set up

(noun) equipment designed to serve a specific function. Synonyms: apparatus, setup.

(noun) the way something is organized or arranged. Synonyms: setup. Examples: "It takes time to learn the setup around here."

(noun) an act that incriminates someone on a false charge. Synonyms: frame-up, setup.

(verb) set up or found. Synonyms: establish, found, launch. Examples: "She set up a literacy program."

(verb) create by putting components or members together. Synonyms: assemble, piece, put together, tack, tack together. Examples: "She pieced a quilt." "He tacked together some verses." "They set up a committee."

(verb) construct, build, or erect. Synonyms: raise, erect, rear, put up. Examples: "Raise a barn."

(verb) get ready for a particular purpose or event. Synonyms: lay out, set. Examples: "Set up an experiment." "Set the table." "Lay out the tools for the surgery."

(verb) put into a proper or systematic order. Synonyms: arrange. Examples: "Arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order."

(verb) begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.. Examples: "Set up an election."

(verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap. Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, frame. Examples: "I was set up!." "The innocent man was framed by the police."

(verb) produce. Synonyms: effect, effectuate. Examples: "The scientists set up a shock wave."

(verb) set up for use. Synonyms: install, instal, put in. Examples: "Install the washer and dryer." "We put in a new sink."

(verb) place. Synonyms: install, instal, establish. Examples: "Her manager had set her up at the ritz."

(verb) arrange the outcome of by means of deceit. Synonyms: rig. Examples: "Rig an election."

(verb) erect and fasten. Synonyms: pitch. Examples: "Pitch a tent."

(verb) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events. Synonyms: arrange, put, order. Examples: "Arrange my schedule." "Set up one's life." "I put these memories with those of bygone times."

(verb) equip with sails or masts. Synonyms: rig, set. Examples: "Rig a ship."

(verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. Synonyms: fix, prepare, ready, gear up, set. Examples: "Get the children ready for school!." "Prepare for war." "I was fixing to leave town after i paid the hotel bill."