SETUP

setup, frame-up

(noun) an act that incriminates someone on a false charge

apparatus, setup

(noun) equipment designed to serve a specific function

setup

(noun) the way something is organized or arranged; “it takes time to learn the setup around here”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

setup (plural setups)

Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.

A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.

(computing) An installer.

(operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.

(hydrology) 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.

Synonyms

• (equipment): apparatus

• (the fashion in which something is organized or arranged): configuration, layout

• (situation orchestrated to frame someone): frameup, stitch-up

Verb

setup

Misspelling of set up.

Anagrams

• TUPEs, puets, spute, stupe, upset

Source: Wiktionary



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23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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