lake after a day of northerly gales.
  7. noun A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
    The jab is most commonly used as a setup for other strikes.
  8. verb Misspelling of set up.

Similar words

apparatus frame-up fixture set-up fashioning structure pitfall frame deployment snare

Often followed by

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Word family

setups

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